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SEED School Miami Helps Students Overcome Adversity
March 28, 2017
No CommentsAuthor: Helios Education Foundation
March 28, 2017How do you overcome adversity when you know nothing else? Overcoming adversity is a challenge numerous students face in order to complete a college degree. Often the degrees of adversity are as … Read More
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Challenge Grant Successful in Incentivizing Growth of Local College Access Networks
March 23, 2017
No CommentsAuthor: Helios Education Foundation
March 23, 2017As research from Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce confirms, over 65 percent of Florida’s jobs will require a postsecondary degree by the year 2020. Florida is experiencing … Read More
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March 21, 2017
Author: Dr. Paul Perrault, Vice President and Director of Research and Evaluation and Michelle Boehm, Research and Evaluation Analyst
March 21, 2017High school guidance counselors have an enormous impact on the lives of students each and every day. From ensuring that students have the correct courses to graduate, to advising them on college and … Read More
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March 20, 2017
Author: Helios Education Foundation
March 20, 2017Nationwide, about one in seven young adults ages 16-24 are neither working nor are they in school. Often referred to as disconnected youth, these individuals have lost focus and are not on track to … Read More
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March 14, 2017
Author: Janice Palmer, Vice President and Director of Policy, Helios Education Foundation
March 14, 2017We’ve past the midway point in Arizona’s 100-day Legislative Session. Committees have completed work for bills in their house of origin and the bills are now making their way to the other chamber for … Read More
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The Case for Need-Based State Grant Aid
March 9, 2017
Author: Helios Education Foundation
March 9, 2017Currently, only 42 percent of Arizonan’s have a postsecondary degree or certificate. However, according to the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University, in just three years, 68 … Read More