Sentences with phrase «college graduate role»

Before entering high school, most Urban Prep students didn't know anybody who went to college, and now they see their mainly black, male teachers and staff as college graduate role models who reflect their image.

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At the same time, college (and graduate school) played an important role in the paths of plenty of founders.

In general the group which has been drawn into the discussion has consisted of graduate schools of theology; but those who have been engaged in the task of correlating the inquiry have become very much aware that many non-graduate schools — among them Bible colleges and institutes — play a significant role in the educational venture and have a genuine interest in the outcome of theological self - examination.

While some evangelical supporters of homeschooling, private school, and charter school options are celebrating a school choice advocate's appointment to this all - important role (and a graduate of the evangelical liberal arts school, Calvin College, at that), other conservative Christian public school parents and advocates are disheartened by DeVos's limited personal history with our nation's public schools (she has mentored in public schools but not attended, taught, or sent children to public schools).

A Cazenovia College graduate's role as a paid «consultant» for a former Florida state senator is being called into question, according to media reports.

«It requires student initiative to connect with the right role model / adviser,» says Todd Evans, a professor of developmental and molecular biology and Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies and Director of the Graduate Program at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in Bronx, New York.

A lot of basic research is also supported by the University Grants Commission, which has a role in the administration of 324 universities and 16,000 colleges, which graduate some 9.2 million students every year.

«Throughout the country, nurses are being encouraged and supported, sometimes financially, by their employers to seek a graduate degree and expand their roles,» said Jennifer Gray, interim dean of the UT Arlington College of Nursing.

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Keener graduated from Wheaton College in 1983 and in 1986 she landed her first film role, a small part in About Last Night.

Landed her first film role, 1998 romantic comedy Kissing a Fool, just days after graduating from college.

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«No country can afford to waste so much talent if it hopes to play an important role in a world that needs more college graduates every year.»

«When you have no role models for success, and you are the first one in your family to graduate from high school, success in college seems like an impossible dream,» says Michel.

Leveraging the federal role by using the Higher Education Act to offer students incentives to graduate ready for college and the workplace, support state efforts to raise high school exit standards and strengthen postsecondary accountability, and by aligning the 12th grade National Assessment of Educational Progress to ADP's benchmarks; and,

From 1995 to 2012, he held faculty and leadership roles at the University of Washington, including: Professor in Educational Leadership & Policy and Adjunct Professor in Sociology; Associate Vice-Provost & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in The Graduate School; and Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of Education.

Teachers of color also can serve as powerful role models for minority students, who are more likely to live in poor neighborhoods than white students and less likely to know other adults who are college graduates.

NCTQ's Walsh credits the efforts of former New York City Education Commissioner Joel Klein to recruit high - caliber college graduates to teach in low - income schools, and said she believes that the city then became a role model for the rest of the state.

Previous to her current roles, Ali was a founding social studies and Understanding by Design graduate curriculum writer and instructor for the Relay Graduate School of Education / Teacher U / Hunter graduate curriculum writer and instructor for the Relay Graduate School of Education / Teacher U / Hunter Graduate School of Education / Teacher U / Hunter College.

«Your duty is to be a role model and encourage more young people to follow in your footsteps, so that they too, graduate from high school and then from a college or university.»

These assessments are intended to play a critical role in educational systems; provide administrators, educators, parents, and students with the data and information needed to continuously improve teaching and learning; and help meet the President's goal of restoring, by 2020, the nation's position as the world leader in college graduates.

At KIPP Austin, we believe it is the role of every adult to empower students to thrive and graduate from college, choose their paths and positively impact their community.

While academic preparation remains an issue in college completion for CPS graduates, finances are likely to play a role, too.

I have been working at Achievement First since I graduated from college and have recently begun my role as a behavioral specialist at Achievement First Hartford High School.

In this role she leads the identification and development of secondary education policies, practices, and procedures that support all students, particularly those who are traditionally underserved, in graduating from high school ready for success in college, work, and citizenship.

Prior to this role, she spent six years supporting the charter campuses with their college and career readiness programs, as well as guiding services for graduates.

Several of our program graduates have moved forward to leadership roles at the district level, as consultants for the Area Education Agencies, and onto teaching roles at the college and university level.

And, while White students also benefit by learning from teachers of color, the impact is especially significant for students of color, who have higher test scores, are more likely to graduate high school, and more likely to succeed in college when they have had teachers of color who serve as role models and support their attachment to school and learning.

«While White students also benefit by learning from teachers of color, the impact is especially significant for students of color, who have higher test scores, are more likely to graduate high school, and more likely to succeed in college when they have had teachers of color who serve as role models and support their attachment to school and learning.

The professional roles our Early Childhood Education graduates assume include: Lead teacher Director of a child care center Mentor teacher Education coordinator Early childhood professional development specialist Resource and referral staff Home visitor Instructor at a community college

The role is ideal for recent outstanding college graduates or current undergraduate / postgraduate students.

In this week's Tuesday Conversation, the Palo Verde High School graduate who later earned a college degree recalls how dedicated teachers played a significant role in her becoming a successful citizen in what had been a foreign country.

My mixed - methods dissertation investigates the role of informational supports for college - intending high school graduates who are eligible for free community and technical college in Tennessee.

In addition, Latinxs are more likely than high school graduates of other ethnicities to attend a two - year rather than four - year college.17 Latinx students who can see that teachers from their communities have graduated high school, attended college, and pursued teaching may be more likely18 to follow in their footsteps than Latinx students who have not had that kind of role model.

«Through the First Choice program, ATU's College of Education has taken yet another leadership role in the state in providing a service to students and our public schools,» said Dr. Mary B. Gunter, dean of the ATU College of Education and Graduate College.

As a graduate of Smith College, I embraced the notion that our culture had evolved to the point where a woman might openly take on the role of an Odysseus.

Frank Ingraham is a credentialed Mediator, Instructor, and HR professional with 25 + years of experience, fulfilling roles as Volunteer, Mediator, and MSM Program Academic Advisor and Adjunct Instructor within graduate and doctoral Wilmington University — College of Business programs.

Student loans have always played at least some role in helping American college students pay for their education, but in recent years the amount of student loan debt held by American graduate students has exploded.

When you graduated from college played a huge role in your earnings right out of school.

But that is the role of college, and you will have to choose a major if you want to graduate.

A member of both the Art Dealers Association of America and Art Table, Haines regularly speaks on the role of art in public places and has critiqued graduate level classes at the California College of the Arts as part of FOR - SITE's education program.

Brancato also teaches at Maryland Institute College of Art where her focus is on creating engaging experiences where undergraduate and graduate students learn about the role of art and visual culture in shaping culture.

Since 2009, he has served as a mentor for graduate students in a full - time academic administration role at Pacific Northwest College of Art and VCU.

In this role, he oversees the School's four academic units — the College of Art, College of Architecture, Graduate School of Art, and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design — as well as the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, which is home to one of the nation's finest university collections of modern art.

Gobel has recently taken on the role Chair of Graduate Studies at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco.

The year he graduated, he began teaching at Savannah State College (now University) in Georgia, and played an instrumental role in developing the school's art and design program and expanding its facilities.

While the mainstream media has yet to decipher fact from fiction in the «clean coal» marketing campaign, a graduate assistant at a college in Ohio managed to cap»n trade some of the comments and ads of presidentialr candidates Barack Obama and John McCain (and the erstwhile Hillary and Bill Cinton) on the role of coal and nuclear energy in their campaigns.

As a graduate of Boston College Law School, I was disappointed to read about BC Law Professor Scott T. Fitzgibbon's starring role in an anti-gay marriage TV ad targeted at voters in Maine.

David graduated from The Queen's College, University of Oxford with a 2:1 BA Hons degree in Modern Languages (French & Spanish) and, after working in a variety of roles in the UK and abroad, he retrained and completed the GDL and LPC at Liverpool John Moores University.

For the more than two - thirds of Americans who lack a college degree, an increase in manufacturing, electronic equipment and commercial driving roles mean that the employment outlook is also positive for high school graduates in 2015.