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Coronavirus crisis caused 40% of parents to change their job situation, survey finds
Coronavirus crisis caused 40% of parents to change their job situation, survey finds

Coronavirus crisis caused 40% of parents to change their job situation, survey finds

Working parents are feeling the sting of the coronavirus pandemic — and it's hitting women especially hard.

September 17, 2020|Tags: CNBC, COVID-19, Recession, Unemployment|

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|

Women Bearing Brunt of COVID-19 Economic Pain
Women Bearing Brunt of COVID-19 Economic Pain

Women Bearing Brunt of COVID-19 Economic Pain

IWPR President and CEO C. Nicole Mason addresses women and the child care crisis during an interview with CNN’s First Move with Julia Chatterley.

September 1, 2020|Tags: Child Care, CNN, COVID-19, Pandemic, Unemployment|

Coronavirus crisis caused 40% of parents to change their job situation, survey finds

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.

Women Bearing Brunt of COVID-19 Economic Pain

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