This volume brings together interdisciplinary research, theoretical perspectives, and detailed explanations of paths and examples to help colleges become supportive spaces for pregnant and parenting students.

Catherine L. Riley, PhD, is a former university professor and the owner of Supportive Space Consulting, LLC. This is her second book and was produced while parenting three young children and delivering her fourth child.

Katie B. Garner, PhD, is the Executive Director of the International Association of Maternal Action and Scholarship. Her publications span academic presses and mainstream outlets. Katie is the mother of three children.

1. Introduction: The Growing Momentum to Protect Pregnant and Parenting College Students 2. Motherhood, Parenting, and Academia: Changing the Cultural Landscape of Higher Education 3. Laboring for the Change Pregnant and Parenting Scholars Need Most: A Birth Plan 4. Unexcused Absence: The System-Wide Invisibility of Pregnant and Parenting College Students 5. The Untold Stories of Student-Fathers' Struggles 6. Missed Realities about Miscarriage in Academia 7. Making Room for Every-Body: Changing Policy for Pregnant and Parenting Students at a U.S. College Abroad 8. Nurturing Equity and Access: Compassion in Action for Parenting Graduate Students 9. Agencies of Change: The Shared Work of Transforming Colleges into Supportive Spaces 10. Epilogue: Defending Students and Families by Removing Coercion from Academia