Youth Today
All posts tagged "college"
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3.7KFrom the BureausAs Colleges Polarize Politically, Extremists Are Getting Younger
Colleges are becoming ideological battlegrounds. A national survey of freshman students found the incoming 2016 class was the most politically extreme in...
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4.6KGuest Opinion EssayLet’s Make College Smoother for Students From Foster Care
Young people who’ve been in foster care face some challenging circumstances, but they still hope to go to college just like their...
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5.3KGuest Opinion EssayColleges, Universities Should Be Pressured to Help Students in Foster Care
Growing up in Flint, Michigan and being a part of the foster care system from age 13 until I aged out at...
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2.7KNewsNJ Teens Learn Job Skills, Get Professional Development at the Nabe
Many afternoons, kids at Morristown High School in Morristown, New Jersey, walk over to Morristown Neighborhood House, affectionately known as Nabe.
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1.6KNewsWest Sacramento ‘Audaciously’ Creates Job, College Path for Its Youth with Kids’ Home Run
As the wealth gap grows in the United States, the job market shifts and college costs rise, how do young people make...
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5.1KGuest Opinion EssayWe Need to Work on Barriers to Educational Success for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care
Foster care placement has been described as the most tragic experience faced by a child because it introduces instability...
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1.6KNewsGAO Calls for Reducing Barriers to College for Foster and Homeless Youth
Burdensome paperwork requirements, limited academic preparation and a lack of adult guidance and support make it difficult for foster and homeless youth...
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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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State Higher Education Finance FY 2014
This report by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) association utilizes the latest possible data to present an overview of the...
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College Sexual Assault Policy and Prevention Initiative
Subject: Safety, Youth Welfare, Youth Crime, Sexual Crime, College | Deadline: May 18, 2015
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RFP for Research and Evaluation on the Investigation and Adjudication of Campus Sexual Assault
Subject: Youth Crime, Safety, Higher Education, Youth Welfare, Justice | Deadline: Apr. 6, 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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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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Lockeed Martin – STEM Education Grant Program
Subject: STEM, Education, Youth Development, Education Technology | Deadline: Ongoing.
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Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation – College Ready Grant Program
Subject: Education, Higher Education, Education Access, Race/Ethnicity, Disadvantaged Youth | Deadline: Nov. 12, 2014
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How America Pays for College 2014
An annual national study prepared by Sallie Mae and Ipsos which quantifies and discusses the ways in which families across the U.S....
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Interventions for Youth who Misuse/Abuse Prescription Stimulant Medications in High School and/or College-Attending Youth
Subject: Child Welfare, Substance Abuse, Prescription Drugs, Health | Deadline: Nov. 13, 2014
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Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2013
A research report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics which presents data on and examines...
