Community College Single-Parent Students’ Angst: Inequities Balancing Roles as Parent and Student

Lovell, Elyse D’nn; Scott, Ravyn

doi:10.1080/10668926.2019.1576071

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“…A majority of the scholarship on student parents in postsecondary education concentrates on students’ individual and environmental challenges (Lovell & Scott, 2020; Moreau & Kerner, 2015; Pizzolato & Olson, 2016); such as struggles locating social and academic support (Cerven, 2013; Sallee & Cox, 2019), financial pressures to support their children (Lynch, 2008; Moreau & Kerner, 2015; Yakaboski, 2010), securing affordable childcare services (Brown & Nichols, 2013; Cerven, 2013; Estes, 2011; Sallee & Cox, 2019), or the stress and guilt of not providing “sufficient time” to their children (Lovell & Scott, 2020). While student parents are acutely aware of the sacrifices (e.g., time and wages) they need to make in order to persist in college, the goal of earning a college degree is fueled by high aspirations to provide a better and more stable future for their children upon college degree attainment.…”

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“I Had to Figure It Out”: A Case Study of How Community College Student Parents of Color Navigate College and Careers

Huerta

Ríos-Aguilar

Ramirez

2022

Community College Review

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Objective: Community colleges, which can lead students to job opportunities and well-paying careers, are one of the main entry points to higher education for student parents. We use a conceptual framework that bridges career capital and community cultural wealth to understand student parents’ college and career trajectories. This study asks (a) How do student parents of color navigate community college? (b) How do student parents of color make educational and career decisions?, and (c) What, if any, institutional resources do student parents of color utilize to learn about career planning and workforce transition resources at their campus? Method: This qualitative case study draws from individual and focus group interviews with 67 student parents of color to better understand how they tap into their cultural knowledge and lived experiences to navigate college and make career decisions. Results: Data speaks to (a) student parents’ difficulty maneuvering life as a college student and parent; and (b) the importance of students’ familial and institutional support networks as they seek college and career information. Contributions: We hope these findings will encourage community colleges to (re)consider their current practices relating to the student parent population which includes identifying and tracking student parents, implementing guided pathways with their unique needs in mind, communicating services offered to student parents, and creating a more welcoming environment for students and their families.

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“I Had to Figure It Out”: A Case Study of How Community College Student Parents of Color Navigate College and Careers

Huerta

Ríos-Aguilar

Ramirez

2022

Community College Review

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“…Literature on single-parent students has been limited. Most knowledge of this population had been garnered through extension of research on general nontraditional students, low-income female students, and some recent research on parent students in general (Duquaine-Watson, 2007;Lovell, 2019;Yakaboski, 2010). The available research indicates that responsibilities originating from various aspects of their lives often conflict with each other and therefore require that services and support programs be targeted to the specific obstacles they face (Duquaine-Watson, 2006;Goldrick-Rab & Sorensen, 2010;Huff & Thorpe, 1997;Pandey et.…”

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Making sense of single-parent student attainment of associate degrees

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Single-parent students are a rapidly growing sector of the nontraditional student population attending postsecondary institutions. Retention of this population remains a struggle for institutions of higher education. The purpose of this Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis study was to explore the lived experiences of single-parent students within one semester of graduating with their associate's degree in order to provide a better understanding of why some single-parent students are able to persist to completion when so many others fail to reach the commencement stage. Five single-parent students were interviewed using a semi-structured approach. Findings focused on students' ability to maintain balance, feelings of belonging on campus, and motivation for persistence. Recommendations for practice and future research are presented.

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Community College Single-Parent Students’ Angst: Inequities Balancing Roles as Parent and Student

Cited by 2 publications

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“I Had to Figure It Out”: A Case Study of How Community College Student Parents of Color Navigate College and Careers

“I Had to Figure It Out”: A Case Study of How Community College Student Parents of Color Navigate College and Careers

Making sense of single-parent student attainment of associate degrees

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