In 1942, Congress lowered the draft age from 21 to 18. America had been fighting in World War II for nearly a year. The change made an additional 2.25 million young men available for the war effort.

FAYETTEVILLE -- Anthony Smith didn't have a high school diploma when he was booked into the Washington County Detention Center just over a year ago, but he'll be leaving with the equivalent -- a GED - ...

A glance at the winter issue of City Journal: Is the GED worth anything? The General Educational Development test (GED) is not the “high school equivalency diploma” that many of its recipients think ...

Derwin Williams sits in a study room at Project Learn, a nonprofit organization in Cleveland that offers adult-education programs, with sample questions for the GED before him on a computer screen.

The General Educational Development program, or GED, is undergoing the biggest revamping in its 69-year history, driven by mounting recognition that young adults’ future success depends on getting ...

James felt like he lost half his high school career. A good student in the ninth and tenth grades, he came down with a series of unexplained illnesses during the summer, and entered junior year unable ...

More and more Texans do not have a high school diploma or the GED equivalent. That's what a new report says that's been studying high school equivalency programs in the San Antonio and Austin areas ...