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MCC Daily Tribune

Who are MCC's Student Parents? 5 Facts from Recent Data

Did you know MCC has over 1300 student parents enrolled this semester?

Most of our student parents are:

  1. single parents (960)
  2. female (1097)
  3. between the ages of 35-44 (410), 30-34 (381)
  4. Black (517), White (458), Hispanic (217)
  5. enrolled full time (621)

The Single Moms Success Design Challenge (SMSDC) grant (awarded to MCC in 2019) utilizes a human-centered design approach and supports the core team (Kim DeLardge, Renee Dimino, and Medea Rambish) in designing supports to help increase single mom learners' rates of graduation and/or transfer to a four-year college.

According to “4 Ways to Meet Student Parents’ Needs on Campus” by Ashley Mowreader, one way to support student parents is to assign a liaison who acts as a single point of contact.

For the 23/34 academic year, Renee Dimino (ESOL/TRS) is the Single Mom Learners Success Coach. In this role, she coaches students by sharing resources and offering assistance in navigating higher education.

Feel free to refer students to Renee and/or reach out to the core team to collaborate regarding student parents.  

Renee Dimino
ESOL/TRS
10/30/2023