Using his educational and political influence, Washington spearheaded African American entrepreneurship during the early twentieth century by advocating the process of gradual economic...
Originally founded as the Boys’ and Girls’ Bureau in 1916, Junior Achievement has grown into the largest supplier of applied economic and business education curricula in the United States, reaching well over one million students in grades 4-12 annually.
Besides providing economic relief and financial benefits to returning veterans, the G.I. Bill strongly stimulated the post-World War II economy as veterans spent their government benefits on education opportunities and private housing.
Because it is the responsibility of the Department of Education (ED) to establish and disseminate educational policy and to inaugurate and oversee federal funding designated for educational assistance, this department has direct responsibility both for identifying the needs of personnel to join the American workforce and developing means to train people to fill these needs.
Publicly mandated and private programs designed to increase employment and education opportunities for traditionally underserved or underrepresented groups, usually racial minorities and women.
