The United States needs a “jolt” to get the economy back on track. “We have a catch-22 situation,” said Anthony Carnevale, director and research professor, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. “We don’t have workers to attract high-skill, high-wage industries, and we don’t have high-skill, high-wage industries giving workers incentive to obtain the [...]

As participants gathered to celebrate ACT’s 50 years of helping people achieve education and workplace success, they agreed that we’ve come a long way since 1959—and we can go much further. ACT’s board of directors, advisory board members, and staff, plus state representatives and distinguished guests, met October 19–20 in Iowa City for ACT’s 50th [...]