Graduate Memphis helps adults complete college
View Article On July 2, 2012, Leadership Memphis launched Graduate Memphis – a free college resource center that will help Memphis-area adults return to college. Designed to have a historic…
Graduate Memphis opens doors on Monday July 2, 2012 (The Commercial Appeal)
View Article 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.
Wired Academic: Graduate! Philadelphia Builds Movement
Wired Academic Graduate Philadelphia Article At a store front in the Gallery Mall here, Hadass Sheffer tells her staff not to keep customer’s waiting more than a minute. Their customers,…
National League of Cities: Connecting Residents to High-Wage Jobs
National League of Cities Article 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…
College Completion (NPR/WHYY)
Radio Times With Marty Moss-Coane
Getting Back to College
American Radioworks Article
Radio Times interview with Hadass Sheffer of Graduate! Philadelphia and Laura Perna, UPenn GSE
Radio Times Interview Article
Back to School (Northeast Times)
Northeast Times Article
Graduate Memphis: Plough Foundation awards $1.7m
Memphis Daily News Article 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…
Graduate Memphis: A Great Day for College Attainment
Many of Memphis’ economic challenges relate to our relatively low percentage of college graduates in the population. In today’s economy workers without a degree will it difficult to land a…
