Single Mother Students Are Lacking Sufficient Support to Persist to Graduation in Community Colleges

Autor/inn/en	Richardson, Fathia; Harrington, Christine
Titel	Single Mother Students Are Lacking Sufficient Support to Persist to Graduation in Community Colleges
Quelle	In: Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 7 (2022) 2, S.26-31 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Harrington, Christine)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	One Parent Family; Mothers; Academic Persistence; Community Colleges; Two Year College Students; Graduation Rate; Student Personnel Services; Child Care + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Mother; Mutter; Community college; Community College; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung
Abstract	Despite high levels of motivation, only 8% of single mothers who attend a community college will graduate (Cruse, Milli et al., 2019). As a component of this Dissertation in Practice, a systematic literature review was conducted to explore the reasons behind these unacceptably low success rates. Based on data from empathy interviews, peer-reviewed research, and public scholarship sources, several root causes for low single mother graduation rates were discovered. First, there is a lack of institutional support and engagement. Most colleges do not have staff or offices dedicated to working with this population and typically offer services such as tutoring or activities to connect with other students at times that do not align with student mother schedules. Another key finding was that the lack of reliable childcare makes it very challenging for these students. Finally, care-blind federal policies that require students to work and institutional policies that do not offer flexibility for absences or late work also contribute to low success rates. Each factor is described, and recommendations are provided to address these issues. Additionally, further recommendations to increase degree and certificate attainment for single mother students are provided. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01