Sentences with phrase «based college access program»

At a recent fundraiser for a community - based college access program, the sense of opportunity was palpable.

May 26 Planning Grants To Expand College Access Services Awarded Grants decided to facilitate the initial process to develop community - based college access programs

December 8 Central Florida College Access Network Awarded $ 10,000 Planning Grant Grant designed to facilitate the process for developing community - based college access programs

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Many programs, including TBB, offer need - based scholarships, but accessing those funds requires both information and guidance, a tall order in urban schools where a single college counselor can have 700 students on his or her caseload.

The Evaluation Toolkit presents college access professionals with a free, user - friendly Web - based guide that provides step - by - step instructions on how to approach program evaluation.

El Centro Hispano de Oceana's funded program consists of two parts: 1) intensive coordination with educational outreach personnel by providing materials specific to the needs of the Hispanic population (one example being translation of existing college access materials), and 2) contracting with existing school - based Migrant Outreach Workers to expand their services to include a focus on the value of a postsecondary education, leveraging existing relationships.

Our foci with federal advocacy efforts are around the areas of FAFSA simplification, sustaining the purchasing power of federal need - based financial aid, and ensuring continued availability of federal college access and success programs.

K12 will provide comprehensive wraparound services targeted to individual student needs and for the benefit of the school community: development of strong community within the virtual academy; access to the best and most current virtual instruction curriculum, assessment and instruction based on solid research; customizing each student's education to their own individual learning plan; academic success at the school and individual student levels resulting from teachers» instruction and constant monitoring of student growth and achievement with interventions as needed; national and local parent trainings and networking; frequent (i.e., every two to three week) teacher / parent communication through emails and scheduled meetings; establishment of unique settings for students and parents to interact; connecting students on a regular basis with students across the United States in similar virtual academies and across the world through networking and K12 national competitions (e.g., art contest and spelling bees) and International Clubs; access to the entire K12 suite of services and instructional curriculum (currently including K12, Aventa, A +, and powerspeak12) to include world languages, credit recovery courses, remedial courses, and AP courses; participation in a national advanced learners programs; a comprehensive Title I program that will provide additional services for students; school led trips, for example, visits to colleges, grade level specific trips such as student summer trips overseas, etc.; School prom; school graduation ceremonies; national college guidance through a network of K12 counselors; school community service opportunities; student developed student body council; school extracurricular activities: possibilities would include the development of a golf club, chess club, bowling club.

Midlands Middle College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, or immigrant status in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.

Part of the argument for expanding access to dual enrollment programs is based on an as - sumption that some types of students, particularly low - income or low - achieving students, may benefit from early exposure to the demands of college courses.

Fostered through a demonstration project funded by The James Irvine Foundation, Linked Learning is part of a vanguard of programs designed to attain these dual goals by integrating rigorous, college - preparatory academics with career - technical education and exposure to work - based learning experiences in high school career pathways that afford both equitable access and the opportunity for full participation to all students.

The College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 (Pub.L.110 - 84) created a new program for student loan borrowers, the Income Based Repayment option, which becomes available starting July 1, 2009.

The most recent cuts, in the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007, when combined with the savings from the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 (ECASLA), caused the FFEL program to cost less than the Direct Loan program in FY2008 on a per - dollar - lent basis even when certain types of high - risk consolidation loans are excluded from the analysis.

The National Law Journal reports that a new federal program enacted as part of the College Cost Reduction & Access Act goes into effect July 1, which offers loan forgiveness for public interest employees and includes an income - based repayment option for all borrowers.