A growing number of low-income minority students who go to for-profit colleges are taking out and defaulting on private student loans, which...
Jobs for the Future (JFF) There’s no shortage of ideas on how to retool the Workforce Investment Act in order to make...
Despite increased efforts to make college more affordable and accessible, a new survey shows that a growing number of low-income high...
Despite increased efforts to make college more affordable and accessible, a new survey shows that a growing number of low-income high school...
Next year students who go online to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid – better known as the...
Five states will get technical assistance from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Research Center for Career and Technical Education (NRCCTE)...
Fifteen community colleges and five states will share $16.5 million in grants meant to support and expand remedial education programs that...
Six national policy and research organizations will share $6.5 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part...
The nation’s largest and most expensive AmeriCorps program – the Teaching Fellows project at the City University of New York –...
A $2.5 million research project is being launched to find “promising strategies” to help students get through remedial education classes in college...
Skills with teeth: Pam Fuller, 17, practices using a dental instrument in her dental assisting class at Central Educational Center. Photo: Jamaal...
Watch the original Youth Today video, “Hard Times at Sunnyside High” Tucson, Ariz.—Every day after school during the past year, 17-year-old Veronica...
The case for investing more resources in community colleges gets a boost in a new report that takes a global look at...
Could efforts to increase college graduation and retention rates “backfire” by leading colleges to lower standards? Such is one of the main...
Building youth work: The Goodwill agency in Tacoma, Wash., started a YouthBuild program, showing how Goodwill can partner with other groups....
Pamela Wilcox NONPROFITS Camp Fire USA has a temporary new leader in Pamela Wilcox, who was appointed interim CEO to fill...
Capping it off: A photographer adjusts the tassel on the graduation cap of Jonathan Wade, 19, on senior picture day at Fuller...
Visual appeal: Youths at the Village Academy speak in this YouTube video about how the economic crisis is hurting their families. In...
Visual appeal: Youths at the Village Academy speak in this YouTube video about how the economic crisis is hurting their families. In...
AT&T Corp.San Antonio(212) 387-6555http://www.att.com • Hispanic Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C., $25,000 for a mentor program that connects Hispanic high school students with...