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College students with young kids – especially mothers – find themselves in a time crunch

  • Written by Claire Wladis, Professor of Urban Education, CUNY Graduate Center
College students with young kids – especially mothers – find themselves in a time crunchMothers in college have less time to study than students without children. 10'000 Hours/Getty Images

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We found that college students who have children had significantly less time for college than their childless peers – about 4.3 hours less per week, to be specific...

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