Event Title
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.
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
