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Women and Students of Color Disproportionately Raising Children While in College, See Lower Earnings after Graduation

Washington, DC– A new Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) report finds that 4.8 million college students in 2012 had their own dependent children, representing more than one in four (26 percent) of all college students, up from 23 percent in 2008. The report was released today in conjunction with “Lumina Ideas Summit: New Models of Student Financial Support.”

By IWPR|2014-04-14T00:00:00-05:00April 14, 2014|Press Releases|Comments Off on Women and Students of Color Disproportionately Raising Children While in College, See Lower Earnings after Graduation

Gender Wage Gap Persists in Almost All Occupations

According to a new analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), women earn less than men in almost all of the 112 occupations for which the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes weekly full-time earnings data for both women and men.

By IWPR|2014-04-07T00:00:00-05:00April 7, 2014|Press Releases|Comments Off on Gender Wage Gap Persists in Almost All Occupations