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• Transforming Data into Action for Single Mother College Students
  

  July 1, 2022

  In partnership with the Urban Institute and supported by a $1.1 million grant from ECMC Foundation, the 妻友社区 is launching the Data-to-Action Campaign for Pregnant and Parenting Student Success.
• New Project Will Transform Data into Action for Single Mother College Students
  

  Environmental Sustainability Advocate Anna Grimes and her daughter Audrey, and Child Psychology Specialist Esraa Amira and her son Jaden share a two-generational graduation at the Keys to Degrees program celebration at Endicott College in 2017. Photo courtesy of Autumn Green.

  A new WCW study aims to identify the most effective strategies for implementing data tracking and reporting systems that identify parenting students enrolled in college. 
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  Autumn Green, Ph.D., shares her research on student fathers enrolled in higher education.
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  Autumn Green, Ph.D., discusses the relative obscurity of student fathers.
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  Autumn Green, Ph.D., shares her personal experience as a student parent and advocates for the two-generation approach.
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  Autumn Green, Ph.D., shares her research on the need for housing and other accommodations for parenting students on college campuses. 
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  Autumn Green, Ph.D., discusses why other states should join Oregon in collecting data on student parents attending colleges and universities.
• Research Scientist Testifies on the Need to Count Parenting Students in Oregon
  

  March 8, 2021

  Research Scientist Autumn Green, M.Ed., Ph.D., spoke at a hearing of the Oregon State Senate Committee on Education about a proposed bill to collect and report data on college students who are parents.
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  Student Affairs Today features our Campus Family Housing Database, which helps prospective student parents find colleges and universities that offer family housing options.
• COVID-19 Has Compounded Challenges for College Students Who Are Parents
  

  Autumn Green, Ph.D., has created a number of helpful tools for student parents.
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  Autumn Green, Ph.D., discusses student parents and legal protections in this Op-Ed in Ms. Magazine.
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  Research Scientist Autumn Green, Ph.D., discusses the housing struggles of student parents on BYUradio's Top of Mind with Julie Rose.
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  Autumn Green, Ph.D., is featured in The Conversation discussing the lack of access to student housing student parents face.
• WCW Receives Gift to Support Parenting Students Research
  

  October 6, 2020

  The Jacob Bluestein Foundation awarded a $15,000 gift to the 妻友社区 to support the Higher Education Access for Parenting Students Research Initiative.
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  Autumn Green, Ph.D., of WCW is quoted in this article that discusses the additional challenges student parents now face as a result of COVID-19.
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  Autumn Green, Ph.D., of WCW discusses the ways in which COVID-19 has impacted student parents in this article featured in The Hechinger Report.
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  This Op-Ed featuring WCW Researchers Wendy Wagner Robeson, Ed.D., and Autumn Green, Ph.D., discusses the negative effects the closure of child care centers at Universities has on student parents and future educators.
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  Research scientist Autumn Green, Ph.D., writes about her experience as a student parent and the necessity for presidential candidates to include people like her in conversations about college accessibility.
• Q&A with Autumn Green, Ph.D., Research Scientist
  

  New Scholars Explore Motherhood and Women鈥檚 Lives

  Autumn Green, Ph.D., is an applied sociologist whose research focuses on access to higher education for student parents. Her current work includes the first comprehensive research study on resources and programs for student parents at colleges and universities in the U.S.