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A Bumpy, Dangerous Path to Success

Martinez: “I wanted to cry, but I was too happy.” Kauffman Scholars might have saved Rene Martinez’s life. On a Friday...

Another Kauffman Test: For Drugs

For youths enrolled in Kauffman Scholars, the road to higher education isn’t just paved with preparation for college entrance tests. It’s also...

Does Kauffman Put Too Much Emphasis on Four-Year Schools?

College access experts increasingly lament the small percentage of low-income youths entering college who achieve the more important goal: making it out...

From Family Loss, a Success Story

Eighteen-year-old Latisha Smith decided long ago that she wanted to go to college, but wasn’t sure how she could afford it. She...

OJJDP Mentoring Funds Boosted by $20 Million

The fiscal 2010 omnibus spending bill signed by President Barack Obama on Dec. 16 adds $20 million – for a total of...

Largest Budget Ever for Community Service Agency

Congress has brought change to the Obama administration’s Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS): its largest appropriation in history. The fiscal...

Connecting the Data Dots to Better Serve Disconnected Youths

Cross-system collaboration, caring adults and meaningful data analysis will help programs for disconnected youth succeed, grow and get funded, program and policy...

Teens’ Attitudes About Drugs Worry Health Researchers

Teens in recent years have become more indifferent to the harms associated with drug use and abuse, according to the 2009 Monitoring...

Charting a Necessary Path

Too few low-income and minority students are enrolling in and graduating from college, according to a new report released by The National...

Gates Grants to Boost Community College Education

The Bill & Melinda Foundation has awarded $12.9 million through four grants to enhance and create advanced technological opportunities for community colleges....

Britain Changes Background Check Plan for Youth Workers

During a time when the American public and its lawmakers keep calling for more background checks for anyone who works with youth,...

Corvington Nomination Approved by HELP Committee

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved the nomination of Patrick Corvington to serve as CEO of the Corporation for...

Tobacco funds rarely used for anti-tobacco efforts

A new report showing that state governments cut funding of smoking prevention programs by 15.4 percent this past fiscal year is the...

Study outlines ways to help more students finish college

More money, more child care and more flexibility. Think of how much easier it would be for everyone to do their jobs...

How Well do Your Graduates do After High School?

Fast forward to high school graduation season and think of a graduation ceremony near you. The auditorium gradually fills with camera-toting parents....

Agencies to Pilot Postsecondary Projects

A GED – or general education diploma – once was a “good enough diploma,” as comedian Chris Rock has called it. But...

‘Green Jobs’ Grants Awarded

The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded the first of a series of “green jobs” grants designed to prepare targeted populations –...

Another Federal Audit Slams Another Job Corps Site

Dead cockroaches, expired food, filthy conditions, and unreported drug- and weapon-related incidents were all uncovered at a Florida Job Corps center operated...

OJJDP Administrators Gather for First Time

Earmarks, independence and interagency politics were among the subjects discussed this week at an unprecedented gathering of former federal leaders on juvenile...