When Charlotte County commissioners voted recently to kill off the Children’s Services Council, there was really no alternative — despite the need for a champion for the county’s young people. The council, filled with appointed volunteers, was put together…
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If college students are going to incur years of debt on their way to a diploma, they might as well look not only for best-value schools, but for schools with…
Goal to transform the workforce by increasing the number of college degrees and post-secondary certifications from 27 to 40 percent by 2025 The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation recently granted…
Goal to increase Southwest Florida’s higher education completion to 40 percent by 2025 Two national coalition-building experts recently met with the FutureMakers Champions Team, part of a Southwest partnership committed…
We made two significant changes to this year’s version of the College Access Index— a measure of economic diversity at top colleges that The Upshot created last year. First, we…
BY MELISSA BELTZ Th e Clewiston News Members of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation visited the Hendry County Education Task Force Tuesday to announce a new regional initiative called the…
It sounds simple, yet daunting: to transform the workforce in Southwest Florida by increasing the number of people with college degrees and post-secondary certifications from 27 to 40 percent by…
Jack Hess wants Southwest Florida regional leaders to move from “protecting turf to building trust.” Hess, the executive director for the Institute for Coalition Building in Columbus, Indiana, threw out…