A cohort of four community universities is collaborating to increase the number of single mothers who earn titles and credentials by 30 percent in each institution and collectively offer new supports at least 6,000 single mothers for summer 2024.
Your initial efforts are described in a new report published today by the Education Design Laboratory, a non-profit organization that designs and tests the models of university programs to help unattended students.
Central New Mexico Community College, Slim Community College in New Orleans, Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis and Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY, were selected by the Education Design Laboratory in 2019 to develop and launch Pilot programs by autumn 2021 focused on academic support adapted to single mothers in their institutions. Each university received $ 50,000 in the start-up funds of the ECMC Foundation, a national foundation with the aim of improving the results of higher education among unattended students.
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" When I think about this project specifically, I think of reimagination, really being able to reimaginate what students 'stands are like for single mothers and for students' parents speak in general terms, knowing that higher education was not designed for mothers Singles, "said Rosario Torres, Officer of the ECMC Foundation Program, in the report.
Mary Ann Matta Dear, a specialist at the Monroe Community College Institutional Research Office, believes that he develops specific supports to serve single mothers, can "carry out intergenerational change" within their families by helping them to obtain credentials that can lead to higher salaries and alter the poverty cycles. googleg.cmd.push (function () googleg.display ("dfp- ad-article_in_article"););
"We are not just helping our students who are parents," she said. "We are helping several generations, we are helping parents overcome college, that makes your child more likely to go to college."
Teams in each institution collectively made interviews with more than 100 single mothers and almost 70 college teachers and staff members to better understand the barriers of single mothers. Its individual institutions.
"they told us what they need, and then it was up to us to discover how to better meet the needs," said Demi.
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The report details the wide range of administrators University students and staff members designed according to the students' comments.
Ivy Tech, for example, launched a pilot program called Ivy Parents achieves success with support, or i.pass, on four of its campus, this fall. The program supports a cohort of single mothers by enrolling them in a free course on academic success career planning strategies. Students can also choose weekly if taking classes virtually or in person. The pilot program includes a weekly study room, with meals and enrichment activities for children equipped, and social events for single parents.
Slim Community College created a guidance course specifically for single moms, among other specialized support, to help 2,000 moths
