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Melanie Kruvelis

Melanie Kruvelis is the senior manager of policy and advocacy at Young Invincibles.

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Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois

Building Family-Friendly Campuses: Strategies to Promote College Success Among Student Parents

While the share of parents enrolled in college has been steadily growing—according to the most recent data, the proportion of students with dependent children has increased 30 percent from 2004-12—the share of parenting students who complete college remains low. Melanie Kruvelis of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research looks at steps institutions can take to better understand and support students with families.

June 12, 2017