Greetings. We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday! This week, please be sure to mark your calendars for an informative IWPR webinar focusing on the challenges faced by student parents during the pandemic and the state-level policies needed to support them.

Wednesday, December 1, 2:00pm ET

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As we all know, higher education is essential to accessing high-demand jobs with family-supporting wages and improving family financial well-being. This was true before the COVID-19 pandemic and is especially true now as the nation continues the process of recovering from one of the worst public health, economic, and social crises in modern U.S. history. Early evidence suggests that the pandemic exacerbated barriers faced by student parents, affecting their college plans.

Tomorrow, November 30, IWPR will release a new briefing paper, Supporting Student Parent Recovery Through State Policy: Lessons from Georgia, Texas, and Washington State. The paper examines what states can do to help student parents as they pursue their academic careers following COVID. The webinar on 12/1 will feature several experts on this issue, including:

Dr. Cayanna Good, Assistant Commissioner for Adult Education, Technical College System of Georgia
Drayton Jackson, Executive Director, Foundation for Homeless and Poverty Management and Board Director of District 3, Central Kitsap School District
Jennifer Lee, Senior Policy Analyst, Higher Education, Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
Christina Long, Southern Policy and Advocacy Manager, Young Invincibles
Joel Ryan, Executive Director, Washington State Association of Head Start and ECEAP

So, please mark your calendars for this important event. Register today!



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