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Yes We Can: The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males

The high school graduation rate for African-American males was just 47 percent in 2007-08, far below the 78 percent rate for white...

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Education Department to Increase Scrutiny of Proprietary Colleges

The U.S. Department of Education will hire 60 more investigators and increase the number of investigations by 50 percent, partly in response...

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Big Gaps, Small Gaps

Some Colleges and Universities Do Better Than Others in Graduating Hispanic Students The Education Trust As the fastest growing minority in America,...

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What’s Good About For-Profits?

Steve Pearlstein of The Washington Post explores what’s good about the for-profit college business model and how it challenges traditional educational institutions. ...

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Accusations Prompt Changes at For-Profit Colleges

Some of the nation’s most prominent for-profit colleges have announced changes in their recruitment practices in the wake of a scathing congressional...

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Undercover GAO Investigation Finds Fraud at 4 For-Profit Colleges

An undercover investigation of for-profit colleges by the Government Accountability Office found that representatives of four of the 15 colleges surveyed enticed...

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Reforms Aim at For-profit Colleges

The proposition can seem fair or outrageous: If the federal government, in effect, pays a college to train young people for...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Corps Network, YouthBuild Get Funds to Help Dropouts, Offenders

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) awarded two $10 million competitive grants last month to two national youth-serving organizations to support...

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Corporate ‘Earn & Learn’: A Growing Path to Degrees and Careers

Jennifer Supsky was only 16 years old when she moved to Louisville, Ky., to escape the emotional trauma caused by her...

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An Employment Training and Job Placement Program for Foster Youth Making the Transition to Adulthood in Cook County, Illinois

Research indicates that youths who exit foster care often become unemployed or hold unstable, low-paying jobs. This report analyzes the research, and...

Obstacles to Student Financial Aid after FAFSA

For years, the complexity of the student financial aid form known as FAFSA was considered the prime impediment to needy students getting...

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Feds Propose New Rules for For-Profit Colleges

The U.S. Education Department today released its proposed rules on standards for for-profit colleges to participate in federal student aid programs, setting...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Study Shows Specialized Job Training Increases Wages, Jobs for Disadvantaged Workers

The first randomized controlled trial evaluation of sector-specific training programs for low-skilled and disadvantaged workers found that participants in three such programs...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Governors Group Launches College Completion Initiative

America’s governors – armed with statistics about poor college completion rates and a report outlining a methodology for improving the numbers –...

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For-Profit College Reform Leads to Increase in Short Selling

Controversy continues to swirl around for-profit colleges as the behind-the-scenes role of hedge funds on the industry is called into question, according...

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Lumina Foundation Shifts Focus to Policy Making

The Lumina Foundation for Education, one of the best-known higher-education philanthropies, is shifting its focus from program initiatives to policy development, according...

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