College students are ineligible for the state food assistance program, formerly known as food stamps, unless they work at least 20 hours a week, have a child under 6 or meet certain other requirements. The state doesn't separate data on the number of college students [...]

The gender wage gap actually widened last year, according to a new analysis from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) based on weekly data for full-time workers. The ratio of median weekly earnings for women who work full time compared to men was 81.1 [...]

Wages play an important role in those statistics; when you earn less, paying off loans is harder. Student loan debt, meanwhile, tends to take up a larger share of women’s income than it does men’s, according to Washington-based Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Student loans [...]

"Women tend to do well where the industries that dominate that state are white-collar industries, whether it’s insurance, or healthcare or education or government," said Heidi Hartmann, president of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research in Washington. Maryland benefits from being geographically close to "not only [...]

"Women tend to do well where the industries that dominate that state are white-collar industries, whether it’s insurance, or healthcare or education or government," said Heidi Hartmann, president of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research in Washington. Maryland benefits from being geographically close to "not only [...]