Where are all the parents? An analysis of visibility, representation, and information for parents on university websites

2025/11/06 by Katrina McChesney, Shannon Mason, Maryann Miyashiro +2 · 2 voices
Social Sciences · #Higher Education Research Studies #Impact of Technology on Adolescents #Parental Involvement in Education

paper · doi:10.1007/s10734-025-01579-w

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Citations

• Academics’ perceptions of what it means to be both a parent and an academic: perspectives from an English university
• How motherhood enhances and strains doctoral research/ers
• Visual university studies since the Cold War: mapping journal articles published in Englishes from 1992 to 2023
• THE MIRAGE OF MERIT
• Regulating the student body/ies: University policies and student parents

Discussions

• Universities make concerted choices about the content they put on their websites - it is their face to the world 🌍 In our new paper led by @katrinamcchesney.bsky.social, we looked to see how parents [bsky, 6 points, 2 comments]
• Loved working on this project with @shanmason.bsky.social and 3 fab research assistants. Universities are places for everyone - but it takes deliberate work to make sure people know that! doi.org/10 [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]