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OPINION: Why Black student parents are at the epicenter of the student debt crisis — and what we can do about it
OPINION: Why Black student parents are at the epicenter of the student debt crisis — and what we can do about it

OPINION: Why Black student parents are at the epicenter of the student debt crisis — and what we can do about it

Black students with children hold more student loan debt than any other group. But there are steps we can take to reduce the crippling financial burden by Nicole Lynn Lewis When I graduated with a bachelor’s [...]

September 16, 2020|Tags: Access to Higher Education, Black Women, Student Loans and Debt, Student Parent Success Initiative SPSI, The Hechinger Report|

Guide Outlines Benefits of Institutional Collaboration with Head Start
Guide Outlines Benefits of Institutional Collaboration with Head Start

Guide Outlines Benefits of Institutional Collaboration with Head Start

The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) has released a guide detailing how to forge much-needed collaborations with Head Start.

September 14, 2020|Tags: Access to Higher Education, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Head Start, Student Parent Success Initiative SPSI|

The system was never designed for working moms
The system was never designed for working moms

The system was never designed for working moms

We understand the system is broken and that it’s not our fault. It was never made for us. It was made for working men.

September 11, 2020|Tags: The Lily, Working Mothers|

There’s still a taboo on discussing salaries. But millennials are breaking it.
There’s still a taboo on discussing salaries. But millennials are breaking it.

There’s still a taboo on discussing salaries. But millennials are breaking it.

When our employers force us to keep our salaries secret, they make life worse for everyone.

September 9, 2020|Tags: Equal Pay / Pay Equity, Pay Gap, Pay Secrecy, Press EPD, The Washington Post|

As a Black single mom, how much money will I have lost out on by the end of my career?
As a Black single mom, how much money will I have lost out on by the end of my career?

As a Black single mom, how much money will I have lost out on by the end of my career?

What could I do with a million extra dollars in my pocket? That is the question many working women will be contemplating at the end of their careers. As a Black single mother and the [...]

August 13, 2020|Tags: Black Women, Equal Pay / Pay Equity, Equal Pay Act, Hispanic Latina Women, Native Women, Pay Gap, Paycheck Fairness Act, Press EPD, The Lily|

Gender pay gap may not close “for more than 100 years” for Black and Latina women, and pandemic could make it worse
Gender pay gap may not close “for more than 100 years” for Black and Latina women, and pandemic could make it worse

Gender pay gap may not close “for more than 100 years” for Black and Latina women, and pandemic could make it worse

By Michelle Miller and Vidya Singh "I think it has to do with a lot of antiquated...gender norms and rules and expectations that we have around who should be ... the primary breadwinner," said [...]

August 8, 2020|Tags: CBS News, Pay Gap, Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Inequality|

OPINION: Why Black student parents are at the epicenter of the student debt crisis — and what we can do about it

Guide Outlines Benefits of Institutional Collaboration with Head Start

The system was never designed for working moms

There’s still a taboo on discussing salaries. But millennials are breaking it.

As a Black single mom, how much money will I have lost out on by the end of my career?

Gender pay gap may not close “for more than 100 years” for Black and Latina women, and pandemic could make it worse

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