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‘Time poverty’ can keep college students from graduating − especially if they have jobs or children to care for

  • Written by Claire Wladis, Professor of Urban Education, CUNY Graduate Center
‘Time poverty’ can keep college students from graduating − especially if they have jobs or children to care forBlack women are among the demographics with the least time for college.Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Many college students don’t have enough time for their studies. This “time poverty,” as we call it, is often due to inadequate child care access or the need to work to pay for college and living expenses.

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