Raising Up is a five-part docuseries investigating the barriers student parents face when pursuing higher education and the innovative leaders creating generational impact.

Nearly 4 million undergraduate students are raising children, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. A new initiative through Head Start is bringing affordable child care centers to campuses across the nation, including in Wisconsin. The “Kids on Campus” director joins us.

Community colleges serve high numbers of parenting students, but too few institutions have campus childcare centers, or sufficient spots to meet demand, to help these students persist and graduate.