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Five million students in America are also caregivers, and according to a 2020 study by AARP, little attention has been focused on the unique challenges they face. How can colleges better meet the needs of student caregivers and keep them on track to achieving a degree? Read how one community college has gradually created a sophisticated system for supporting students with complicated needs.
How One College Cares for Student Caregivers offers a case study of Lorain Community College’s efforts to identify and support these overburdened students from the time they enroll. In the report, you will learn about Lorain’s innovative use of intake surveys and periodic text-message check-ins, which can ultimately steer them to an encompassing support center that can provide counseling, food, emergency aid, peer support, and housing referrals
“We recognize that students are juggling multiple roles,” says Marisa Vernon White, Lorain’s vice president for enrollment management and student services. “We specifically say that we’re not just serving you — we’re serving your family. If college is not going to work for your family, that student is not going to persist.”
It’s with this mindset that Lorain Community College is leading higher ed in a new direction, more focused on and supportive of the needs of student caregivers. Download the report to read more about this growing segment of the student population and how colleges can better serve them.
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Five million students in America are also caregivers, and according to a 2020 study by AARP, little attention has been focused on the unique challenges they face. How can colleges better meet the needs of student caregivers and keep them on track to achieving a degree? Read how one community college has gradually created a sophisticated system for supporting students with complicated needs.
How One College Cares for Student Caregivers offers a case study of Lorain Community College’s efforts to identify and support these overburdened students from the time they enroll. In the report, you will learn about Lorain’s innovative use of intake surveys and periodic text-message check-ins, which can ultimately steer them to an encompassing support center that can provide counseling, food, emergency aid, peer support, and housing referrals
“We recognize that students are juggling multiple roles,” says Marisa Vernon White, Lorain’s vice president for enrollment management and student services. “We specifically say that we’re not just serving you — we’re serving your family. If college is not going to work for your family, that student is not going to persist.”
It’s with this mindset that Lorain Community College is leading higher ed in a new direction, more focused on and supportive of the needs of student caregivers. Download the report to read more about this growing segment of the student population and how colleges can better serve them.
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