Sentences with phrase «access to college by»

College Success Arizona works with a number of supporters throughout the state who are interested in helping students gain access to college by providing financial support.

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Eighteen of the 34 universities and colleges that told the U.S. Department of Education that giving transgender students access to single - sex restrooms and facilities that correspond with their gender identity would be inconsistent with their religious tenets are controlled by the Southern Baptist Convention, according to public records obtained by both the Human Rights Campaign and the AP.

Community colleges are advancing entrepreneurship in their communities by providing access points to support local startups and small businesses.

Its website was populated with reviews of colleges written by students from 280 U.S. universities, but College Prowler wasn't having much success getting high school seniors to shell out the $ 39.95 annual fee for unlimited access to the content.

He is also a Member of the Dean's Council of Lerner College of Business of the University of Delaware, a Member of the Editorial Board of the Museum of American Finance in New York and a Member of the Advisory Board of MobileNerd, a start - up venture seeking to bridge the digital divide by making access to STEM training content cheap and easy for every person in the world.

The majority opinion, issued by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, said that Hastings College of the Law's «all comers» policy, which required all groups to open all positions to all students, «is a reasonable, viewpoint - neutral condition on access to the student - organization forum.»

By affirming educational values, EC works to reestablish educational authority, equity and access as college admission precepts.»

The state should encourage high - performing colleges to improve access by enrolling more low - income students, and it should ensure equitable per - student support for the institutions that serve students with the greatest needs.

«New York leads the nation in creating equal opportunity for all, and we will continue to work to ensure that access to a college degree is not determined by family finances but rather is available to all who work hard and dream big.»

Cuomo says the scholarship is meant to ensure that access to a college degree is not determined by family finances, but by hard work.

The new programs are expected to increase college access and support degree completion by providing wraparound services for students such as child and elder care, transportation, health care services, family and / or employment counseling, legal aid, and more.

Commenting on the launch of a consultation by the Secretary of State for Education on professional development for teachers and calling for expressions of interest in a College of Teaching, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «This Government can establish whatever framework it likes for professional development but unless teachers are given a contractual entitlement to access such development, the current system of inequality and ad hoc arrangements will continue, with access being on the basis of grace and favour and the whims and preferences of individual employers.

The broader access to modern technology and infrastructure enabled by these funds will support our work to ensure that all students have the tools and resources they need to excel in school and come to college ready.

The Excelsior Scholarship could help improve the perception of college affordability, which can itself be a barrier to access, and foster a college - going culture by giving parents and students hope that a postsecondary education is within reach.

Flanked by Assemblymember Millman and Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, Simon stressed her deep roots in the district and decade of experience as district leader, her progressive credentials and her work on community issues both big and small — from public transportation to traffic calming in Downtown Brooklyn, access to affordable housing and education, and saving Long Island College Hospital, to name a few.

Inmates at 17 correctional facilities in New York will soon have greater access to a college education, thanks to a $ 7.3 million initiative announced by Cuomo and Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr..

«By providing tuition - free college to thousands of middle class New Yorkers, we are restoring the promise of the American Dream for the next generation and forging a bold path forward of access and opportunity for the rest of the nation to follow,» Cuomo said in a press release.

The algebra initiative is inspired by a recent report by researchers at the New School, which found that students who don't take algebra do not have access to high - level math and science courses in high school, and are less likely to be college ready.

High school students will have access to a college mentor, help on their applications, or guidance on how to pay for college, which will cost the city $ 15 million each year by 2019.

New York State Senate Democratic Policy Group Initiatives Would Help Over 1.3 Million New Yorkers; Make Higher Education More Affordable by Reducing Student Loan Debt, Increasing Savings For Families, Expanding Access to College Credit for High School Students Initiatives to Enhance Readiness and Increase Graduation Rates and Employment Will Help More New Yorkers Achieve College Success

And even knowing this, I will continue to fight for expanded access to higher education for low and middle - income students by: • Strengthening Pell Grants, student aid, student access, and minority serving institutions; • Reducing red tape for students and graduates; • Removing barriers for non-traditional students; and • Empowering consumers through «sunshine» and transparency in college costs & accreditation.

A team led by City College physicist Hern» an A. Makse was legally granted access to two massive big datasets: all the phone calls of the entire population of Mexico for three months and the banking information of a subset of people.

Produced by the UK Small Area Health Statistics Unit (SAHSU), part of the MRC - PHE Centre for Environment & Health based at Imperial College London, the open - access atlas allows researchers, policy makers and members of the public to study the geographical pattern of 14 diseases and conditions such as lung cancer, breast cancer, heart disease, leukemia and low birth weight.

Scientists digitally reconstructed a model of a dinosaur chase using photos of theropod and sauropod footprints excavated 70 years ago, according to results published April 2, 2014, in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Peter Falkingham from Royal Veterinary College, London, and colleagues James Farlow and Karl Bates.

The research, Barriers and facilitators to public access defibrillation in out - of - hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review, was conducted by Warwick Medical School, the University of Warwick; the Institute of Digital Healthcare, WMG, the University of Warwick; Heart of England NHS Trust, Birmingham; London Ambulance Service NHS Trust and Imperial College Neurotrauma Centre, St Mary's Hospital, London.

In an e-mail to Science, the person listed on the journal's website as editor - in - chief, Raghavendra Kulkarni, a professor of pharmacy at the BLDEA College of Pharmacy in Bijapur, India, stated that he has «not had access to [the] editorial process by Elsevier» since April, when the journal's owner «started working on [the] editorial process.»

He allegedly stole bottles of C - 25 from his supervisor's desk under the watchful eye of a security camera; kept the receipt he got from mailing the substance to his wife in China; claimed, in documents found on his computer, discovery of the substance and authorship of research done by others; and, in a particularly imaginative touch, «remotely accessed the Medical College servers and deleted [his supervisor's] raw data from the C - 25 research, information the college was later able to restore,» according to the Journal - SeCollege servers and deleted [his supervisor's] raw data from the C - 25 research, information the college was later able to restore,» according to the Journal - Secollege was later able to restore,» according to the Journal - Sentinel.

Deep male voices and high - pitched female voices are perceived as more attractive because listeners gauge the speaker's body size from the frequency of their voice, according to research published April 24 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Yi Xu from University College London (UK) and colleagues.

The story follows a high - school student (played by Saoirse Ronan) who's fed up with her Sacramento upbringing and longs to move out to the East Coast for college in order to access a less suburban, more interesting world.

The Economics Behind Access I am always surprised and saddened by how little those who need college the most know about how to get inside its doors.

When a child has access to a computer and broadband internet at home, they have a seven percent greater chance of graduating from college — and by extension, the potential to earn greater income over their lives relative to educational attainment.

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.

The study by researchers at the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J., also warns that an impending shortage of college - educated workers could undermine the United States» place in the world unless the nation does a better job preparing young people for higher education and expanding access to it.

Bial, an education strategist, addresses the challenges of college access for underrepresented populations by identifying and fostering latent talent and opening opportunities for them to pursue higher education.

«Access to tools and resources is a key factor in education, and by providing Spark with premium features to K - 12 (primary and secondary) schools and colleges for free and by offering single sign - on, Adobe is empowering educators to teach the critical skills their students need both in the classroom and when they enter the workforce.»

As a result, the college is also better prepared for inspections by Ofsted while the senior management team benefit from real - time access to critical information around its development plan at the touch of a button.

Finally, to instill a culture of high expectations and college access for all students, we started by setting clear expectations for school leadership.

By abolishing any stigma that might come with a flagged test, while tightening access to special accommodations, the College Board has given new opportunities to the strategic, while leaving behind the less savvy and less financially well - endowed.

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

«I am deeply honored by this appointment to the Board of Higher Education and look forward with enthusiasm to work with Chairman Desmond, Commissioner Freeland, Secretary Reville and my new colleagues on the Board in support of our public universities and community colleges as they provide a greater proportion of our youth access to a world class higher education that supports an innovation and inclusive economy in Massachusetts,» said Reimers.

Understanding Barriers and Examining Interventions: A Project to Study Postsecondary Access and Success Using State Administrative Data will be supported by a $ 1.6 million grant, part of the foundation's Postsecondary Success initiative to improve college enrollment and completion rates in America.

Since 2000, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has invested nearly $ 4 billion in grants and scholarships to increase opportunity in the U.S. by improving high school graduation and college readiness rates, and expanding access to college.

Moreover, being contacted by film directors Yareli Arizmendi and Sergio Arau to share my life story for their upcoming documentary based on a book, Harvest of Empire by Juan Gonzalez, solidified my purpose for being at HGSE: to create awareness of college access for immigrant students.

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Second, although districts can already enlarge their course catalogs by signing agreements with outside providers — be they online providers or nearby community colleges, for example — the advantage of Course Access for districts is that it can gain them instant access to a much wider and more diverse range of providers than they would likely be able to cobble together themselves given the challenge of negotiating and managing contracts with a large number of veAccess for districts is that it can gain them instant access to a much wider and more diverse range of providers than they would likely be able to cobble together themselves given the challenge of negotiating and managing contracts with a large number of veaccess to a much wider and more diverse range of providers than they would likely be able to cobble together themselves given the challenge of negotiating and managing contracts with a large number of vendors.

Proponents of Common Core made their case by arguing that the standards would improve public education and eventually strengthen the workforce: they would ensure that all high - school graduates were «college and career ready,» that America remained «globally competitive,» and that all students had access to a rigorous education «regardless of where a child lives or what their background is.»

Federal policy plays an important role in the financing of postsecondary education at institutions by providing grants to low - income students and access to loans to all students, in both cases on similar terms regardless of whether the funds are to be spent at a public, for - profit, or private, non-profit college.

Raise the bar by ensuring that every Pell Grant recipient has access to a minimum of 20 hours per week of on - campus employment: they will gladly work to earn the support, and increased college contact has positive benefits for their academic progress as well.

This study will investigate the causal effect of EL status on high school students» academic coursework by analyzing extant Massachusetts state data by examining whether English - learner (EL) classification limits students» access to college - preparatory courses in high school.