Sentences with phrase «higher education action»

Also at 11 a.m., hundreds of students and faculty from CUNY and SUNY are in Albany for a statewide Higher Education Action Day.

Also at noon, hundreds of students, faculty and staff from CUNY and SUNY will be in Albany for a statewide Higher Education Action Day of citizen lobbying and activism, outside concourse meetings rooms 2, 3 and 4, Empire State Plaza, Albany.

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Affirmative action opened the door to higher education for the pan-Asian community in the aftermath of the Chinese Exclusion Act — which was in force from 1882 to 1943 — and Japanese American internment during World War II, at a time when systemic racism barred our grandparents and parents from accessing a better life for themselves.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

«She will be an invaluable member of the Senate Democratic Conference and with her support we will be able to finally take action on ensuring New Yorkers have access to good paying jobs, real mandate and tax relief, high - quality public education, and affordable health care,» Stewart - Cousins said.

Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham)(Con): Staying on the subject of higher education, may we also have a debate about Members of the House who are supporting direct action by students?

Students and parents urged the Copiague Board of Education last night to reverse its action barring a group of seniors from graduation ceremonies in connection with vandalism of the high school.

«There are many actions that could and are being taken in schools, with careers advice and in further and higher education that would make a difference.

Additional action is needed to address college access, affordability, and completion so that higher education becomes a true pathway to opportunity for all New Yorkers.

The lawmakers» action comes as enrollment numbers published Friday by the Education Department show even fewer black and Hispanic kids got into the city's elite specialized high schools in 2016.

Borough Presidents Ruben Diaz Jr., Gale Brewer, Melinda Katz, James Oddo and Eric Adams recently penned a joint letter to the Department of Education calling on them to take immediate action on high lead levels that have been found in the water at many schools across the city.

Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, a Democrat from Manhattan who chairs the chamber's higher education committee, said she doesn't yet understand the plan, but she «find [s] it hard to believe that the governor would want to sign off on a budget that didn't have clear final action on an education budget.»

In some countries, scholars are also subject to violence not specifically for their individual views or actions but simply because of their connection to a higher education institution, which may be viewed as an easy target with predictable schedules, «a proxy for state authority or... a symbol of a modern, education - based society,» the report says.

The UK higher education sector supports the ambitions of the Bologna Process and the actions proposed to modernise European higher education.

The attractiveness and openness of European higher education will be highlighted by joint European actions.

Advise / support the Working Group «International Openness: European Higher Education in a Global Context» in convening a round table (with the participation of the European Commission and other main actors in higher education promotion in Europe) to devise a «road map» and to identify opportunities and actions for enhancing European - level promHigher Education in a Global Context» in convening a round table (with the participation of the European Commission and other main actors in higher education promotion in Europe) to devise a «road map» and to identify opportunities and actions for enhancing European - level pEducation in a Global Context» in convening a round table (with the participation of the European Commission and other main actors in higher education promotion in Europe) to devise a «road map» and to identify opportunities and actions for enhancing European - level promhigher education promotion in Europe) to devise a «road map» and to identify opportunities and actions for enhancing European - level peducation promotion in Europe) to devise a «road map» and to identify opportunities and actions for enhancing European - level promotion.

A Sticky Week for College Admissions as Affirmative Action Debate Heats Up (The Christian Science Monitor) Ivy League Schools Brace for Scrutiny of Race in Admissions (The Boston Globe via The Associated Press) Affirmative Action in Higher Education (WOSU) Centering on «Diversity» Ignores the Real Focus of Affirmative Action (The Boston Globe) For Now, Federal Focus On Affirmative Action Centers On Harvard (WBUR) Sometimes, Perceptions of Affirmative Action Don't Mesh With Reality (The Chronicle of Higher Education) Natasha Warikoo weighs in on the Department of Justice's plans to investigate affirmative action in college admisAction Debate Heats Up (The Christian Science Monitor) Ivy League Schools Brace for Scrutiny of Race in Admissions (The Boston Globe via The Associated Press) Affirmative Action in Higher Education (WOSU) Centering on «Diversity» Ignores the Real Focus of Affirmative Action (The Boston Globe) For Now, Federal Focus On Affirmative Action Centers On Harvard (WBUR) Sometimes, Perceptions of Affirmative Action Don't Mesh With Reality (The Chronicle of Higher Education) Natasha Warikoo weighs in on the Department of Justice's plans to investigate affirmative action in college admisAction in Higher Education (WOSU) Centering on «Diversity» Ignores the Real Focus of Affirmative Action (The Boston Globe) For Now, Federal Focus On Affirmative Action Centers On Harvard (WBUR) Sometimes, Perceptions of Affirmative Action Don't Mesh With Reality (The Chronicle of Higher Education) Natasha Warikoo weighs in on the Department of Justice's plans to investigate affirmative action in college admisAction (The Boston Globe) For Now, Federal Focus On Affirmative Action Centers On Harvard (WBUR) Sometimes, Perceptions of Affirmative Action Don't Mesh With Reality (The Chronicle of Higher Education) Natasha Warikoo weighs in on the Department of Justice's plans to investigate affirmative action in college admisAction Centers On Harvard (WBUR) Sometimes, Perceptions of Affirmative Action Don't Mesh With Reality (The Chronicle of Higher Education) Natasha Warikoo weighs in on the Department of Justice's plans to investigate affirmative action in college admisAction Don't Mesh With Reality (The Chronicle of Higher Education) Natasha Warikoo weighs in on the Department of Justice's plans to investigate affirmative action in college admisaction in college admissions.

Bolder, Broader Action: Strategies for Closing the Poverty Gap Education Week, May 27, 2011 «We have set the nation's highest standards, been tough on accountability and invested billions in building school capacity, yet we still see a very strong correlation between socioeconomic background and educational achievement and attainment,» writes Senior Lecturer Paul Reville.

He has been called «the intellectual father of the economic integration movement» in K - 12 schooling, and «arguably the nation's chief proponent of class - based affirmative action in higher education admissions.»

Putting policies like this into action will require dialogue between K - 12 schools and higher education institutions.

For Warikoo, the opportunity to work on this book is timely, considering the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Fisher vs. Texas regarding affirmative action in higher education.

In a May 20 letter, Secretary of Education Rod Paige said the action was driven by Georgia's decision to delay starting high school end - of - course testing under the 1994 version of the ESEA.

According to lawyers for the Multicultural Education Training and Advocacy Project in Cambridge, Mass., the state officials» actions are directly correlated with the disproportionately high dropout rate among Hispanic students in the state.

Tbilisi +35 will feature a series of high - level plenary and work sessions, which will lay the groundwork for reinforced concerted global action on education and sustainable development.

Among the education topics he discusses are the black - white achievement gap, education reform strategies, improving outcomes for African American students, and affirmative action in higher education.

It is my understanding that affirmative action in higher education was an extension of the War on Poverty, which was expected to provide students from low - income families with greater access to predominantly white colleges and universities.

The Harvard conference, «Non-Racial Standards and Minority Opportunity» is the first to examine effect of recent court decisions restricting affirmative action on higher education.

This initiative sets into a motion a coordinated set of high - impact actions, investments, and partnerships that will significantly increase the Ed School's capacity for research, innovation, outreach, and leadership development in early childhood education.

Despite remaining questions around Shaw's affirmative action research, for now, he has shifted his dissertation's focus to undocumented immigrants — mainly of Mexican descent — and their right and ability to access higher education institutions.

In a «Dear Colleague» letter released last year, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (ED) issued guidance for schools on avoiding discrimination against students on the basis of race when administering school disciplinary policies, and warned that if minority students are subject to disciplinary actions at a higher rate than other students, schools could be faulted for civil - rights violations.

The summit concluded by adopting a five - part state «action agenda»: restoring value to the diploma; redesigning the high school as an institution; strengthening the quality of high - school teachers and principals; holding high schools accountable for their results; and streamlining «education governance.»

Such actions further diminished the role that academic courses played in high - school education.

The board's action, taken this month, will help ensure that efforts to address the declining rate of minority participation in higher education receive high priority on campuses in the coming academic year, according to Reginald Wilson, director of the council's office of minority concerns.

Ben Wildavsky and others discuss his new book, which looks at how international competition for the brightest minds is transforming the world of higher education, on this episode of Ideas in Action.

The U.S. Supreme Court's agreement last week to take up the legality of race - based admissions in higher education sets the stage for a ruling on affirmative action that is likely to reverberate throughout precollegiate schools as well.

Two Rivers» nationally recognized, high - quality professional development was featured in the book «Data Wise in Action,» and its excellent teaching staff and deeper learning model were recently celebrated in the Education Week article, «Is Intellectual Courage the Key to Great Teaching?»

TEMAG's Action Now, Classroom Ready Report [iv] proposes a deeply integrated system in which partnerships of higher education providers, school systems, and school communities work together to achieve strong outcomes.

The Education 2030 Framework for Action (FFA) was adopted and launched at a high - level meeting, held alongside the 38th UNESCO General Conference at the Organization's Headquarters on 4 November.

This month, in our June Education Insider survey, we take a look at the likelihood of Congress taking action on major K - 12 and higher education legEducation Insider survey, we take a look at the likelihood of Congress taking action on major K - 12 and higher education legeducation legislation.

* Jon McGee discusses his new book on «the changing marketplace for higher education», Inside Higher Ed reports: http://bit.ly/1TlmmrQ * The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia may not change the outcome on affirmative action, including higher education, Inside Higher Ed reports: http://bit.ly/1PzjRPS * Obama's recently released 2017 fiscal year budget promises more mohigher education», Inside Higher Ed reports: http://bit.ly/1TlmmrQ * The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia may not change the outcome on affirmative action, including higher education, Inside Higher Ed reports: http://bit.ly/1PzjRPS * Obama's recently released 2017 fiscal year budget promises more moHigher Ed reports: http://bit.ly/1TlmmrQ * The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia may not change the outcome on affirmative action, including higher education, Inside Higher Ed reports: http://bit.ly/1PzjRPS * Obama's recently released 2017 fiscal year budget promises more mohigher education, Inside Higher Ed reports: http://bit.ly/1PzjRPS * Obama's recently released 2017 fiscal year budget promises more moHigher Ed reports: http://bit.ly/1PzjRPS * Obama's recently released 2017 fiscal year budget promises more money...

Private sector groups from across the country are committing to the following actions today to increase access to high - quality early STEM education:

He has co-authored several publications, including K - 12 / Higher Education Alignment: An Action Agenda for Increasing Student Success, for Core to College and the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association.

Decades of best practice, cutting edge research in early education including the Head Start Impact Study, expert advice, and The Secretary's Advisory Committee's recommendations all culminate in a call to action for policy changes that ensure all Head Start programs provide a consistently high quality early learning experience that prepares children for Kindergarten and has long - term effects on their academic success and overall health.

Her research has investigated the roots of the political debates over race - conscious policies that profoundly affect meaningful opportunities for higher education, with a focus on the nature of persistent moral disagreement over affirmative action.

This report, Take a Giant Step, represents the Council's multi-sector action plan to enhance teacher education and a higher quality, 21st century approach to the learning and healthy development of children in preschool and the primary grades.

Founded in 2012, Student Voice is a student - run nonprofit dedicated to strengthening the student movement by empowering high school students to take action on the issues that most impact their education.

Ironically, the broad diversity argument in higher education — that it benefits everyone, including white students — has perhaps led to a decline in a focus on racial inequities, says Harvard education professor Natasha Warikoo, and «maybe it's time to rethink this very shallow way we talk about affirmative action.»

On October 15, Askwith Forums presented a discussion of the case before the United States Supreme Court concerning the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin and its implications for higher education.

The take - away from both studies is that higher education is spectacularly bad at «affirmative action,» as originally envisioned: reaching out to disadvantaged students and preparing them to attend good schools.

She was the swing vote and wrote the opinion in Grutter v. Bollinger (2003), in which the Court upheld narrowly tailored affirmative action in higher education.