scholarly journals Impact of a Student-scheduled Child Care Program on Parents’Educational Goals

2016 ◽  
pp. 13-29
Author(s):  
Barbara Carter

The purpose of this study is to examine what, if any, impact a Student-scheduled Child Care (SSCC) program had on the families of students completing their higher education goals at a college in the southwestern region of the United States. Student completion rate is a concern for most collegeand university administrators. Research conducted by the Gates foundation determined that over three quarters of former students surveyed felt that they would have graduated if the college or university had offered child care (Johnson, Ott, & DuPont, 2011).This correlational and descriptive research study revealed what student families thought about the relationship between completing their educational goals and using the child care program at the college.The knowledge gained from this project could help toinitiate a broader discussion among colleges and universities of how to most effectively retain student families by meeting their child care needs.


2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 152-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam D Rennhoff ◽  
Mark F Owens

We examine how the decisions of churches are impacted by the decisions of rival churches. Using a novel dataset, we estimate a model of strategic interaction, which accounts for the location and denomination of churches. We focus on a church's decision of whether to provide a weekday child care program. Empirical evidence indicates that churches compete more strongly with same-denomination churches than with different-denomination churches. These effects diminish with distance. (JEL J13, L31, Z12)



2001 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon K. de l'Etoile

The purpose of this study was to develop, implement, and evaluate an in-service training program in music for child-care personnel working with infants and toddlers. Results of a needs assessment determined that most child-care centers offer music activities and that caregivers would be interested in receiving training. Training materials were developed, pilot-tested, and revised. For the final training program, caregivers in a university-based child-care program attended three in-service training sessions. Evaluation of the program revealed that caregivers made significant improvements in their attitude toward and knowledge about music activities for young children. Additionally, caregivers increased their use of 9 out of 11 behaviors considered necessary for successful music activity implementation. The children in their care also increased the amount of time they were visually, vocally, and physically engaged during music activities. These results suggest that a music training program can benefit both caregivers and children.



1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 238-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia L. Nahikian-Nelms ◽  
Georganne Syler ◽  
Catherine Nordeen Mogharreban


Author(s):  
Natalie M. Fousekis

This chapter focuses on two women leaders, Theresa Mahler and Mary Young, and describes how they helped the coalition navigate female networks, create alliances with men inside and outside the legislature, and finally secure a permanent public child care program, even if only for California's low-income working mothers. As legislative chair for the Northern California Association for Nursery Education (NCANE), Mahler served as the key spokeswoman for nursery school educators and child care supervisors throughout the postwar struggles to secure permanent, publicly funded child care. A soft-spoken, unassuming woman who became president and later legislative chairman of the California Parents' Association for Child Care (CPACC), Young spoke on behalf of California's low-income working families, particularly single mothers.





2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Maher Ridley ◽  
R. A. McWilliam ◽  
Christie S. Oates


2002 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young J. Juhn ◽  
Jennifer St. Sauver ◽  
Eugene D. Shapiro ◽  
Paul L. McCarthy


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