Youth Today
All posts tagged "College & Careers"
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayDepartment of Education, act now to empower youth experiencing homelessness
Throughout my final years of high school and college, I was homeless and on my own, without a parent or guardian to...
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4.1KNewsWhite House Rolls Out Summer Opportunity Plan
The White House this week rolled out a multi-agency plan to help more teenagers land summer jobs. The plan aims to give...
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3.4KGuest Opinion EssayHelping Young Veterans Find Work after Military Service
Young veterans need support in finding and maintaining a job, let alone a career pathway with family-sustaining wages.
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2.8KNewsCollege Bound
Policy and programs can remove obstacles to college for youth experiencing homelessness and foster care
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3.2KGuest Opinion EssayFirst-generation College Students from Poverty Have Many Hurdles
I have helped many young people with financial support for college, both personally and through my company. This year I am funding...
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2.8KNewsFederal Apprenticeship Grants Include Youth-Focused Programs
The Obama administration announced American Apprenticeship Grants, which aims to train and hire 34,000 apprentices in industries such as health care, information...
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The Economic Value of College Majors
This comprehensive report by Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce details the economic value of 137 different college majors.
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National Autism Indicators Report: Transition Into Young Adulthood
The A.J. Drexel Autism Institute provides a comprehensive look at the rarely-researched outcomes of autistic youth during and after the transition into...
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Grants
Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program
Subject: Education, Higher Education, Career Development, Youth Development | Deadline: Mar. 6, 2015
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Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) Education Connection
Subject: Education, Higher Education, Youth Development, Civic Engagement | Deadline: Feb. 1, 2015
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Pathways into Geoscience
Subject: Education, STEM, Youth Development, Higher Education, Career Development | Deadline: Mar. 16, 2015
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Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Student Support Services Program
Subject: Education, Education Access, Disadvantaged Youth, Academic Performance | Deadline: Feb. 2, 2015
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Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences Education and Literacy Initiative
Subject: Education, Youth Employment, Job/Career Training, Environmental Education | Deadline: May 6, 2015
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Training Our Future Teachers: Easy A’s and What’s Behind Them
The National Council on Teacher Quality collects data from more than 500 higher education institutions and finds that the majority of institutions...
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The College Board – Trends in College Pricing 2014
The College Board presents and analyzes the latest numbers concerning prices of tuition and compares them to previous years. It finds that,...
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National Park Service – Grants for Digital Media Creation Using Youth Interns
Subject: Youth Development, Career/Job Training, Environmental Education | Deadline: Nov. 24, 2014
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State of the South: Building an Infrastructure of Opportunity for the Next Generation
A report by MDC examining the unique issues the next generation faces growing up across the southern states of the U.S. It...
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A Great Recession, a Great Retreat – A Call for a Public College Quality Compact
The Center for American Progress presents troubling higher-education realities and calls for the creation of a new federal program along with fundamental...
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Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (K12)
Subject: Career Training, Job Training, Health, Education, College/University | Deadline: Jan 5, 2014
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Youth Leadership Program: TechGirls
Subject: Youth Development, Education, STEM, Women/Girls, Careers | Deadline: Dec. 2, 2014
