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How to help students navigate the new FAFSA

by Marilyn Tagliavia | January 4, 2024 | News | 0 Comments

In 2021, Congress passed the FAFSA Simplification Act to make the FAFSA easier to complete and to help more Americans access federal financial aid. Advance Vermont has published two new guides to MyFutureVT, both focused on helping students navigate this year’s changes to the FAFSA.

VTDigger highlights the challenges of filling promising jobs

by Marilyn Tagliavia | September 5, 2023 | News | 0 Comments

Advance Vermont’s Executive Director Tom Cheney was asked to provide insights on job opportunities in Vermont, and the education pathways leading to them.

MyFutureVT introduces new features

by Marilyn Tagliavia | February 13, 2023 | News | 0 Comments

Improvements made over the past year were based on both user feedback and in the interest of maximizing accessibility.

How can you find successful career pathways in Vermont?

by Marilyn Tagliavia | February 3, 2023 | News | 0 Comments

What do teaching, photography, carpentry, bookkeeping, and engineering have in common? They are all high-pay, high-demand careers in Vermont!

The need for more workers and taxpayers

by Ben | May 29, 2019 | News

An op-ed urging Vermonters to mentor the state’s youth about personal and career pathways.

Report examines what “free college” really means

by Ben | Jul 9, 2019 | News

A new report shows that as wonderful as free college programs sound, their effectiveness varies.

For a strong Vermont, connect with youth

by Ben | May 6, 2019 | News

Liz Schlegel, Executive Director at Alchemist Foundation Jen Kimmich, co-founder and CEO of the Alchemist Brewery and board chair of Alchemist Foundation February 12, 2019 Dear grown-ups, we have a proposal for us all. Let’s start talking with our young people about...