Autumn Green News

• 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 Wellesley Centers for Women 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. 
• Hechinger Report: Largely unseen and unsupported, huge numbers of student fathers are quitting college
  Autumn Green, Ph.D., shares her research on student fathers enrolled in higher education.
• The Guardian: ‘Student dads are ghosts’: why fathers face long odds of graduating college
  Autumn Green, Ph.D., discusses the relative obscurity of student fathers.
• Ascend: Epiphany from a Third Generation Student Parent
  Autumn Green, Ph.D., shares her personal experience as a student parent and advocates for the two-generation approach.
• Diverse: Issues in Higher Education: As Number of Student Parents Rises, So Does Need for Family Friendly Housing on Campus
  

  Autumn Green, Ph.D., shares her research on the need for housing and other accommodations for parenting students on college campuses. 
• Diverse Issues: Oregon is Finally Counting Student Parents. Other States Should Follow.
  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.
• Student Affairs Today: Consider offering on-campus family housing to attract, support parenting students
  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.
• Ms. Magazine: Colleges Must Accommodate Students Who Are Breastfeeding—Even in Zoom Classes
  Autumn Green, Ph.D., discusses student parents and legal protections in this Op-Ed in Ms. Magazine.
• Top Of Mind: Confirmation Hearings, GPS Eggs, Airspeeder
  

  Research Scientist Autumn Green, Ph.D., discusses the housing struggles of student parents on BYUradio's Top of Mind with Julie Rose.
• The Conversation: Student housing is scarce for college students who have kids
  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 Wellesley Centers for Women to support the Higher Education Access for Parenting Students Research Initiative.
• Deseret News: Life was already challenging for student parents; COVID-19 made it much more difficult
  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.
• The Hechinger Report: OPINION: ‘Colleges should not abandon student parents to fend for themselves’
  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.
• Diverse Education: Closing University Child Care Centers Hurts Both Student Parents and Future Educators
  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.
• WBUR: 22% Of College Students Are Also Parents. We Should Support Them
  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’s 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.