A Case Study Examining the Support Needs of Undergraduate Parenting Students and to What Extent Do They Use Wraparound Services to Persist at a Public Multicampus University in the Southeastern Region of the United States

Bazemore, Fransheria R., Clark Atlanta University

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Title: A Case Study Examining the Support Needs of Undergraduate Parenting Students and to What Extent Do They Use Wraparound Services to Persist at a Public Multicampus University in the Southeastern Region of the United States
Author: Bazemore, Fransheria R., Clark Atlanta University
Publication Date: 2022-05
Decade: 2020-2029
Abstract: This research study addressed the need for wraparound support services and visibility of undergraduate parenting students on their college campus. To address this problem, the purpose of the convergent mixed-methods case study examined to what extent wraparound support services impact undergraduate parenting students' persistence at a public urban university in the Southeastern Region of the United States. Data collection methods included a 38-question survey with 2 open-end and ranking questions, 8 parenting student interviews, and 3 university administrator interviews. The study analyzed the survey data and interview transcripts to describe the parenting students' lived experiences, challenges, stability, use of public assistance, wraparound support services, and additional needs to corroborate for similarities. The independent variables were wraparound support services, personal factors, parenting student-faculty interaction, and parenting student challenges. The data led to the following eight themes: lack of resources to meet basic needs, the need for additional wraparound services and institutional solutions, the need for affordable and flexible daycare, parenting students need time management strategies, learning how to be a parent and student successfully, and the peer and campus community engagement. These themes help understand the parenting student population, their challenges, needs, and strategies higher education institutions and policymakers can implement to best support parenting students in achieving their goal of earning a college degree.
Document Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Medium: born digital
Collection: Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
Date of Award: 2022-05
Degree Type: dissertation
Degree Name: Doctor of Education (EdD)
Granting Institution: Clark Atlanta University
Department: Department of Educational Leadership
Advisor: Gregory, Sheila
Institution: Clark Atlanta University
Geographic Location: Georgia--Atlanta
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2022_bazemore_fransheria_r
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/