Conference Session

Tools, Identities, and Personality in Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kylee Shiekh, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ernesto Cuesta Alvear, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Summer S. Stevens, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student Division (STDT)

Engineering Education, 2025Navigating Dual Roles: Challenges, Impacts, and Resource Needs of Student-Parents in Engineering ProgramsIntroduction Student-parents embody a unique and growing demographic in higher education, balancing theroles of caregiver and student with determination. Over a quarter of all undergraduate students are studentparents, and almost half of all undergraduate student-parents are enrolled in community colleges (Noll etal., 2017). Additionally, 35.5% of master’s program students, and 28.4% of doctoral program students(National Center for Education Statistics, 2010) in the United States are parents. For these individuals,education is both a personal and family investment, offering pathways to economic mobility