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Scholarships Help Youths Complete College on Time

Last week – in a blog posting I wrote about the biggest enemies to timely completion of college – I mentioned how...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Labor Department Urges Agencies to Tap TANF Funds to Subsidize Summer Jobs for Youths

Saying nearly all of the Recovery Act money for summer youth employment programs has been spent, the U.S. Employment and Training Administration...

Defeat the Enemies: Finish College on Time

A new website identifies four of the biggest culprits that are making it take longer and longer for youths to earn a...

The Unexpected Impact of 2009 Summer Jobs Program

Though it could hardly be considered a living wage, the first paycheck that 17-year-old Michael Gaulden earned through last year’s summer jobs...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Labor Department Releases More Green Jobs Training Grants

More than three dozen organizations – including several community colleges and youth-serving agencies – will split $150 million in “green jobs” grants...

New Tool Helps College Administrators Examine the Financial Benefits of Student Success Programs

If you ever find yourself being asked to defend the cost-effectiveness of a program meant to help struggling youths stay in college,...

The Cost v. Price of Higher Education

When you go to the store to buy a shirt are you more concerned with the cost of the shirt or its...

A Global Education

When it comes to travel recollections of Christmas Day 2009, I imagine most folks will recall the day for the now-infamous incident...

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Youth Agencies to Share in $100 Million for Green Jobs Training

Several youth-serving agencies will benefit from $100 million in green jobs training grants that the U.S. Department of Labor released Wednesday. The...

Defaulting by Default

The word default is an interesting word: It can mean the failure to do something or it can mean a situation or...

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College Opportunity Knocks, But Often Gets No Answer

When Kauffman Scholars Inc. launched its college access program with a group of seventh-graders in 2003, administrators thought its promise of a...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Financial Aid Help Boosts Enrollment

Columnist Dick Mendel Even in the midst of the great recession, tuition at public four-year universities rose 6.5 percent nationwide this year,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

Colleges Need to Ramp Up for the Recovery

America’s post-secondary education sector needs to ramp up for a future economy that will be increasingly reliant on workers who have at...

Is the Service Sector Doing Well by Out-of-School Youth Doing Good?

Few question it when national service is touted – as it was Tuesday at an event in Washington, D.C. – as a...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

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...

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