Arizona universities will graduate thousands of students this month and for many of them it’s time to make the big “what’s next?” decision. A 2013 University of Arizona Career Services survey found about half of the UA grads were headed to work; 16 percent planned to continue on to graduate school and 9 percent were…
Students can see their future from the window in Ms. May-Garcia’s health office. Mansfeld Middle School, located across the street from the University of Arizona, is home to students with dreams of attending college no matter any potential financial obstacles. Title I schools represent nearly 60 percent of the approximately 2,000 schools in Arizona. In…
The Arizona College and Career Ready Standards help set the future generation of Arizona for competitive jobs
About 43 percent of young Americans are still without health insurance, two years after the launch of the Affordable Care Act. As the second enrollment period gets underway, some advocates in Arizona are hoping to change that. They’ve launched seminars and presentations on Arizona’s college campuses and a social media campaign to encourage people from…
It was somewhere between leaving her mother’s Arizona house and walking toward the bus stop that the frightening reality sank in: Amber Hough was now homeless. Hough’s PTSD and autism were causing “too much drama” for her mother and siblings. The arguments were getting louder, and the crying all the more common. Finally, Hough said,…
