Tag: Lindsey Reichlin Cruse

Report: To Reach Educational Attainment Goals, Student Parents Must be Reengaged in Higher Education

Reengaging parents is vital to meeting national and state educational attainment goals, according to a new report from the Institute of Women’s Policy Research.

July 9, 2021

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IWPR Report Highlights Challenges of Student-Parents

Using first-hand experiences, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) released a new report to highlight the ongoing challenges faced by student-parents and provide recommendations for institutions to help address their needs.

March 30, 2021

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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

How Workforce Credentials Can Become More Accessible After COVID-19

U.S. employers cut 20.5 million jobs in April, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Meanwhile, the national unemployment rate surged to 14.7% this month. People need work, and for some, that’s going to mean going back to school for new credentials. With the pandemic as a backdrop, a webinar– hosted by the center-left think tank Third Way and sponsored by the Lumina Foundation – explored how workforce credentialing could be made quicker and more accessible to those who need it most.

May 20, 2020

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Study Shows Higher Ed for Single Mothers Pays Dividends

Single mothers who earn an associate’s or bachelor’s degree earn more, pay more in taxes and require little if any public assistance according to a new study.

December 18, 2019

Booker Proposes Bill to Support Student Parents at Community Colleges and Minority Serving Institutions

New legislation – introduced by U.S. Sen. Cory Booker on Wednesday – could improve student life for struggling parents. The Preparing and Resourcing Our Student Parents and Early Childhood Teachers Act, or the PROSPECT Act, would offer competitive grants to community colleges and minority serving institutions to create free childcare options for student parents. Institutions could apply for up to $20 million in funding.

November 21, 2019

Report: Head Start-College Partnerships Improve Success for Student Parents

Head Start services and on-campus childcare centers can help student parents earn their degrees and establish long-term economic security.

October 31, 2019

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Achieving the Dream Convene Stakeholders to Discuss Student Parent Report

Achieving the Dream, an education based non-profit, hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill alongside their national partners to discuss the newly-released report of the Government Accountability Office which focuses on student parents.

September 12, 2019

Policy Research: College Promise Programs Are Excluding Student Parents

Twenty percent of college students in the United States are raising children, yet the much-touted “free college” initiatives, also known as Promise programs, often “unintentionally exclude” these students when offering financial support, according to a briefing paper released this week by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR).

June 27, 2019

Single Moms in College Face Major Challenges

A briefing paper released this week by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research found that single mothers who are fulltime college students spend the equivalent of a full work day on child care and housework, and more time in paid employment than women students without children.

May 10, 2018

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