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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....

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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...

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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....

A College Degree Won’t Make You Free

A lot of people who’ve read Carter G. Woodson’s famous 1933 treatise, The Mis-Education of the Negro, believe the book’s message is...

A College Degree Won’t Make You Free

A lot of people who’ve read Carter G. Woodson’s famous 1933 treatise, The Mis-Education of the Negro, believe the book’s message...

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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...

Six Texas Commununity Colleges Beat Odds on Transfers

As they prepare to go to college and search for ways to save money in the process, many youths convince themselves that...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

‘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 –...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Uncle Sam to Pre-Schoolers: I Want You … to be Ready

America’s national security will be put at risk if the government doesn’t make stronger investments in high-quality early childhood education for the...

► Reports

What Are the Best College Access Programs?

Twenty-three programs designed to help youths get to or through college are featured in a new compendium released by the American Youth...

Eliminate the 12th Grade?

Here’s a novel way to reduce the dropout rate and increase the number of students who go to college: Get rid of...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

College Prices Keep Rising

The cost of higher education rose for this school year; the biggest increase was at public two-year colleges, where tuition and...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

HSC Foundation – Life Enrichment Awards Program (LEAP)

Rewarding: Washington City Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray (left) congratulates LEAP award recipient Cornelius Gaskins. The award, named after Gray, provides...

Lumina Grants to Help Youth Prepare for College

If you do college access work with eighth through 10th graders, especially in a few select Midwestern states, be on the lookout...

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Community Schools Pushed by Dems, Brits

Youth-serving agencies should plan to play a prominent role in America’s educational reform efforts by partnering with public schools to transform them...

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College Prices Keep Rising

The cost of higher education got higher this school year, and the biggest increase was at public two-year colleges, where tuition jumped...

10 percent of Community Colleges Don’t Offer Federal Loan Programs

Roughly 10 percent of community college students can’t access federal student loans because the colleges they attend don’t participate in federal loan...

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Study Finds Dropouts More Likely to be Incarcerated or Unemployed

A new report chronicling the whereabouts of past high school dropouts shows that all dropouts, and particularly African-Americans, are far more likely...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier