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Abstract

In July 2025, President Trump signed the Republican-led H.R. 1, the "One Big Beautiful Bill" (OBBB) into law. The new law is a sweeping tax and spending package that forgoes trillions in federal revenues to award tax cuts to the wealthy while stripping essential care and protections from women and families. While implementation of the OBBB's wide-ranging provisions will be staggered in the coming months and years, the threat to women's economic security and well-being is both imminent and far-reaching across each of the Institute for Women's Policy Research's (IWPR) Federal Policy Solutions to Advance Gender Equity four priority areas. This policy brief focuses on the OBBB's impacts on women's education and career advancement, specifically on the issues outlined in IWPR's "College Affordability" and "Supporting Student Parents" policy briefs. As millions of women and their families--particularly women of color and student parents--seek higher education, explore student loan options, and face the continued burden of student loan debt, the harmful consequences of the new law will only further compound existing challenges they face in striving for economic equity and security.

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Title
Threats to College Affordability: Impacts of the OBBB on Women and Families. Education and Career Advancement
Corporate/institutional author
Publication date
2025
Printer/Publisher
Institute for Women's Policy Research
1200 18th Street NW, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20036
http://www.iwpr.org
Tel.: 202-833-4362, Fax: 202-785-5100
Publisher e-mail
Source type
Report
Summary language
English
Language of publication
English
Document type
Report
Subfile
ERIC, Resources in Education (RIE)
Accession number
ED675690
ProQuest document ID
3268700658
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/reports/threats-college-affordability-impacts-obbb-on/docview/3268700658/se-2?accountid=208611
Last updated
2025-11-05
Database
Education Research Index