Student Caregivers & Building Care-aware Culture on Your Campus

AARP estimates that 38 million, or 11.5% of the US population, are unpaid family caregivers, and in 2020, they estimated that 5 million students in higher education are caring for adults. Caregiving affects their educational and professional trajectories, and many report burning out. The presenters, current and former caregivers, will identify areas to better understand this population and offer ideas for institutions to enhance their campus culture to be both caregiving-aware and take care of their students, staff, and faculty caregivers.

Learning Outcomes:

1.  Identify the characteristics of student caregivers and the different scopes and types of caregiving responsibilities they may have
2. Recognize how caregiving's internal and external pressures impact students’ higher education experiences and outcomes.
3. Evaluate the pros and cons of different emerging best practices from other campuses. 
4. Develop and appraise ideas with fellow participants to bring back to their own campuses to support student caregivers.

Continuing Education Credits

This session counts for 1.0 CSAEd-CORE credit 

To receive CSAEd credit, attendees must complete the feedback survey that offers the certification in each session. 

Once you have attended all the live sessions or watched the on-demand sessions for which you would like to request credit, visit the Continuing Education (CE) website to 

fill out the Student Affairs Education Certification Request Form for all the sessions. 

All certificants must fill out one for the live session and a separate one for the on-demand sessions. 

Visit the Continued Education (CE) website to learn more regarding deadlines and receive your certificate of 

completion for the Virtual Conference.