The Chronicle of Higher Education | Campus Child Care Has Become Less Available. A New Partnerships Aims to Change That.

MARK ABRAMSON FOR THE CHRONICLE

The number of on-campus child-care centers has declined over the last 10 years, with the steepest declines taking place in the community-college sector.

Only 45 percent of public academic institutions offered child-care services in 2019, according to research by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. The pandemic likely drove down the number of on-campus child-care centers even further, with many losing revenue when they were forced to close or when parents chose to keep their children home.