Sentences with phrase «education college sector»

Canvas by Instructure (NYSE: INST), the open online virtual learning environment (VLE), has made successful inroads into the UK Further Education College sector.

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Policy makers favor the manufacturing sector because it has historically provided good paying jobs for middle - skill workers, or those folks who have more than a high school education but not a four - year college degree.

On top of this, there are various private sector options to paying for college such as income share agreements and private education loans.

Composed of leaders from the private sector, universities, colleges and polytechnics, the Roundtable works to help young Canadians transition from education to the workplace, strengthen research collaboration between industry and institutions, and help Canadian employers as they adapt to the economy of the future.

Composed of leaders from the private sector, universities, colleges and polytechnics, BHER works to support young Canadians as they transition from education to the workplace, strengthen research collaboration between industry and institutions, and help Canadian employers as they adapt to the economy of the future.

The group that held this conviction the most explicitly, and who acted on it in the largest sector of independent higher education — that which belonged to the Liberal Protestants — is well represented by William DeWitt Hyde, elected president of Bowdoin College in 1885 at the age of 26:

Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) delivers a comprehensive range of training, education and business support for Scotland's land - based industries, founded on world class and sector - leading research, education and consultancy.

Other CIA initiatives have further enhanced the college's position of leadership on these vital issues, including Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives ®, a continuing medical education (CME) conference co-presented by the CIA and the T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health; and Menus of Change ®, a ground - breaking leadership initiative launched in 2012 by the CIA in collaboration with select partners who are working to create a long - term, practical vision for the integration of optimal nutrition and public health, environmental stewardship and restoration, and social responsibility concerns within the foodservice sector and beyond.

It would support collaboration between further education colleges and between the further education and higher education sectors.

Unsurprisingly the Open University, London's Birkbeck College, the FE sector and almost everyone else in education is up in arms.

- Partnerships between industry and two - year and four - year colleges to strengthen education for technicians in the clean energy sector, focusing on curriculum development, teacher training, and career pathways from high schools to community colleges

-- In developing the clearinghouse pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall solicit information and expertise from businesses and organizations in the renewable energy sector and from institutions of higher education, career and technical schools, and community colleges that provide training in the renewable energy sectors.

Corner has more than 20 years experience in the higher education sector; prior to London College of Fashion, she was head of the Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media and Design at London Metropolitan University.

The Association of School of School and College Leaders (ASCL) has urged the government to «fully fund» all pay rises in the education sector and remove the one per cent pay cap on teachers» pay.

Gateshead College is one of the best in the country and we welcome this opportunity to learn about good practice in the sector and consider the role of further education in helping the country fill the growing skills gap.»

As a provider of free telephone crisis counselling services for individuals working in the sector, and organisational development programmes delivered each year to over 900 schools and colleges, the charity is well versed in the issues currently facing education.

This issue's research section offers a first - of - its - kind study examining the impact of instructor quality on student achievement in the higher education sector — finding that students taught by above - average instructors receive higher grades and test scores, are more likely to succeed in subsequent courses, and earn more college credits.

Like most established organizations in other sectors, the education system's inclination when it sees a potentially disruptive technology is to cram it into its existing model to sustain what it is already doing, but not fundamentally transform that model into a student - centric one (the importance of making this transformation should be clearer in light of the ACT's announcement today that 60 percent of 2012 high school graduates are at risk of not succeeding in college and career).

In the education sector, we've identified teamwork as one of the essential 21st century skills for college and career success.

Presidents from all sectors of higher education — colleges, universities, and community colleges

The provision of security personnel to the education sector has been historically centred on those establishments that are in the further and higher education sectors, colleges, and universities.

And in the education sector, colleges compete to earn high rankings from magazine publishers, and those «Best of» issues tend to sell huge numbers of magazines as people clamor for information about college quality.

One of the largest further education colleges in England is celebrating what could be the most spectacular turnaround in the sector in recent years.

For instance, when it comes to the education sector, technology can be used to monitor multiple locations, relevant if a school or college is distributed across different sites.

As the College's first CEO, she will lead the new independent body for the teaching profession and work to further develop the profile and role of the college among teachers and stakeholders in the education College's first CEO, she will lead the new independent body for the teaching profession and work to further develop the profile and role of the college among teachers and stakeholders in the education college among teachers and stakeholders in the education sector.

Washington — Although the nation's proprietary schools — which prepare young people for a wide variety of skilled jobs — enroll a higher proportion of disadvantaged students than do other sectors of the postsecondary - education system, a lower proportion of the schools» students receive financial aid than do students at private colleges and universities.

While technology proliferates in schools today, some is more useful than others and needs to be straightforward to use and offer clear benefits that solve a real problem, as well as being adaptable to an individual school or college and to the changing needs of the education sector.

Recent examples from the education sector include King's College London and Brunel University London who both had to sign an undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle.

If you combine the campaign spending of all those entities it does not match the amount spent by the National Education Association, the public - sector labor union that represents some 2.3 million K — 12 public school teachers and nearly a million education support workers (bus drivers, custodians, food service employees), retirees, and college studentEducation Association, the public - sector labor union that represents some 2.3 million K — 12 public school teachers and nearly a million education support workers (bus drivers, custodians, food service employees), retirees, and college studenteducation support workers (bus drivers, custodians, food service employees), retirees, and college student members.

With autumn upon us, and classes well under way, the education sector should be ensuring that schools, colleges and universities are as safe and secure for staff and pupils as possible.

The REC and its specialist sector group REC Education will continue to work with school organisations, the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the National College of Teaching and Leadership on matters concerning supply agencies and their role in the development of the school workforce.

The opportunity to create an innovative, alternative education for pupils has seen the likes of the National Autistic Society, Everton Football Club and Eton College decide to enter the state education sector in order to increase the number of children whose lives they improve.

BDC is part of Bridgepoint, one of Europe's largest private equity investors which has invested in a range of companies in different sectors over the last 25 years including well - known names such as Cruise.co.uk, Fat Face and Prêt A Manger, Cambridge Education Group and Infinitas Learning, publisher of content and e-learning materials for primary and secondary schools and FE colleges across Europe.

What this means, for the education sector in particular, is that public bodies are increasingly looking for contractors to not only deliver projects, but also support local supply chains and learning and skills programmes within schools and colleges.

The Department of Education serves as the single repository of education data from school districts, state and community colleges, universities, and independent postsecondary institutions - allowing us to track student performance over time and across varying educationEducation serves as the single repository of education data from school districts, state and community colleges, universities, and independent postsecondary institutions - allowing us to track student performance over time and across varying educationeducation data from school districts, state and community colleges, universities, and independent postsecondary institutions - allowing us to track student performance over time and across varying educationeducation sectors.

The «competitive pressure» felt by colleges scrambling to sustain enrollment has also prompted some institutions, chiefly in the private sector, to increase tuition in order to be perceived as equal in quality to nationally recognized schools, according to the report commissioned by the American Council on Education and the College...

Based on this indicator, 69 percent of 4th graders in public schools had parents with a college education, compared to 85 percent of those in the private school sector.

The reasons [for the growing inequality] are manifold: the growing premium a college education commands, technological change that favors mind over muscle, the growth of the financial sector, the loss of manufacturing jobs to automation and foreign competitors, and the decline of labor unions.

Local College Access Networks (LCANs) are community - based college access alliances supported by a team of community and education leaders representing K - 12, higher education, the nonprofit sector, government, business, and philanCollege Access Networks (LCANs) are community - based college access alliances supported by a team of community and education leaders representing K - 12, higher education, the nonprofit sector, government, business, and philancollege access alliances supported by a team of community and education leaders representing K - 12, higher education, the nonprofit sector, government, business, and philanthropy.

The Claim Your College coalition has received extraordinary interest from the great majority of teachers consulted alongside unions, subject associations, universities, school improvement organisations, third sector organisations and others across the education sector.

Newer data from the National Center for Education Statistics now tracks individual students as they graduate from college and enter various sectors of the workforce (known as the Baccalaureate and Beyond surveys).

Local College Access Networks (LCANs) are community - based college access coordinating bodies supported by a team of community and education leaders representing K - 12, higher education, the nonprofit sector, government, business and philanCollege Access Networks (LCANs) are community - based college access coordinating bodies supported by a team of community and education leaders representing K - 12, higher education, the nonprofit sector, government, business and philancollege access coordinating bodies supported by a team of community and education leaders representing K - 12, higher education, the nonprofit sector, government, business and philanthropy.

ATL is the only recognised union that represents all staff in schools, sixth forms and further education colleges across the UK, giving us a great range of expertise across all sectors.

The Michigan College Access Alliance brings together key stakeholders in K - 12, higher education, business, government, and the nonprofit sector to serve as a collective voice, dedicated to increasing the number of Michigan students who earn college degrees and other credentials valued in the new eCollege Access Alliance brings together key stakeholders in K - 12, higher education, business, government, and the nonprofit sector to serve as a collective voice, dedicated to increasing the number of Michigan students who earn college degrees and other credentials valued in the new ecollege degrees and other credentials valued in the new economy.

A program of IHEP, the Pathways to College Network is an alliance of national organizations that advances college opportunity for underserved students by raising public awareness, supporting innovative research, and promoting evidence - based policies and practices across the K - 12 and higher education sCollege Network is an alliance of national organizations that advances college opportunity for underserved students by raising public awareness, supporting innovative research, and promoting evidence - based policies and practices across the K - 12 and higher education scollege opportunity for underserved students by raising public awareness, supporting innovative research, and promoting evidence - based policies and practices across the K - 12 and higher education sectors.

Mary Bousted, the ATL's general secretary, has spoken of a desire to have «one strong union for all educational professionals across the school and college sector» which would a voice able to fight «more effectively for a better education for our children and young people».

Pathways to College Network is an alliance of national organizations that advances college opportunity for underserved students by raising public awareness, supporting innovative research, and promoting evidence - based policies and practices across the K - 12 and higher education sCollege Network is an alliance of national organizations that advances college opportunity for underserved students by raising public awareness, supporting innovative research, and promoting evidence - based policies and practices across the K - 12 and higher education scollege opportunity for underserved students by raising public awareness, supporting innovative research, and promoting evidence - based policies and practices across the K - 12 and higher education sectors.

And the day before that Claim Your College, a large coalition of organisations and individuals from across the education sector, confirmed plans for a collaborative proposal to set up an independent College of Teaching to take forward this work.

The administration promised $ 1 billion in new spending on preschool; spurred states to adopt controversial K - 12 reforms such as performance - based teacher evaluations and the adoption of the Common Core State Standards through its Race to the Top grant program and waivers to the No Child Left Behind law; significantly expanded the federal School Improvement Grant program to turn around low - performing schools; targeted for - profit colleges and attempted to increase accountability in the higher education sector; and pushed a proposal by the president to make community college free.

MCAN has worked to build local college access networks, or LCANs, in communities across the state, spanning across different organizations representing philanthropy, government, business, nonprofits, K - 12 and the higher education sector.