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Child Care Key for Equitable Economic Recovery
Child Care Key for Equitable Economic Recovery

Child Care Key for Equitable Economic Recovery

By Eric Galatas LINCOLN, Neb. -- Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, women in Nebraska and across the U.S. have left the workforce in unprecedented numbers. And a new report suggests a full economic [...]

December 8, 2020|Tags: Child Care, COVID-19, Economic Recession, Public News Service|

The Women Who Could Lead Biden’s Economic Recovery
The Women Who Could Lead Biden’s Economic Recovery

The Women Who Could Lead Biden’s Economic Recovery

By Chabeli Carrazana President-Elect Joe Biden has the potential to place women at the helm of the nation’s top economic advisory positions—and help shatter another glass ceiling on the way. In the conversation for the [...]

November 20, 2020|Tags: Biden Administration, Ms. Magazine|

Summit Focuses Equity Lens on Student Parent Success
Summit Focuses Equity Lens on Student Parent Success

Summit Focuses Equity Lens on Student Parent Success

By Dynahlee Padilla The experiences of student parents pursuing a college education amid the COVID-19 pandemic was the focus of Thursday’s Achieving the Dream Student Parent Success Summit. A number of leaders, speakers and attendees [...]

November 5, 2020|Tags: COVID-19, Diverse Education, Recession, Student Parents|

What Does a College Student Look Like? Stock Images From the Quad Are Getting an Update
What Does a College Student Look Like? Stock Images From the Quad Are Getting an Update

What Does a College Student Look Like? Stock Images From the Quad Are Getting an Update

By Eric Hoover Long before many people enroll in college, they see a version of it on glowing screens. Movies, television shows, and photographs flood our eyeballs with images of college students, shaping our understanding [...]

November 1, 2020|Tags: Single Mothers, Single Mothers Higher Education, Student Parents, The Chronicle of Higher Education|

The Real Cost of Unequal Pay for Latinas
The Real Cost of Unequal Pay for Latinas

The Real Cost of Unequal Pay for Latinas

By Lola Méndez Dannie Fountain, who has been an account representative at Google in Chicago for three years, claims she received her first promotion recently with a 24% pay increase. “I paid just as much [...]

October 29, 2020|Tags: Equal Pay Day, Latina Equal Pay Day, Race and Ethnicity, Refinery29|

‘If We Had a Panic Button, We’d be Hitting it.’ Women Are Exiting the Labor Force En Masse—And That’s Bad For Everyone
‘If We Had a Panic Button, We’d be Hitting it.’ Women Are Exiting the Labor Force En Masse—And That’s Bad For Everyone

‘If We Had a Panic Button, We’d be Hitting it.’ Women Are Exiting the Labor Force En Masse—And That’s Bad For Everyone

The United States is in the midst of a crushing economic recession, COVID-19 infection rates are spiking, and thousands of schools and childcare facilities have yet to reopen in-person classrooms. The group bearing the brunt of this torrent of bad news? Women.

October 17, 2020|Tags: COVID-19, Pandemic, Recession, Time Magazine, Unemployment|

Child Care Key for Equitable Economic Recovery

The Women Who Could Lead Biden’s Economic Recovery

Summit Focuses Equity Lens on Student Parent Success

What Does a College Student Look Like? Stock Images From the Quad Are Getting an Update

The Real Cost of Unequal Pay for Latinas

‘If We Had a Panic Button, We’d be Hitting it.’ Women Are Exiting the Labor Force En Masse—And That’s Bad For Everyone

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