Sentences with phrase «education scholarships took»

From a poor, yet ambitious working - class family, education scholarships took Ellen to Manchester University.

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You can not take the deduction when the expenses were paid using certain tax - free education benefits, such as employer education assistance, tax - free withdrawals from a Coverdell Education Savings Account, US savings bond interest, veterans educational assistance benefits, and certain schoeducation benefits, such as employer education assistance, tax - free withdrawals from a Coverdell Education Savings Account, US savings bond interest, veterans educational assistance benefits, and certain schoeducation assistance, tax - free withdrawals from a Coverdell Education Savings Account, US savings bond interest, veterans educational assistance benefits, and certain schoEducation Savings Account, US savings bond interest, veterans educational assistance benefits, and certain scholarships.

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Higher education We await Lord Browne's final report into higher education funding, and will judge its proposals against the need to: - increase social mobility; - take into account the impact on student debt; - ensure a properly funded university sector; - improve the quality of teaching; - advance scholarship; and, - attract a higher proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

With this in mind, I've long supported opportunity scholarships, which allow students transfer from underperforming schools to higher achieving schools where they can take advantage of the best our education system has to offer.

A scholarship from the Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)-- a National Science Foundation - funded program for underrepresented minorities — enabled her to take on the doctorate while still paying off student loans from law school.

«I am delighted that we had the support of Speaker [John] Boehner, Rep. [Try] Gowdy and all those who took a stance for our children and assuring they continue to receive the quality education they are so deserving of,» said Sheila Jackson, mother of scholarship recipient Shawnee Jackson.

But when the board of trustees of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation met last month to choose some of the shooting stars of the next generation, the session took place amid the dark wood paneling, plush couches, and crystal chandeliers of the private Cosmos Club in Washington.

That same year 19,852 students eligible for special education took advantage of the opportunity to use a voucher to attend private schools, and 21,493 students received scholarships averaging $ 3,750 from a tax credit program that opened private schooling to students from low - income families.

Minority students from low - income families who take part in early - intervention programs in high school have a better chance than comparable nonparticipants of enrolling in a postsecondary institution, concludes a report by the Washington - based Institute for Higher Education Policy and the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation.

The 2012 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, found that after taking all grants and scholarships into account, attending one year of community college runs dependent students from low - income families more than $ 8,000 in tuition, fees, and living costs (see the green «Net price of attendance» bars in Figure 2).

The building's principal benefactor, Monroe C. Gutman (Harvard College 1905), an investment banker, took a deep interest in education; he also funded a professorship in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard and established the Gutman National Scholarships in Harvard College.

In the wake of Congressional action, state lawmakers should take up the baton to expand educational freedom by making choice programs like education scholarship accounts available to more families.

Scholarship organizations would have the prerogative to take different approaches to helping families provide a quality education for their children, such as setting standards for educational products or services beyond the letter of the law.

Now, if they take advantage of The Education Improvement Scholarship Tax Credits, they will also receive a state tax credit of 65 % of their donation or $ 6,500.

Last year, Nevada took a bold step toward righting this wrong by enacting the first - in - the - nation universal Education Scholarship Account program.

Now more than 250 families are already taking advantage of the scholarships which can be used for private school tuition, therapy, tutoring, and other education related services.

«Bottom line, in 2014 we took $ 4 million away from the Education Trust Fund and gave it to private schools to pay tuition and fees for students who attended that school for at least one year prior to getting a scholarship.»

Georgia House Bill 1133, which introduced the Qualified Education Expense Tax Credit, is the only SSO legislation in the country that was formulated without requiring organizations to take family income into account when choosing who will receive a scholarship, nor does it keep track of who gets them.

Extending the term of copyright on public domain works is a terrible idea, as we learned with the Sonny Bono Copyright Act in 1998: the main effects of taking material out of the public domain and putting it back in copyright was to enrich large publishing businesses at the expense of scholarship, archiving, librarianship, education and access, while dooming enormous chunks of our collective culture to be «orphan works,» with no discoverable owner, likely to have every known copy disappear or disintegrate before they re-entered the public domain and could be reissued.

I had several scholarships and government assisted funding for my education so I didn't have to take out a ton of loans.

Once you take full advantage of grants and scholarships, you will have take out fewer loans to cover your education.

You can not take the deduction when the expenses were paid using certain tax - free education benefits, such as employer education assistance, tax - free withdrawals from a Coverdell Education Savings Account, US savings bond interest, veterans educational assistance benefits, and certain schoeducation benefits, such as employer education assistance, tax - free withdrawals from a Coverdell Education Savings Account, US savings bond interest, veterans educational assistance benefits, and certain schoeducation assistance, tax - free withdrawals from a Coverdell Education Savings Account, US savings bond interest, veterans educational assistance benefits, and certain schoEducation Savings Account, US savings bond interest, veterans educational assistance benefits, and certain scholarships.

This does not take into account any aid you will receive including scholarships, grants, and education tax benefits.

How can I fund my college education if I'm not given scholarship and family wouldn't be able to take loan?

Unless you plan to contribute to your child's entire education or they're eligible for a full scholarship, they'll have to take out loans to pay for school.

With the cost of a college education at an all - time high and continuing to rise, many students find it necessary to take out loans in order to cover the gap between the cost of tuition and their savings, scholarships, grants and work study.

While going to an out - of - state school isn't necessarily a mistake, it can be a regrettable one if you can get the same education for far less money elsewhere, or you don't take advantage of scholarships and grants.

Instead of asking how to choose between three scholarship trusts — options you don't like — I'd ask a different question: What is the simplest, most cost effective way to take advantage of the Registered Education Savings Plan?

Understanding how this process works will help them find additional scholarships, create entrepreneurial opportunities when they pop up, and take an active role in paying for their education.

Now, the new students are hard at work, the Free Education Committee continues its exploration of potential paths that will take us back to the full scholarship model, and The Cooper Union welcomes its first female president, Laura Sparks, who will begin in January.

Innovative research, ideas, and scholarship are taking place every day across Pratt Institute, from developing new sustainable art with robotics, to advancing research in K - 12 art and design education, to knitting new wearables with conductive yarn.

Innovative research, ideas, and scholarship are taking place every day across Pratt Institute, from developing new sustainable art with robotics, to advancing research in K - 12 art and design education, to knitting new wearables with conductive...

He came to New York City in 1997, on a scholarship, to study sculpture at the Pratt Institute, and started taking snapshots of his friends (among them the artist known as Swoon and Ian Vanek, who went on to found the band Japanther) while working as an art assistant on the side to help defray the cost of his education.

Pestalozzi is an organization that brings together young gifted students from around the world that would otherwise have little access to education, and offers them a two - year scholarship to eventually take the International Baccalaureate Diploma, a globally recognized qualification.

As a reflection of the changes taking place in the discipline, scholarship on legal writing developed and the discipline began to find a new voice.6 While the discussion continued to include the teaching of legal writing, scholars began pulling from other disciplines; infusing theories and practices from English composition, literature, and education to create a discourse and a unique pedagogy focused specifically on legal writing.7 As we developed our voice, by inviting other ideas and scholarship into the conversation, the discipline created new «rooms» to discuss specific concepts related to legal writing.

Apply for the Georgia Driver's Education Grant Scholarship Program and take your course at any of our ALFA Driving School Locations.

EMPLOYMENT February 2006 — Present ABC Counseling Services Admissions Representative • Take student queries and answer according to the service's policies and standards • Counsel existing students and come - back students in order to effectively help them realize their goals • Suggest and assist with admissions in appropriate educational institutes keeping in mind the financial aspect • Assist students with applying for scholarships • Organize activities to educate students about available education options

Applying for scholarships can be an excellent way to fund your education and avoid taking out lots of student loans.