Ivy Tech One Of Four Schools Nationwide To Help Single Mothers

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind  — Ivy Tech Community College is one of four community colleges across the nation chosen for a push to boost single mothers’ college success rates.

Each will launch a pilot effort to test strategies for single mothers’ academic success.

The national nonprofit Education Design Lab will oversee a structured process under which the four schools will design, implement and scale efforts intended to dramatically improve single mothers’ success rates at the schools by addressing the women’s unique needs.