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ACT Impact and Giving Report Highlights Pathways to Student Success December 02, 2025

ACT empowers learners by removing barriers and creating pathways to success through programs like fee waivers, scholarships, and grants. In FY2025, we supported 477K students, 210K fee waivers, 27 scholarships, and 54 grants nationwide. Learn more in the 2025 Impact Report.

SS Magazine Publishes Location Profiles with NCRC Trends November 21, 2025

Site Selection Magazine's November edition includes a dozen location spotlights that include WorkKeys NCRC growth trends to demonstrate workforce quality. Features include Kansas, the Dakotas, Virginia, Nebraska, New York, Mississippi, Washington, and Wyoming.

Manhattan Ranks as a Top Metro, Kansas Wins Governors Cup from Site Selection March 09, 2023

Good things are happening in Manhattan, Kansas! The Greater Manhattan region and State of Kansas have been recognized for economic development activity by Site Selection magazine. The magazine’s annual rankings of new and expanded facility projects are considered “the industry scoreboard” by corporate real estate analysts.

Video Showcases Eco Devo and Education Collaboration in Pottawatomie County, Kansas May 24, 2021

Brief video PSA on the collaboration with local high schools and Pottawatomie County Economic Development using WorkKeys and Work Ready Communities.

Kansas School Board Briefed on WorkKeys and WRC Successes April 24, 2021

The Kansas School Board hears of success in career education and workforce/economic development during their April 2021 board meeting. Learn more at workreadycommunities.org. Presenters include: Natalie Clark, Education Program Consultant, IPS Coordinator Career, Standards, and Assessment Services, Kansas Department of Education; Breahna Crawford, College and Career Advocate Circle USD 375; Jordan Buxton, Marketing Director, Gravity::Works Architecture; Jina Kugler, School Counselor, Wamego USD 320; Jack Allston, Executive Director Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation; Cheri Tune, ACT Work Ready Communities.