John Truluck, executive director of the Clarendon County Development Board, knows the people of this rural eastern South Carolina county are “hardworking and loyal.” Now Truluck—and the nation—have proof: Clarendon County is the first in South Carolina and the second in the United States to be certified as an ACT Work Ready Community.

About a half-dozen years ago, central Louisiana-based Gilchrist Construction Company (GCC) had a problem. The heavy highway and industrial work contractor was experiencing a nearly 100% turnover in its workforce, meaning its significant investment in employee education was going right out the door.

ACT Points to Improvement Efforts and Calls for More Action, Especially for Underserved Students

Excelencia in Education invites interested individuals to join institutional, political, business, nonprofit, and community leaders for the annual Celebración de Excelencia to recognize America’s top programs for increasing Latino college success October 1 at the US Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC.

The 2013 ACT Enrollment Planners Conference (EPC) “hit a home run,” according to Earl Dowling, associate vice president of student affairs at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

Analysis of actual workplace skills provides more accurate measure,
 reveals deficits for jobs requiring low and high education levels

More than 150 education and workforce thought leaders, congressional members and staff, and federal and state officials gathered May 21 to honor national award recipients at ACT’s first annual National Gala on College and Career Readiness in Washington, DC.

Though it’s been open only three and a half years, George Westinghouse College Prep (GWCP) has already received the highest rating awarded by Chicago Public Schools for student academic growth and performance.

Navitas, an international education organization, is expanding access to the ACT® college readiness assessment in the United Kingdom in response to growing interest among British students to study in the United States and other countries.

Students and universities alike can benefit from a recent recommendation to award college credit for Global Assessment Certificate (GAC) program modules.