Higher Education Alliance For Residential Single Parent Programs

MISSION STATEMENT

The Higher Education Alliance of Residential Single Parent Programs (HEARSPP) is a coalition of colleges and universities that offer residential degree programs for single parents. The Alliance seeks to support member institutions as they provide social and academic opportunities to single parents in their pursuit of higher education. It also promotes national awareness through networking, education, and advocacy.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

Facilitate communication and networking among professionals who support student parents at each institution. Establish network for problem solving and goal setting. Share and develop policies and programs among member institutions such as recruitment strategies, funding approaches, procedures for daily operations, and program staffing. Develop a national center for single parent education to take advantage of our “strength in numbers,” giving us the ability to address groups for social change, to work toward national recognition of single parent programs, and to advocate for additional programs throughout the country using our combined research. Develop and provide additional resources for single parents and their children. Organize yearly meetings at member institutions to provide professional development and continuing education opportunities for professionals who support student parents.



College of Saint Mary Rooming with Your Child Walsh Hall is the center of activity at the College of Saint Mary, a Roman Catholic women’s institution in Omaha, Neb. Among its many uses, the building houses faculty and administration offices, computer labs, a chapel and an art gallery. Its upstairs residents, however, are what makes Walsh Hall unusual: it is home to 31 single mothers and their children. Misericordia University The Women With Children Program The Women With Children Program is designed for academically qualified single mothers of all ages, providing them with the opportunity to attend classes while living on the Misericordia campus, with their children. Endicott College Teen mom: John McCain VP pick won me over Keys to Degrees student Lisa Spilman talks to the Boston Herald about her thoughts on the pregnancy of VP candidate Sarah Palin's daughter and the presidential campaign. The Oprah Magazine highlights Single Parent Program in the March 2008 edition with article entitled "Head of the Class," found on page 64. Good Morning America Profiles Endicott Program The Keys to Degrees program at Endicott College was a feature news segment on the ABC News morning show. The program assists young, single parents and their children to live on campus and to attend the College. story and video Carrying a Toddler with His Course Load The Keys to Degrees Program is the front page feature story in the City & Region section of the Boston Globe on Tuesday, August 28, 2007. Not So Typical Students Move into School The Keys to Degrees Program is the lead story on the evening edition of New England Cable News (NECN) on Tuesday, August 28, 2007.

MISSION STATEMENT

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

College of Saint Mary

Misericordia University

Endicott College