Child Care Centers on Campus

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Going to college can present challenges to students and staff. The extra burden of children may make the experience more overwhelming. Juggling parenting and schoolwork can be difficult. Child care centers on campus allow students and staff convince to dependable and quality care. Dyersburg State and it’s students will benefit from opening a childcare center as it would provide stability, financial and educational benefits to the college staff and students.
Offering child care services can change the dynamic of DSCC for the positive. Having a campus child care center will offer parents a convenient location and a peace of mind. In return, DSCC will benefit by recruiting staff and students with child care responsibilities. Even when public schools are closed, parents, as well as staff would have a safe place for their children to attend without worries of what they are doing or who they are with. The center on campus will help parents minimize multiple adverse factors associated with off campus child care. For example, it removes the need to travel extensively and ensures that, in the event of emergencies, the child will be more available to be picked up quickly. The center allows the parents to continue their education to better themselves and better provide for their child, while easing tension allowing for more success in class. Parent/student graduation rates will increase due to these factors.
When one considers changes they must ask if the change is financially sound. DSCC would benefit financially from having a childcare center on campus as well as its students and staff. The college itself would open new revenue to the college. The financial gain would not only come from the weekly fee of having the center open, but als...

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...to the memorization and busy textbook work currently offered in classroom. Do not forget the children. The children would benefit from free basic health care screenings and the best education possible, due to the data gathered from studying their learning habits. The education goals for providing the most up to date and cutting edge learning experience, in a wide range of fields, would reinforce the colleges’ image for providing the best possible education for all parties involved, as well as reaching their future generation of students.
As the job market changes, more adults are required to return to college to gain the educational skills necessary to obtain a career. Childcare being a major issue to most adults a childcare faculty would eliminate burdens associated with childcare, such as the stability, financial and educational benefits for all parties involved.

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