The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation recently granted the FutureMakers Coalition $300,000. The grant, which is payable during the next three years, will help fund programs and projects developed by…
News-Press Media Group initiative to join forces with regional coalition to transform the workforce by increasing Southwest Florida’s higher education completion to 40 percent by 2025 Michael Jung, president and…
More than 100 students from Port Charlotte High School, Charlotte High School, The Academy, Lemon Bay High School, and Florida SouthWestern Collegiate High School, participated in the Charlotte County Voice…
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…