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Have Baby Will Graduate: The Ohio State University ACCESS Collaborative Program for Young Single Parent Women

Published/Copyright: February 17, 2010
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NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education
From the journal NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education Volume 3 Issue 1

This program description will report to the reader a better understanding of an effective university program that improves the graduation rates of single parent women who have custody of their children while attending college full time. Since 1989 the ACCESS Collaborative Program at The Ohio State University has served well over 350 women who are traditional students in every sense: they attend college the fall directly after high school; they attend full time; they are enrolled in a degree seeking program with one exception: they have a child. The ACCESS Collaborative Program is an institutional academic, advocacy, and social support program. The major purpose is to increase the retention and graduation rates of single parent students at The Ohio State University by minimizing the barriers that may prevent full participation by these students, which are childcare, housing, resources for books, and vital items for their children's safety and development. This program is a replicable model. Details of the history, design, research agenda, associated national organization, and annual symposium are available on the web at oma.osu.edu/current-students/academic-advancement-servicesaccess.php.

Published Online: 2010-2-17

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https://doi.org/10.2202/1940-7890.1048

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Editor's Note
  2. Editor's Note
  3. Article
  4. Female College Students Working in the Sex Industry: A Hidden Population
  5. Relational Leadership and Technology: A Study of Activist College Women Leaders
  6. How Should Colleges and Universities Respond to Peer Sexual Violence on Campus? What the Current Legal Environment Tells Us
  7. Catholic Women's College Students' Constructions of Identity: Influence of Faculty and Staff on Students' Personal and Professional Self-Understanding
  8. "I, too, am America" The Founding of Bennett College for Women
  9. Advancing Women Faculty to Senior Leadership in U.S. Academic Health Centers: Fifteen Years of History in the Making
  10. Bridging the Gap: 16 Years of Academic Leadership Development for Women
  11. Tenure Clock Extension Policies: Who Uses Them and to What Effect?
  12. The Power of Living the Writerly Life: A Group Model for Women Writers
  13. Women Faculty Post-50 Years of Age in Tenure Earning Positions: Opportunities and Challenges
  14. Program Description
  15. Women Who Lead: Utilizing a Strong Collaboration between Student Affairs and Academic Affairs to Facilitate the Professional Development of Our Students
  16. Have Baby Will Graduate: The Ohio State University ACCESS Collaborative Program for Young Single Parent Women
  17. Women's Leadership Development Program
  18. Book Review
  19. Review of The Gender Gap in College
  20. Review of On Becoming a Woman Leader: Learning from the Experiences of University Presidents
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