Share the ways you are #Thankful4Pell during NCAN’s weeklong campaign Nov. 15-19!
Pell Grants play a crucial role each year in helping millions of low-income students pursue and achieve their postsecondary ambitions. That’s why the National College Attainment Network (NCAN) has re-launched its annual campaign to help tell the stories behind those...
NCAN Guest Blog: Making in-roads between K-12 and higher ed is more than freezing summer melt
Bill DeBaun, National College Attainment Network Earlier this year, NCAN observed that “summer is the time for K-12 and higher ed to be friends.” As it turns out, fall is a pretty good time for that, too! Our sense from talking with districts and schools across the...
COLUMN — Closing the growing gender gap in higher education
By Paul J. Luna and Charleita M. Richardson The following column was originally published in the Tampa Bay Times on Nov. 1, 2021. A gender gap in higher education has steadily expanded into a chasm, with male students lagging in both college entrance and completion...
Business leaders share top components of career readiness for a Talent Strong Florida
DOWNLOAD THE BRIEF Today’s young adults are much less likely to have had a paid summer job or been employed in the last year, and the pandemic has only exacerbated these trends. Many employers find that recent high school and college graduates lack “soft skills” or...