Tag: Single mothers

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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

Women

On Our Path, Me and My Libby

I was 18 and a first-year student in college when I found out I was pregnant. I was 19 and just beginning my second year when my daughter, Olivia Isabel, was born. She and I joke that she has as many college degrees as I do, because she was there for pretty much the entire journey, from B.A. to Ph.D. Me and my Libby, on our path.

April 15, 2019

Students

Single Moms with College Degrees Less Likely to Experience Poverty

A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) this week adds to the institute’s ongoing research on the “life-changing” impact of earning a postsecondary degree for single mothers. IWPR’s findings show that, in 2016 – the year with the latest available data – just 13 percent of single mothers who earned a […]

August 1, 2018

African-American

Campus Child Care Critical in Raising Single Mothers’ Graduation Rates

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.

June 6, 2018

Students

Report: Higher Ed Must Factor In Growing Single Mother Student Population

Even as more single mothers than ever are attending college, services for student parents have been reduced. Many schools have had to close childcare centers on campus due to funding issues.

September 19, 2017