News Releases

Consensus Reached on Transforming Remediation (December 12, 2012)
Stating that “remedial education as commonly designed and implemented does not work,” leading national higher education groups calledread more
11 States to Work Toward Improving Student Success at Community Colleges (November 27, 2012)
JFF and Achieving the Dream today announced the participation of five states in the Postsecondary State Policy Networkread more
Accelerate TEXAS Week salutes efforts to help ABE students succeed in college (November 12, 2012)
Starting today, 19 community colleges across Texas are celebrating “Accelerate TEXAS” Week in honor of the initiative that has already helped more than 2,000 Adult Basic Ed students on their way toward college credentials...read more
Study: “Dual enrollment” students more likely to attend, graduate from college (October 17, 2012)
High school students who take college courses are significantly more likely to attend and graduate from college than peers who do not, according to a study of more than 30,000 Texas high school graduates by Boston-based education nonprofit JFF.read more
The Greenforce Initiative Links Employers and Community Colleges to Meet Growing Need for Sustainability Skills (October 15, 2012)
  Through a two-year, $500,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, NWF and JFF are building networks of employers and community college leaders to collaborate on helping students develop...  read more
Jobs for the Future Receives $750,000 Grant From The Kresge Foundation to Support Network of Community College Student Success Centers (October 1, 2012)
The Kresge Foundation has awarded a three-year, $750,000 grant to JFF to develop a network of statewide Student Success Centers. The purpose of the centers is to organize community colleges within... read more
Accelerating Opportunity Initiative Helps the Nation Get Back to Work (September 19, 2012)
JFF announced today that five states will each recieve a $1.6 million grant to help more workers earn valuable credentials needed for today's good jobs through innovative adult education programs. The grants are part of Accelerating Opportunity...read more
Multistate Initiative Will Create New "Pathways to Prosperity" for High School Students (June 19, 2012)
The Pathways to Prosperity Network consists of six states focused on ensuring that many more young people complete high school, attain a postsecondary credential with currency in the labor market, and launch into a career while leaving open the...read more
Health Informatics Workers in High Demand (May 31, 2012)
A new study published for Credentials that Work, an initiative that promotes colleges’ use of real-time labor info to inform program offerings, found that job postings for health care informatics increased by 36 percent from 2007 to 2011,...read more
CompetencyWorks: Learning from the Cutting Edge (May 16, 2012)
CompetencyWorks, a new website highlighting innovations, promising practices and solutions for tough issues that educators, administrators and policymakers face when shifting from a time-based system towards competency-based education, launched today at...read more