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Daycare and admissions

To the editor,

I found it interesting that Likins mentioned California universities' admission standards as one of the reasons they have better retention/graduation rates. I think another big reason that Likins is ignoring is that there is an on campus, subsidized day-care on every California public university campus. If student-parents had adequate day-care options, they might not be forced to drop out of the UA. Day-care would also enable students to finish their degree in a reasonable amount of time, rather than prolonging their program for years while they try to work around their family's schedule. The UA is the only Pac-10 school without an on-site day-care facility. Why wasn't a day-care facility included in the plans for the Integrated Learning Center or the new student union? There are approximately 3500 student parents whose children are under school age, while this may not seem a significant number to some, we still feel entitled to a university effort to provide support services that would enable us to finish school, just like the freshmen, athletes and differently abled. We are students too, and we are tired of being ignored.

The lack of a day-care is precisely why I am going to pursue my graduate degree in California, not at the UA.

Dylan Milhous

Secondary education senior