Student Parent Support Affectuation Rates

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Introduction Student parents make up a large portion of the college student population. “Nearly 25 percent of college students in the U.S., or four million students have depended children” (Thorman Ph. D., Otto, & Gunn- Wright, 2012, p. 1). Keeping that in mind I wanted to know how many of these students were graduating, as well as how they could afford to take college credits as well as support their children. I also want to survey and see how many teen parents went to college after high school as well as did was their financial aid was effected by them being young parents. I began to wonder if schools special housing and childcare for student parent, that would give them the extra tool for success. What I hope to learn is whether student parent support effects graduation rates. For this research paper student parent support is defines as any special services or programs that will assist student parents. The survey provided for this research consists of multiple questions pertaining to being a student parent. Literature Review …show more content…

This is a substantial piece of the student body that may, at times need some additional support to overcome everyday barriers. Being a student parent makes it more likely for a student to leave college without a degree (Thorman Ph. D., Otto, & Gunn- Wright, 2012). Student parents work 29.2 hours on average a week, while children spend 30 hours in childcare (Thorman Ph. D., Otto, & Gunn- Wright, 2012). One of the barriers that student parents encounter is feeling unwelcomed and unsupported on campus (Nelson, Froehner, & Gault Ph.D., 2013). Some colleges are starting to realize the need for student parent resources to be offered on campus and have started to integrate childcare, family housing, referrals, and scholarship programs (Thorman Ph. D., Otto, & Gunn- Wright,

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