Sentences with phrase «dream of a college education»

«With the launch of the first - in - the - nation Excelsior Scholarship program, the dream of a college education and a better life is now within reach for all New Yorkers,» Mr. Cuomo said in a statement.

The real issue isn't the concept of student loans, but the reality: High interest rates, laws that make it near impossible to discharge college debt even in bankruptcy, astronomical college prices that each year pull the dream of a college education out of reach of millions of Americans.

For starters, it could mean that they can continue to live in their home where years of memories have been made, that a stay - at - home parent might not be forced to go to work, that a surviving spouse may not have to take a second job just to make ends meet, and that a child's dream of a college education may be realized.

For many, this means having enough life insurance to provide their grandkids with basic living expenses, as well as money to make their dreams of a college education come true in the event one or both grandparents die.

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A new law awaiting action in Michigan aims to realize the far - off dream of free college education, though there's a catch.

But this growing segment of the population has aspirations not dissimilar to the «American Dream,» with a nice home, car and college education for their children.

If you're organized, knowledgeable about the higher education process, and enjoy working with adolescents and their parents, consider starting a side business as an independent college application consultant to help more smart, ambitious, and qualified kids get into the schools of their dreams.

The statistics are staggering, with millions of single moms throughout the U.S., many of them are young mothers that have dropped out of school or are giving up their dreams of having a college education in order to go to work and support their... [Continue reading]

Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said earlier Monday that «it's not looking good» for getting the DREAM Act, which would provide college tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants, and the tax credit, which would incentivize donations to groups that boost public and private education, in the final budget.

A number of other items that Cuomo initially tied to passage of the budget also were dropped, including raising the minimum wage, the Dream Act, which would provide college aid to children of undocumented immigrants, and an education tax credit sought by the Catholic Church, among others.

A number of other items that Governor Andrew Cuomo initially tied to passage of the budget also were dropped, including raising the minimum wage, the Dream Act, which would provide college aid to children of undocumented immigrants, and an education tax credit sought by the Catholic Church, among others.

He also promised to continue to enact the Dream Act, to offer college aid to children of immigrants in the country illegally, hold down the state's near highest in the nation property taxes, and to make New York's education system the best in the nation.

The budget will not include a number of items that Governor Cuomo had desired, including a minimum wage increase, the Dream Act, which would provide college aid for children of immigrants who came into the country illegally, and an education tax credit sought by, among others, the Catholic Church.

Cuomo has tied the education tax credit to passage of the Dream Act, which would provide college aid to children of undocumented immigrants.

Cuomo had linked the Dream Act, to provide college aid to children of immigrants, with an education tax credit favored by the Catholic Church.

What is left for the legislature to address is a number of items that Gov. Andrew Cuomo initially tied to passage of the budget but were dropped, including raising the minimum wage; the Dream Act, which would provide college aid to children of undocumented immigrants; and an education tax credit sought by the Catholic Church, among others.

Governor Cuomo has tied the education tax credit to passage of the Dream Act, which would provide college aid to children of undocumented immigrants.

Senate Co-Leader Dean Skelos (R - Long Island) and Sen. Martin Golden (R - Brooklyn) said they would not support expanding a proposed education investment tax credit to help fund scholarships for the college kids of illegal immigrants — a plan some saw as a compromise to the DREAM Act that was voted down in the Senate last week.

Over her professional career, Long has served as an advisor to many organizations, including the College Board, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, American Council on Education, Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, Ohio Board of Regents, and the I Have a Dream Foundation.

On Saturday, March 1, Spelman College President Beverly Daniel Tatum comes to the Harvard Graduate School of Education as keynote speaker for the 2014 Alumni of Color Conference, «From Dreams to Movements: Education, Inequality, and Justice.»

In a report compiled last summer, the Race, Culture, Class and Gender Task Group at the U's College of Education and Human Development recommended that aspiring teachers there must repudiate the notion of «the American Dream» in order to obtain the recommendation for licensure required by the Minnesota Board of Teaching.

He is author of Why Boys Fail: Saving Our Sons from an Education System That's Leaving Them Behind (Amacom, 2010); The Bee Eater: Michelle Rhee Takes on the Nation's Worst School District (Jossey - Bass, 2011); and The Achievable Dream: College Board Lessons on Creating Great Schools with Gaston Caperton (The College Board, 2012).

Incorporated in 1995, the mission of the NCAN is to build, strengthen, and empower communities committed to college access and success so that all students, especially those underrepresented in postsecondary education, can achieve their educational dreams.

She traveled to the small town of Brockport where she earned a B.A. in psychology and elementary education, all while pursuing her dream of playing college soccer.

Completion by Design, Achieving the Dream, Next Generation Learning Challenges, Complete College America — these initiatives, and many others, are all being driven by dedicated education professionals, many of whom work at community colleges, who sincerely want to make a difference in our country's education status, which ultimately equates to a more productive American workforce and a better economy.

GEO Academies, utilizes the TAP framework to promote teacher and student advancement because we believe that regardless of socioeconomic status of our students, they can all achieve at a high level, pursue a four year college degree, and achieve their dreams and goals, regardless of where they live, what color they are, and what their family education level is.

While working, Jessica pursued her dream of teaching and began her Special Education Master's degree program at CUNY Lehman College.

This comparison would be little more than hyperbole if one did not consider the lives lost to the streets of New Haven, the potential never realized, the dreams crushed, and the crimes committed by the un and undereducated who can not find legitimate employment, not to speak of their inability to get into college, all due to the fact that we are playing with our childrens» education with little, if any, intention to provide a quality one for all of them, eapecialy those who are cast away by the the Acheivement First Enterprise (you know, «the least of these») while lying about it, with the help of this publication.

Peterson killed the dream of working in law and got into education after graduating college in 2012.

I Know I Can believes that every Columbus City Schools student deserves the opportunity to achieve their dream of earning a college education.

Rather than equipping students with a world - class education or inspiring students to dream of future college possibilities and equipping them to pursue such possibilities, a career readiness path can mean limiting Alabama students» creativity, potential and education.

It is a dream of millennium students to pursue their education in these colleges.

As it stands today, a college education in the U.S. is far more akin to a nightmare than the dream of a lifetime.

Fortunately for Texas residents, their state prioritizes education, and there are many Texas student loans that can help you achieve your dreams of going to college.

It is my dream that hopefully college students (I was blind to this as well) will see the benefit of having employers paying for your education and attending a community college for half of your credits.

As Chris Hayes put it on The Rachel Maddow show Wednesday night, the pizza pulley system «not only keeps their bellies well - fed, but also it keeps their dreams of trying to protect a free college education alive for another day.»

Going to college is one of the best ways to further y a student's life and education by getting the knowledge they need to land that dream job and grow their passions.

For college administrators, teachers, instructors, high school administrative assistants, and other education - related professionals who wanted to have their dream job, a college resume and cover letter formats are made available for each of you as well.