Sentences with phrase «national college access»

Sept. 20, 2016 - LANSING, Mich. — The National College Access Network (NCAN) held its annual conference this week at the Renaissance Center in Detroit.

The Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Foundation recently awarded a grant to the National College Access Network to open its e-learning platform for free to NCAN members and nonmembers who serve low - income students in Fiat Chrysler communities.

I serve on Arizona Student Financial Aid Task Force, and am part of the National College Access Network (NCAN) task force on simplifying the FAFSA and promoting college enrollment activities.

Phoenix, Arizona — College Success Arizona, is excited to announce that they have received a federal policy advocacy grant from the National College Access Network (NCAN) in the amount of $ 40,000.

Selected by the National College Access Network to develop an E-Learning Unit on Opportunity Youth

College Success Arizona, is excited to announce that they have received a federal policy advocacy grant from the National College Access Network (NCAN) in the amount of $ 40,000.

Recognized by the National College Access Network as a best practice college access and success program since 2006

On Point for College was invited to present at the National College Access Network conference in San Diego, CA.

Deputy Executive Director, and incoming Executive Director, Samuel Rowser received the National College Access Network's Dr. David B. Swedlow Memorial College Access Staff Members Award of Excellence (2011)

The budget proposal still leaves room for the renewal of year - round Pell, «mathematically speaking,» said Carrie Warick, director of policy and advocacy at the National College Access Network (NCAN).

Through it, New Profit serves as an intermediary for six national college access and success organizations, including: YouthBuild; Single Stop; Year...

«The High School Benchmarks report, and other reports from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, are critical comparison points for NCAN and our members,» said Bill DeBaun, Director of Data and Evaluation, National College Access Network (NCAN).

Our state advocacy work is supported by the National College Access Network.

The Tennessee College Access and Success Network (TCASN) is thrilled to announce that we have received one federal policy advocacy grant and one state policy advocacy grant from the National College Access Network (NCAN), each in the amount of $ 40,000 over a two - year period.

Overview Building on the brief, Predictors of Postsecondary Success, which summarizes research that identifies student skills, behaviors, and other characteristics that predict future academic and workplace success, this webinar explored the development and use of the National College Access Network ’s

Elizabeth Morgan is Director of External Relations for the National College Access Network (NCAN), where she is responsible for fundraising and communications.

More recently, Brandy was named the 2013 Michigan Champion for Children by the Michigan Association of School Administrators and in 2014 she received the National College Access Network's Executive Leader of Excellence Award.

Consortium members include: Center for Law and Social Policy, National College Access Network, New America, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and Young Invincibles.

In addition, we received a Member Advocacy Grant from the National College Access Network, which helped us as we revitalized Advocacy Day.

This webinar is presented by National College Access Network member, uAspire.

KALAMAZOO, MI — Two Michigan college access advocates have launched a new digital academic journal focused on various aspects of the national college access movement.

«It's not necessarily new work, but it is certainly expanding work,» said Kim Cook, executive director of the National College Access Network, an organization that helps coordinate the efforts of groups focused on increasing college access.

The National College Access Network (NCAN) National Conference assembles college access professionals from across the country to discuss a variety of issues related to higher education.

Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) Executive Director and Founder Brandy Johnson was honored with the Executive Leadership Award of Excellence by the National College Access Network (NCAN) at their national conference yesterday in Phoenix.

National College Access Program Directory: An online resource — managed by the National College Access Network — targeting students, parents, counselors, researchers, and college access programs to identify and locate services or programs within a region, state, or locality.

Pittsburgh, PA - This year's conference National College Access Network (NCAN) conference will take place Sept. 24 - 26 at the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown in Pittsburgh, PA..

National College Access Network (NCAN) is a membership - based organization that supports states, nonprofit organizations, schools, higher education institutions, philanthropists, and the business community provide better college access and persistence support to low - income and underrepresented students.

In a new brief, The Role of Mentoring in College Access and Success, the Pathways to College Network, directed by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), along with the National College Access Network (NCAN) distills and synthesizes scholarly research specifically as it pertains to the role of mentoring to promote college access and success.

Jan. 10, 2018 - LANSING, Mich. — The National College Access Network (NCAN) has awarded the Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) a State Member Advocacy Grant to help bolster efforts to educate legislators and support policies that strengthen education and postsecondary efforts.

Providing Thousands of Additional Students With College Prep Support: Organizations including College Possible, College Spring, College Track, OneGoal, Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA) as well as a coalition of groups under the National College Access Network are making commitments to serve thousands of additional students, providing counseling services, high - quality SAT / ACT prep, and other support for students applying to college

Kim Cook, National College Access Network

Long will be joined as a witness by Kim Cook, executive director of National College Access Network; Judith Scott - Clayton, assistant professor of economics and education at Columbia University; and Kristin Conklin, founding partner of HCM Strategists.

Contact the National College Access Network to see who is in your neighborhood and to find out how your school can become a feeder to some of the work they are doing.

Paloma comes to Maker Ed after serving as director of the Posse Foundation site in Washington, D.C., a national college access and leadership development organization recognized by President Obama and the Catalogue for Philanthropy.

Not exact matches

In addition to GENYOUth, the summit partners included National Dairy Council, the National Football League, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the American School Health Association; health professionals, educators, athletes, students, chefs, and corporations came together not only to explore the connections between health and learning, but to find ways to increase access and participation to programs which benefit students health, learning, and lives.

Michael Rebell, an attorney who won a landmark case requiring the state to fund school districts more equitably, and Randi Weingarten, president of a national teachers» union, wrote in appendices to the report that they agree with much of the group's findings, including recommendations for increased access to pre-kindergarten, technology and learning models that connect high school and college, and merit pay for teachers.

Sanders boost Cuomo's push for expanding access to free tuition to New York state public colleges and appeared at a New York delegation breakfast with the governor during the Democratic National Convention.

In a new paper just out in the open - access journal Environmental Research Letters, sociologist Mary Collins of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and two colleagues from the National Socio - Environmental Synthesis Center and the University of Maryland examined what they term «hyper - polluters»: Industrial facilities that, based on EPA data, generate disproportionately large amounts of air pollution.

A Season With, Season 2: SHOWTIME Sports will chronicle Florida State University's quest for the 2016 College Football National Championship with the second installment of the all - access documentary series - Tuesdays at 10 PM ET / PT beginning September 6th, only on SHOWTIME.

Access to rigorous coursework is unevenly distributed across American high schools, as shown by national audits of AP classes conducted by the College Board.

The Academic Competitiveness Grants for college freshmen and sophomores and the National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent, or SMART, grant...

As preparations for the local elections in England gather pace, the National Association of School - Based Teacher Training (NASBTT) has joined forces with Universities» Council for the Education of Teachers, the Chartered College and the Teaching Schools Council to suggest solutions to the issues which students and teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recruitment.

In closing, Under Secretary of the U. S. Department of Education Ted Mitchell, who shared that his father was a high school guidance counselor, spoke of the great importance of equity in education and the national movement to expand college readiness, college access, and college completion.

The ones who can not afford to go to university or college, have access to vocational training through Human Employment and Resource Training (HEART)-- Trust / National Training Agency (HEART Trust / NTA), which is a statutory organization created in 1982.

This book is compiled by Education Week and offers information and opinion on Obama's key educational priorities, which includes expanding early education, improving teacher quality, supporting school innovation, making math and science a national priority, addressing the dropout crisis, and improving college access and affordability.

Among its recommendations: expand early education, improve teacher quality, support school innovation, make math and science national priorities, address the dropout crisis, and improve college access and affordability.

[32] Grey Gordon and Aaron Hedlund, «Accounting for the Rise in College Tuition,» National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2015, http://www.nber.org/chapters/c13711.pdf (accessed October 27, 2016).

School districts and colleges in Florida this year will have greater access to students» scores on the two national college - entrance examinations, leading state education officials to predict speedier admissions to universities and more complete performance indicators from local schools.

A member of National Society of Hispanic MBAs, the American School Counselor Association, Arizona School Counselor Association and Arizona College Access Network, in addition to working with her students, Zulema enjoys reading, spending time with family and participating in community events.

Gifted education centers; college and university departments of gifted education; local, state, and national organizations; state departments of education; and teachers, administrators, and other school personnel can set up home pages linked to other informative sources on the World Wide Web to provide ready access to a wide range of resources.