by Alabama Possible | Oct 2, 2018 | College Success, datasheet, Higher Education Alliance, Jobs
by Dr. Ray Watts As UAB’s overall enrollment reached a record high for the third consecutive year, we and our community are celebrating more than the remarkable growth of our student body. We are also celebrating another year of widening access to higher education for...
by Alabama Possible | Jun 12, 2018 | datasheet, Uncategorized
You probably know a family who struggles to make ends meet. They are not alone. Alabama’s economy continues to lag behind the nation’s. Alabama’s median household income is just $46,309, or $11,308 less than the national median household income. This income gap keeps...
by Alabama Possible | Nov 28, 2017 | Blueprints, Cash for College, College Success, data, datasheet, Engaged Learning, poverty
This #givingtuesday, you can give the best of Alabama makers through our 2017 holiday gift premium. This year, we are teaming up with the folks at Russell Supermarkets and Piggly Wiggly to deliver a handmade Dean’s Cake House 7-Layer Caramel Cakes to your...
by Alabama Possible | Aug 22, 2017 | Cash for College, College Success, data, datasheet, poverty
by Felicia Stewart I have a glass-half-full perspective on things, so I was encouraged to see that Alabama had climbed up from the fourth to the sixth poorest state in the nation on the latest Alabama Poverty Data Sheet. While we should appreciate that tiny step, we...
by Alabama Possible | Jul 18, 2017 | datasheet
By Jeremy L. Arthur As a fifth-generation Alabamian, I am proud to call Alabama home. I am proud of the success stories of job creation, international investment, innovation, and world-class research right here in Alabama. My pride in Alabama also comes with a...
by Alabama Possible | Jul 10, 2017 | data, datasheet
al.com: Alabama is 6th poorest state in nation; poverty rate at 40 percent in some counties Alabama is the sixth poorest state in the United States, according to a new report by an Alabama nonprofit. About 18.5 percent of Alabamians live below the federal poverty...
