Education drives economic development in Philadelphia
Improving Our City’s Economy Through Education All photographs by MANUEL DOMINGUEZ JR There is a lot of talk in Philly these days about talent attraction and attainment — how do…
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Q&A with Graduate!’s Hadass Sheffer
Q & A: Graduate! Philadelphia’s Hadass Sheffer Hadass Sheffer is one of the founding forces behind (and current president of) The Graduate! Network, an organization that works to help adults complete…
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City of Philadelphia Jobs Commission Report
City of Philadelphia Jobs Commission Report View Article
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A Philadelphia partnership for growing the region’s talent pool
Change By Degrees 2012 GRADUATES CELEBRATE WITH PHILADELPHIA MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER – COURTESY PEIRCE COLLEGE In higher education, there’s the rhetoric and there’s the reality. Nationwide, only 58% of those…
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Penn State World Campus at Graduate! Philadelphia
View Article Penn State has been a partner in Graduate! Philadelphia since 2010. Now PSU’s online division, World Campus, joins Abington and Brandywine campuses in providing opportunities for Graduate! Philadelphia…
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Partners for Livable Communities: Business at the Table
View Article Business at the Table: The Employer Drive for Higher EducationAttainment is about communities uniting around a common goal to helpdrive economic development. The goal is closing the college…
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HuffPost Noel Harmon: Encouraging Adult College Completion
I recently found myself in the emergency waiting room (back spasms) and overheard a conversation between what I can only assume was a RN administrator and a new nursing student.…
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Financial Voices WURD 900 AM: Tips for Adults Who Want to Return to College
View Article 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.
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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…
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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.
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