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To anyone with knowledge of university-run daycare centers:

A committee here at the university is looking at starting a child care
center geared toward students. We already have a child care center that
serves mostly faculty and staff.  Students, however, seem to have special
concerns, schedules, and problems that keep them from using the center. 

As a general call, I am asking for information about campus daycare
programs, about any information that might be helpful to the committee. We
are interested in how administrations raised funds for such centers, what
types of fees are charged, operating hours, cooperative (or
shared-care) arrangements in which students participate, any type of
accommodation that a university might have made for student schedules,
lifestyles, needs, funds.  Our basic argument is that such a center will
help with recruitment and retention. Can anyone out there speak to the
issue? 

For people out there, staff, faculty or students, who have had experience
with university-run centers, what are your gripes and your praises? We
hope to have a model center and appreciate any and all feedback.

We are also interested in the larger question of how universities are
helping or serving the needs of student parents, especially single
parents. If you know of any good programs or ideas, please pass them on.

I'm posting this to many regional news groups. Please mail replies
directly to me at swalton@whale.st.usm.edu.

Thank you,

Shana Walton
University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Miss.
swalton@whale.st.usm.edu
(601) 266-5606