Income Inequality

New Ascend Fellows Announced at the Aspen Institute

In an Early Learning Nation article – alongside profiles of five 2022 Ascend Fellows – Ascend’s Anne Mosle shares the vision for leadership amplification with the newest cohort of leaders in the Ascend Fellowship.

The power of engaging parents as real partners

In an op-ed for Philanthropy News Digest, Ascend’s Anne Mosle explains the power and importance of engaging parents in order to build paths of prosperity for children and families.

Aspen Institute’s Newest Ascend Fellows Represent a Tightening Focus on Early Childhood

In an EdSurge article – alongside profiles of four Ascend Fellows – Ascend’s Anne Mosle shares insights into the Ascend Fellowship’s focus to shine an extremely bright light on the nation’s youngest children and families.

Multigenerational Admissions Policies and Scholarships Grow

In an article for Inside Higher Ed, Ascend’s Anne Mosle shares insights into the value of education for family economic mobility, financial security and ultimately well-being.

Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, February 2022

The pandemic and associated crises bring new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

Largely unseen and unsupported, huge numbers of student fathers are quitting college

David Croom and our Postsecondary Success for Parents partners were featured in a Hechinger Report article raising awareness of the student father population in higher education and the essential resources and supports to increase graduation rates.

4 tips for parents and caregivers who want to go to college

David Croom and our Postsecondary Success for Parents partners were featured in NPR discussing the opportunities for colleges and universities to make higher ed more accessible for parenting students.

Support for Parents Attending College: What to Know

David Croom was quoted in U.S. News discussing the stigma student parents face that prevent them from fully participating in higher education communities.

Leader of Women’s Foundation of Alabama chosen for prestigious Aspen Institute fellowship

In an Alabama NewsCenter article, Anne Mosle comments on the thought leadership of Melanie Bridgeforth, president and CEO of Women’s Foundation of Alabama, who is one of the 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows.

Working Together for Working Families: Investing in Whole Family Approaches

In Pascale Sykes Foundation’s “Working Together for Working Families” podcast series, Ascend’s Marjorie Sims discusses the evolution of the two-generation approach (2Gen), shares why this approach to family empowerment works, and presents why resources allocated toward these efforts are as relevant as ever: Funding What Works: How Donors Can Invest in While Family Programs