by apadmin | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
September 23rd, 2010 A report on al.com Tuesday, “Alabamians lag on college degrees,” summarized the findings from a recent Lumina Foundation study, A Stronger Nation Through Higher Education (PDF). Namely, we rank below the national average in higher educational...
by apadmin | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
September 20th, 2010 We learned so much from our Higher Education Alliance partners at this year’s Lifetime of Learning conference at Auburn University Montgomery. This year’s subject was college access, student retention and service-learning. Dr. Barbara Moely of...
by apadmin | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
September 16th, 2010 16.6 percent of Alabamians lived in poverty last year, according to newly released 2009 US Census Data. This puts us ninth in nationwide rankings of poverty rates. During that same time, 25.8 percent of children in Alabama lived in households...
by apadmin | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
September 14th, 2010 The U.S. Census bureau will release 2009 census data this Thursday, including poverty statistics. According to “US poverty on track to post record gain in 2009,” some analysts forecast the largest increase in U.S. poverty in 50 years. The national...
by apadmin | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
September 7th, 2010 Alabama has the second biggest gap between rich and poor in the nation, according to a study released in 2008 by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, “Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends.” What does that mean? The top...
by apadmin | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
September 3rd, 2010 Around 60 people came out to The Village Church in Huntsville Tuesday for our fourth and final Hunger and Food Security Workshop. Rich Hartz from the North Alabama Food Bank started off the day with the presentation of some recent data on hunger...
