Preparing Students for What’s Next: Key Insights from a Recent JA Survey
“What’s next?” That’s the question on everyone’s mind. Technologies we’ve never seen before are changing the world in ways we’ve never imagined. Jobs people depend on today might not exist tomorrow. Are we ready? And […]
THE JA EFFECT – WIDENING HORIZONS
One JA Alumnus was impacted by a JA Volunteer who help widen her horizons of potential career options. “By sharing my history and my present, it lets younger people know what’s possible.” – Socheth McCutcheon […]
Taking Stock in the JA Stock Market Challenge
Another year, another round of fast-paced excitement at the JA-Stock Market Challenge! Thanks to financial and volunteer support from the business community, more than 1,200 local area students competed in a highly interactive stock market […]
New JA Alumni Survey Results Confirm Impact and Continued Need for Programs
For more than 100 years, Junior Achievement (JA) has inspired and prepared young people to own their economic success. Millions of students have experienced the power of a volunteer role model guiding them through learning […]
Alumna Credits JA with Launching Her College Career
University of Denver student Janeth Mancha learned of Junior Achievement as an elementary student when her older brother talked about his experience in JA. “Back when I was in third grade, I made the commitment […]
Alumnus Gains Career Direction from JA
Chase Ferdinandsen is a vice president and financial consultant with Charles Schwab in Lone Tree, Colorado. Back in the ninth grade in Evergreen, Colorado, like most students, he had little exposure to the finance world. […]
JA Alum Providing Individuals on Probation a Chance for Success
Imagine that your ankle has something bulky and uncomfortable wrapped around it. Worst of all, it tells the world that you’ve made a bad life choice. That’s the reality for offenders who are required to […]
As a manager for National Learning and Professional Development at RSM LLP, Erica Costanzo develops learning strategies and curricula. Her first experience with Junior Achievement (JA) was learning to balance a checkbook in seventh grade […]
New JA Alumni Survey Demonstrates Impact of JA for Participants and Communities
A new survey of 1,002 Junior Achievement alumni conducted by Ipsos, one of the world’s leading market research firms, finds that JA programs had a strong impact on JA participants’ professional and personal development into […]
