University child care centers: Where college students and kids learn together

University child care centers: Where college students and kids learn together

DELAWARE — Allyson Reich did not always know she wanted to pursue a career in early child care work. When she enrolled at Ohio Wesleyan University in 2023, her major was undecided. It wasn’t until she took an introductory childhood education course her freshman year that she decided to change her major to inclusive elementary education. The class required Reich to participate in 20 lab hours at the Ohio Wesleyan Early Childhood Center: the unive…