By Jillian Berman For every dollar a single mom in college invests in her education, she gets back $16.45 in increased earnings if she earns an associate’s degree and $8.50 if she earns a bachelor’s degree, according to a study published this week by the Institute for [...]

By Pearl Stewart Access to campus child care is a key factor in determining if single mothers in college will graduate within six years, according to the latest in a series of reports released Wednesday by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Just 8 percent [...]

By Rebecca Greenfield Officially, the jury is out on the overall effects of pay transparency on wage gaps. The gender pay gap is a little smaller among public sector employees, in which salary and wage information is public for about 70 percent of workers. Women in [...]

By Jordyn Holman In the U.S, white men make the most money of all ethnic groups, on average, with the exception of Asian men. Women of all major racial and ethnic groups earn less than men of the same group, according to the Institute of Women’s [...]

By Jillian Berman “CCAMPIS is the only federal program that supports child care access for low-income college students who have children,” said Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, a senior research associate at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research who studies student-parents. “While small, for those students who [...]

By Cheryl Hall and Laurie Joseph Although Lone Star women have made progress, they still fall way short when it comes to earning the same pay as men for comparable jobs. If trends hold steady, they might have to wait more than three decades to [...]