College loan repayment data released late Friday by the U.S. Department of Education show that some of the largest proprietary colleges face...
The U.S. Department of Education will hire 60 more investigators and increase the number of investigations by 50 percent, partly in response...
The U.S. Senate passed a new $4.5 billion Child Nutrition bill Thursday, approving it by unanimous consent, a procedure that does not...
Michelle Obama has pleaded with the U.S. Congress (in a Washington Post opinion piece). Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) has pleaded with her...
Six of the 13 people awarded Citizens Medals for 2010 by President Barack Obama today are veteran youth workers. The selections were...
An undercover investigation of for-profit colleges by the Government Accountability Office found that representatives of four of the 15 colleges surveyed enticed...
Barack Obama campaigned on the promise to eliminate federal programs that don’t work, change programs that don’t quite measure up and consolidate duplicate...
More than 63 million Americans volunteered for some type of organized program in 2009 – about 26.8 percent of the population,...
For years, the complexity of the student financial aid form known as FAFSA was considered the prime impediment to needy students getting...
The U.S. Education Department today released its proposed rules on standards for for-profit colleges to participate in federal student aid programs, setting...
The Corporation for National and Community Service announced the 11 groups that will receive the first grants from its $50 million Social...
The first randomized controlled trial evaluation of sector-specific training programs for low-skilled and disadvantaged workers found that participants in three such programs...
The Corporation for National and Community Service is in the process of formulating its five-year strategic plan – required from it and...
Educators and policymakers are beginning to focus on the question of why so many youths entering college need remedial courses in reading,...
Educators and policymakers are beginning to focus on the question of why so many youths entering college need remedial courses in reading,...
A Washington-based nonprofit that aims to monitor college costs and expenditures released an online database this week that makes it easy for...
A Washington-based nonprofit that aims to monitor college costs and expenditures released an online database this week that makes it easy for...
More than 50 national organizations have taken the first steps toward a new national campaign to reduce pregnancies among Latina teens –...
The most sweeping reform of U.S. laws concerning child labor in three decades will go into effect on July 19. The new...
More than 63 million American volunteered for some type of organized program in 2009 – about 26.8 percent of the population, and...