The National Council of Young Leaders is a diverse body of young leaders from across the United States who advise policy makers and funders on issues affecting ...
America's Promise has released the updated Grad Nation Community Guidebook (Community Guidebook), a research-based toolkit for communities working to ...
This one-pager explains the basics of Conservation and Service Corps, two key programs as part of the national Corps Network. Corps are
Crew-based youth ...
Legislation from over a dozen states are rolling in to permit certain undocumented students who have attended and graduated from their primary and secondary schools ...
Higher education should be about creating opportunity — NOT getting crushed by lifelong debt. But too many hard-working students and their families have watched ...
While the United States has seen graduation rates increase in recent years, national graduation data mask the fact that many of our students, especially low-income ...
If more children from low-income families graduated from college, income inequality would fall and economic opportunity would increase. A major barrier to a college ...
Students are failing to learn the basic math and English skills and concepts needed for success in community colleges, according to the report from the National ...
Mandatory student advising, more structured pathways to a degree and less reliance on remedial courses were among the strategies for improving success rates for ...
Our Piece of the Pie reports that better academic preparation and student supports such as dual enrollment, financial aid, and improved transfer policies to 4-year ...
Finding employment in this economy is challenging, but imagine you are a young person who needs a job and has no experience. Then imagine you don’t have the ...
Many students attend more than one institution of higher education before earning a degree. According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, one-third ...
Young adults are in a critical period of change and choices, as they confront the decisions that will pave the way to their futures. But the generation coming into ...
This study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce shows that certificates are the fastest growing form of postsecondary credentials in the ...
Change is necessary in how U.S. public higher education is financed, according to a report issued today by the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO).
As states prepare their budgets for FY2014, they face the challenge of reinvesting in public higher education systems after years of damaging cuts — the product ...
Federal financial aid is critical to student access and success in postsecondary education for many students, including most Latinos. However, current realities are ...
Over the next ten years, more than half of all jobs will require some education beyond high school. The majority of students entering college do not earn a college ...
