Business at the Table: The Employer Drive for Higher Education Attainment is about communities uniting around a common goal to help drive economic development. The goal is closing the college attainment gap and growing the educated workforce. This report explores the challenges and successes of local, regional, and national education reform initiatives.  It highlights...  > Read more

Graduate! Philadelphia's Hadass Sheffer spoke with Sharmain Matlock-Turner and Comebackers about options and opportunities for adults who want to go back to college in the Philadelphia area.

Leadership Memphis and the Memphis Public Library have announced the opening of Graduate Memphis, a college resource center for adults seeking advice on how to return to college.

Mayoral leadership to boost local college completion rates is both a recent and growing phenomenon, often spurred by dual goals of attracting and retaining high-wage employers and promoting equity by enhancing the skills and credentials of less advantaged populations. These efforts grow out of a recognition of the rising wage premium for workers with postsecondary degrees and the related need...  > Read more

Graduate! Philadelphia's 3rd replication will be in Memphis: The Plough Foundation has awarded a $1.7 million grant to the Memphis Talent Dividend College Attainment Initiative, whose purpose is to build a stronger city by increasing the number of college graduates in the...  > Read more