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| Lead Partners Selected for Quality Initiative Supporting Frontline Health Care Workers (October 17, 2006) |
Jobs to Careers Initiative Announces Awards to Groups in Nine States
Nine projects have been awarded grants through Jobs to Careers: Promoting Work-Based Learning for Quality Care,
a national initiative to support the needs of workers delivering direct
health care and services and of the employers, patients, and clients
who require a skilled and stable frontline workforce. These frontline
workers—4.7 million of them in the United States—provide their patients
and clients with preventive and early intervention services, chronic
illness management strategies, and long-term and post-hospitalization
rehabilitative care.
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| Travis Reindl Joins JFF For National Campaign to Improve College Access and Affordability (October 2, 2006) |
JFF will manage initiative, funded by Lumina Foundation for Education
Travis Reindl has joined the staff of Jobs for the Future, a Boston-based organization specializing in research, consulting, and public policy advocacy related to the advancement of youth and adults. In that capacity, he leads a major national initiative focused on improving college access and affordability. Mr. Reindl also contributes to other JFF initiatives that seek to ensure that all young people can obtain a quality high school and postsecondary education.
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| Early College High Schools Could Help At-Risk Students Earn a Bachelor’s Degree, with a Potential $500,000 Lifetime Benefit (September 29, 2006) |
“Return on investment” study also shows clear benefits for schools, districts, and states.
Young people at risk of dropping out of high school would recognize significant financial advantages in terms of savings on college tuition and increased lifetime earning from attending early college high schools. |
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| Six N.C. Community Colleges Join National Initiative to Help Low-Skilled Adults Succeed In Today’s Economy (September 12, 2006) |
Major Grant from North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Recognizes
the Crucial Role of Community Colleges Locally and to the State Economy
Jobs for the Future and the National Council
for Workforce Education today announced the addition of six North
Carolina community colleges to join the Breaking Through
initiative. Each college will receive funding to participate in this
multi-year, multi-million-dollar initiative that helps low-skilled
adults realize their potential and succeed in college and careers |
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| JFF Announces “Portfolio” of Proven Models for Advancing Low-Income Workers to Family-Sustaining Incomes (July 12, 2006) |
The Founding Portfolio Members Meet Stringent Criteria and Present Best-in-Class Designs for Practitioners, Funders, and Employers, Says JFF.
Jobs for the Future today announced the creation of its Career Advancement Portfolio, a collaborative effort to enhance, expand, and disseminate proven solutions for advancing low-income people to good jobs. Each of the organizations in the Portfolio operates advancement models that clearly demonstrate and document success, with well-delineated features that can be replicated or scaled up.
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| Lumina Foundation Allocates $25.5 Million to Initiative to Make Higher Education More Affordable and Accessible (June 21, 2006) |
Lumina Foundation for Education has begun the second phase of its College Costs: Making Opportunity Affordable campaign by committing $25.5 million toward a three pronged initiative to lower the cost of college. Over the next five years, the organization will support promising efforts for affordability and access in key states
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| “Excellence Awards” Honor Two Innovative Community Colleges (April 21, 2006) |
Indian River Community College and LaGuardia Community College recognized for serving low-income, minority, and immigrant youth and adults
Indian River Community College in Fort Pierce, Florida, and LaGuardia Community College, in Long Island City, New York, are the winners of the 2006 MetLife Foundation Community College Excellence Awards. The winners were announced in Long Beach on April 23 at the 2006 annual convention of the American Association of Community Colleges.
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| Boston Stands Up for Excellent High Schools for All Students (April 12, 2006) |
Jobs for the Future helps lead national effort to engage all Americans in high school crisis
Boston-based Jobs for the Future today announced its participation in a national campaign to address America’s education crisis. STAND UP is a community-based coalition of more than 50 organizations, districts, and schools around the country, calling on all Americans to demand excellent high schools that prepare every student for college, work, and citizenship.
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| High School Dropouts Show Surprising Persistence In Drive To Complete Education (April 6, 2006) |
Nearly 60 Percent of Dropouts Go Back to School and Earn a High School Credential, Says New Report From Jobs For The Future
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| New Initiative Launched to Improve Quality by Supporting Workers (March 23, 2006) |
Jobs to Careers Proposals Accepted Through May 18, 2006
A new national initiative, Jobs to Careers: Promoting Work-Based Learning for Quality Care,
was launched today to support the needs of workers delivering direct
health care and services (people such as medical assistants, health
educators, laboratory technicians, substance abuse counselors and home
health aides), their employers, and the people they serve. Jobs to
Careers, a program established by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(RWJF), in collaboration with The Hitachi Foundation, will support
partnerships of employers and educational institutions to advance and
reward the skill and career development of incumbent frontline workers.
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| Fewer Than Half the States Have Measurable Goals for College Access and Success, Says a New Report From Jobs for the Future (February 15, 2006) |
| National Survey Finds Only 23 States Have Set Even a
Single Numerical Target for Improving College Success; Only 11 Have Set
Goals for Minority Student Success
Boston – Improving higher education
is a top priority in almost every state, but fewer than half of
states have set specific, measurable goals to track their progress
in enrolling, retaining and graduating students. According to
a new report from Jobs for the Future, By
the Numbers: State Goals for Increasing Postsecondary Attainment,
just 23 of the 50 states have set at least one numerical goal
for increasing the number of students who enroll in college, stay
in college, and graduate with a college degree. Only 10 have set
numerical goals for all three. And only 11 have set even one goal
related to improving the success rate among minority students.
The full report, including state-by-state data, is available free
at www.jff.org.
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