3 ways community colleges can support students during the coronavirus crisis
By: Natalie Schwartz Students who are also parents or guardians [...]
IWPR Report Shows Declining Progress on Closing the Weekly Gender Pay Gap
Greater Earnings Equality is Essential to Reducing Poverty and Improving [...]
Student Parents Have Our Attention—Now They Need Action
By Allison Dulin Salisbury The [Rise Prize], totalling $1M, is [...]
State Economies Would Benefit from Investments in Higher Education for Single Mothers
A new state-level analysis released today by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that every state in the country would see economic and social returns on investments in higher education for single mothers, who currently number nearly 2 million undergraduates in the United States.
Booker Proposes Bill to Support Student Parents at Community Colleges and Minority Serving Institutions
by Sara Weissman A lack of on-campus childcare also impacts [...]
Report: Head Start-College Partnerships Improve Success for Student Parents
by Lois Elfman Head Start services and on-campus childcare centers [...]
Voices of Student Parents: “Time is the biggest issue for sure.”
More than one in five college students are parents, but [...]
Voices of Student Parents: “Since most of my classes were only offered at night I struggled to find care for my son”
More than one in five college students are parents, but [...]
Voices of Student Parents: “I have a responsibility to keep paving the path for those that come behind me”
More than one in five college students are parents, but [...]
Not Just Equal Pay: The U.S. Women’s National Team’s Fight Underscores How an Equitable Economy Can Work for Everyone
By Mia Ogorchock, graphic by Nic Martinez In the buzz [...]
