Nearly 1 in 4 undergraduate students and about one-third of graduate students have children, and campus child care can help address some of the challenges student parents face.
The number of colleges offering campus child care services has declined in recent years—a trend accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic, experts say.
“The child care workforce continues to experience shortages as child care work is underpaid and undervalued,” Jennifer Turner, senior research associate at the nonprofit Institute for Women’s Policy Research, wrote in an email. “Colleges have also experienced decreases in enrollment since the pandemic.”
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