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.

The Association of Community College Trustees and the National Head Start Association are partnering to bring more Head Start centers to community college campuses.

The number of on-campus child-care centers has declined over the last 10 years, with the steepest declines taking place in the community-college sector.

There's nothing like a good match, and a partnership announced this week between the National Head Start Association and the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) to put more Head Start facilities on community college campuses sets up a perfect couple.