Socio-ecological barriers to student-parents academic success: A systematic review

Ajayi, Kobi V.; Odonkor, Gloria; Panjwani, Sonya; Aremu, Oluwafemi; Garney, Whitney R.; McKyer, Lisako

doi:10.1080/0309877x.2022.2065629

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“…The social-ecological model (SEM) correlates well with this research because each branch is incorporated into the participants' lifestyles and have an interconnected influence on the outcome of the other (Ajayi et al, 2022). Each student parent has individual identities that caused them to be affected by the pandemic mentally and have different experiences from their peers.…”

Section: Social-ecological Modelmentioning

confidence: 83%

“…Further, the literature also confirms that the majority of student parents experience financial strain due to childcare costs (Sallee & Cox, 2019;Demeules & Hamer, 2013;Long, 2017;Ajayi et al, 2022;Sallee & Yates, 2023). Graduate student parents at Stanford faced an existing affordability crisis even before the pandemic ('Room to Breathe': Graduate Students Struggle to Balance COVID-19 and Childcare, 2020), and the addition of the pandemic served to exacerbate the existing insecurity.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Historically speaking, higher education institutions are designed to serve students whose primary role is being a student and who likely does not have competing priorities of that magnitude (Manze et al, 2021;Medved & Heisler, 2002;Reed, Grosz, Kurleander, & Cooper, 2021;Roy, Bradecich, Dayne, & Luna, 2018). The literature finds that compared to traditional college students, student parents are navigating systems that fail to account for the diversity of their needs (Ajayi et al, 2022;Brooks 2013;Estes, 2011;Manze et al, 2021;Briegel et al, 2023;Sallee & Yates, 2023). Further, in a study conducted of student mothers, it was found that "89% of students could not identify the support available to student parents" and the department chairs themselves could not identify any university services in place to help student parents cope (Holm et al, 2015).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Retrospective Analysis of the Perceived Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Systemic Barriers to Success for University Student Parents

Franklin,

Saval,

Cafer

et al. 2023

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Student parents, both undergraduate and graduate, face the difficult task of balancing their studies and raising children, and they are population often neglected or forgotten by higher education administration. The COVID-19 pandemic enhanced already present issues student parents face through the implementation of virtual schooling, increased daycare costs and closings, staying home with sick children, and a lack of local support system, among others. Further, many students who are performing research that require physical campus space and equipment to fulfill their educational requirements had their research progress come to a halt when the country locked down. This study explored the struggles student parents faced prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, what issues the pandemic exacerbated, and what new problems have since arisen. Participants completed surveys assessing the consequences of being a student parent during the pandemic, coping resources available to them, the effect of being a student parent during the pandemic on their mental health, and demographic information. Prevalent themes include substantial declines in mental health, feelings of inadequacy in regards to both their parenting and academic abilities compared to their non-student parent peers, and a striking lack of resources or acknowledgement from their institution. The survey results are framed within the social-ecological model to better understand the systemic implications of student parent conditions. Finally, we formulate a set of recommendations to higher education administrations to inform them about the unique struggles student parents face and suggest strategies for mitigation.

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Section: Social-ecological Modelmentioning

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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A Retrospective Analysis of the Perceived Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Systemic Barriers to Success for University Student Parents

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Cafer

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“…Existing literature suggests that childcare services on and off campuses, e.g. in the USA, Australia (Ajayi et al, 2022;Rubin and Wright, 2017) have been beneficial for student-parents and researchers. A study in the context of Bangladesh found that on-site childcare services have significant positive impact on female knowledge worker productivity and commitment (Chowdhury, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Existing literature suggests that childcare services on and off campuses, e.g. in the USA, Australia (Ajayi et al. , 2022; Rubin and Wright, 2017) have been beneficial for student-parents and researchers.…”

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Childcare centre for work efficiency of employed parents: perception analysis for business prospects

Moon¹,

Hasan²

2022

SAJM

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PurposeThis study aims to explore whether the working parents' perception about the necessity of childcare centres for their work efficiency is associated with their anxieties and concerns related to their dual responsibilities, i.e. providing proper parental childcare and maintaining work efficiency.Design/methodology/approachA sample of 100 employed parents, from the Jashore region of Bangladesh, was surveyed, and descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data.FindingsIt was revealed that there is a strong association between the perceived negative impact on job performance, childcare, child development, work efficiency and perceived need for a childcare centre.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitation of this study is that it was confined to Jashore University of Science and Technology. The results may differ from those of the study conducted outside this study area and the methodology used here.Practical implicationsThis study has significant practical implications for employers, childcare service providers and policy makers, especially in Bangladesh. The employers will be able to understand the demand for childcare services centres among the employed parents in respective organizations. It will draw attention of employers of knowledge intensive industries and grants commission to the issue of conflict of work and childcare-related responsibilities of employed parents. This will also make employers conscious about the dilemma that is undergone by employed parents motivating them to take actions for minimizing such conflicts to ensure better job performance of working parents.Social implicationsBased on this study, childcare providers and other policy makers will be able to ascertain the potential size of the childcare market and determine the requirement for investment in childcare-related human resources development. As the work and childcare responsibilities compete for limited time of working parents, either childcare or job performance suffers. This causes concerns, anxieties or remorse, which again hampers the job performance further. Therefore, this study may motivate the university authority around the world, specifically those in Bangladesh, to provide childcare facilities for its faculties, students and other employees.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature on growing demand for centre-based childcare services in an emerging economy context. It provides evidence of high demand for on- and off-site childcare centres to enhance work efficiency of working parents.

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Socio-ecological barriers to student-parents academic success: A systematic review

Cited by 5 publications

References 52 publications

A Retrospective Analysis of the Perceived Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Systemic Barriers to Success for University Student Parents

A Retrospective Analysis of the Perceived Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Systemic Barriers to Success for University Student Parents

Childcare centre for work efficiency of employed parents: perception analysis for business prospects

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