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Obama Nominates Seven to Fill CNCS Board Slots
President Barack Obama announced a slate of nominees to fill seven of the eight vacant positions on the Corporation for National and...
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The Next Great Collapse?
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee waded into the growing controversy over just what kind of education students receive at...
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Colleges Ease Way for Community College Transfers
Reflecting what could become a national trend, four-year universities in Virginia and Maryland are taking various measures make it easier for community...
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Anti-gang Activist Murdered
An ex-convict turned social activist was murdered June 9, according to an article in The Washington Post. David Lewis, 54, started a...
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Do Students Get Hurt by Fuzzy Credits?
Washington – With $100 billion in federal student loans and grants at stake, House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.)...
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For-Profit College Reforms Stir Debate
The U.S. Department of Education is proposing new rules to oversee the growing field of for-profit higher education, but it kicked the...
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Volunteering Is Up
More than 63 million American volunteered for some type of organized program in 2009 – about 26.8 percent of the population, and...
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Jobs Forecast Predicts Increasing Need for College Degrees
The vast majority of American jobs in the next few years will require some type of post-secondary training or degree, meaning that...
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Debt From For-Profit Colleges Leading to Federal Regulation
The Washington Post examines Congress and the Obama administration’s reaction to the rise in popularity of for-profit colleges. According to the Post,...
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Still Waiting for Summer Jobs Bill, States Tap TANF Funds for Programs
While as much as $1 billion in funding for a national summer youth employment program continues to languish in Congress, a growing...
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Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services A recent study conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics confirmed that not...
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U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: Psychological Adjustment of 17-year-old Adolescents
Pediatrics Children raised since birth in lesbian-mother families display healthy psychological adjustment and outperform their heterosexual-raised counterparts in some areas, according...
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – United States, 2009
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nearly three-quarters of American students – 72.5 percent – have drunk alcohol by the end...
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The Academy: A Program for Older Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care
Vera Institute of Justice Youths in the foster care system who reach adulthood without being reunited with their birth families or...
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Boy Scouts Makes Volunteers Learn About Sex Abuse
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) last week ordered all of its volunteers to go through training about sex abuse, after years...
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Fixing A Broken System: Transforming Maine’s Child Welfare System
The Annie E. Casey Foundation Maine’s child welfare system, long hailed as one of the worst in the country, has made...
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Iowa Slaughterhouse Manager Acquitted of Child Labor Violations
An Iowa child labor case that gained national attention because of the more than 9,000 violations brought against a slaughterhouse manager has...
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Budget Director Signals Probable Cuts for Youth Programs
The president’s budget director fired a warning shot at federally funded youth programs today, saying the government wastes money on too many...
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Congress Considers New Bankruptcy Rules on Private College Loans
A possible fight over college loans is looming in Congress, but not over the maximum a student can borrow. Instead, members of...
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Addressing the Unmet Educational Needs of Children and Youth in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems
Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, Georgetown Public Policy Institute Youths who go through both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems often...
