Abstract:Despite high levels of motivation, only 8% of single mothers who attend a community college will graduate (Cruse et al., 2019b). As a component of this Dissertation in Practice, a systematic literature review was conducted to explore the reasons behind these unacceptably low success rates. Based on data from empathy interviews, peer-reviewed research, and public scholarship sources, several root causes for low single mother graduation rates were discovered. First, there is a lack of institutional support and e… Show more
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