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ACT Summit Registration Opens with Early-Bird Discount December 14, 2025

Join us at the 2026 ACT Summit, a dynamic event where you can experience the best of K-12, higher education, and workforce development conferences-all in one place! Register now for an early-bird discount through March.

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.

The Show Me State Excels in Work Ready Communities October 30, 2024

The Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development (MDHEWD) was recently recognized at the ACT Workforce Summit in Atlanta, Georgia for having 13 counties maintaining or achieving their Certified Work Ready Community status in the past year.

Missouri currently leads the nation with a total of 99 Certified Work Ready Communities and 112 communities that are participating and working towards certification.