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The main reasons many college moms pick
community colleges to attend is
because of all the resources the schools have readily available.
Many times they offer help finding housing, have child care,
and scholarships for books, tuition, daycare, and housing all
readily available to
college moms . At many 4 year schools, all of those
resources are there, you just might have to dig a little bit
deeper. A good way to become acquainted with the 4
year school you wish to attend, is to do some research on the
internet. On many campuses across the country there is
a section for non-traditional student services. This is
for single parents, commuters, international students among other
students with other commitments besides school. Some of
the things that non-traditional services offer are help with
housing, scholarship information, among other support for college
moms.
At Emporia State University
in Kansas, they offer non-traditional Students services for child
care, housing, health insurance, job information, shuttle information,
among many other helpful contacts.
At the University of North Dakota,
the non-traditional services offers the help of the women's center
when discussing issues that college moms face when going to school
and juggling kids, jobs, college live. They put online
a whole booklet of questions non-traditional students face, among
suggestions of support, and contact information for academic
advising.
The University of North Carolina
at Wilmington has an excellent section
for non-traditional services. They offer a ton of information
on child care, scholarships and financial aid, and even a section
called survival tips geared toward ideas about managing
stress, time, family, and forming a support system. The
best part of UNCW is they have a non-traditional student week
and a non-traditional student of the month. This is part of the
services to inform the University and the community of the achievements
and challenges that non-traditional students face.
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month they featured a mom's story of balancing work and school. They also have their own honors society and
their own non-traditonal students organization Their motto
is: NTSO Mission: To foster and support non-traditional students,
honoring their diversity, while in the search of knowledge and
academic excellence. This organization will provide a positive
environment for academic assistance, social and civic involvement.
It might seem in many circumstances,
that attending a community college and being a college mom is
the best decision. But there are the same resources
and opportunities available to you at the 4 year schools.
Non-traditional student services are available and there are
many people at the four year universities that offer support
and guidance.
----Lauren Mindel
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