Assessment of Daycare Options for MSU Students with Children

Location

CSU 284

Start Date

25-4-2006 9:30 AM

End Date

25-4-2006 12:00 PM

Student's Major

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Student's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Mentor's Name

Susan Freeman

Mentor's Department

Gender and Women's Studies

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

Care giving is an important issue in society because it is an area that.divides the sexes unfairly. A significant percentage of Minnesota State University, Mankato students have young children, and my interviews with ten student mothers illustrate that this campus population faces significant challenges. After researching the availability of daycare options at Minnesota State Mankato and contrasting this information with data from three other college daycare programs, as well as literature from the 1970s feminist daycare revolution, the evidence indicates that Minnesota State Mankato could become more competitive at recruiting a greater variety of potential students if they were to create a campus that is more inclusive of mothers. Efforts to help educate students about the challenges and options for parenting in college, as well as implementation of childcare alternatives could help minimize this problem.

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Assessment of Daycare Options for MSU Students with Children

CSU 284

Care giving is an important issue in society because it is an area that.divides the sexes unfairly. A significant percentage of Minnesota State University, Mankato students have young children, and my interviews with ten student mothers illustrate that this campus population faces significant challenges. After researching the availability of daycare options at Minnesota State Mankato and contrasting this information with data from three other college daycare programs, as well as literature from the 1970s feminist daycare revolution, the evidence indicates that Minnesota State Mankato could become more competitive at recruiting a greater variety of potential students if they were to create a campus that is more inclusive of mothers. Efforts to help educate students about the challenges and options for parenting in college, as well as implementation of childcare alternatives could help minimize this problem.

Recommended Citation

Collins, Shayna. "Assessment of Daycare Options for MSU Students with Children." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 25, 2006.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2006/oral-session-L/9