Sentences with phrase «equal access to college»

California low - income students and students of color who we've historically underserved continue to receive less — we deny them equal access to college preparatory courses, to college counselors as well as to diverse and effective educators, like Ms. Lockhart, who play such a vital role in supporting student success.

Only with the passage in 1972 of Title IX, which mandated roughly equal access to college athletic programs for both men and women, were American women finally allowed to fully express their physicality through sport.

Not exact matches

«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.»

Melissa Haeffner, an assistant professor of environmental science and management at PSU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said the findings highlight a rural - urban divide and show that ranchers» access to water was neither equal nor valued during the drought from 2006 to 2012.

According to Colleen Hahn, president and executive director of Equal Footing, the organization's mission is to «make sure underserved kids in northern Virginia are getting the skill sets they need to enter the workforce or college on equal footing» with those who have had access to better resouEqual Footing, the organization's mission is to «make sure underserved kids in northern Virginia are getting the skill sets they need to enter the workforce or college on equal footing» with those who have had access to better resouequal footing» with those who have had access to better resources.

Our mission is to achieve equal educational opportunity for every child through strong public schools that prepare all students to access and succeed in college.

«We must recognize that different colleges provide different experiences for students, and, if we as a society value equal opportunity as we say we do, it's critical that Colorado's low - income students have the same access to elite colleges as their wealthier peers,» said Van Schoales, CEO of A + Denver.

The very foundation of democracy is undermined by the potential of replacing equal access to knowledge and learning and the pathway to college with a system that siphons public funds to pay for schools that are not available to all.

Increasing College Access through School - Based Models of Postsecondary Preparation, Planning, and Support grows out of Engaging Schools» commitment to reducing educational disparities and facilitating equal access to quality instruction, supports, and opportunities for all secondary stuAccess through School - Based Models of Postsecondary Preparation, Planning, and Support grows out of Engaging Schools» commitment to reducing educational disparities and facilitating equal access to quality instruction, supports, and opportunities for all secondary stuaccess to quality instruction, supports, and opportunities for all secondary students.

This initiative is designed to provide disadvantaged students equal access to higher level college preparatory classes, regardless of their personal circumstances.

With this prestigious accolade, Pinecrest Preparatory Academy Charter High School continues to expand its partnership with the CollegeBoard «Incorporating the Pre-AP curriculum at our school continues to support our mission of giving all of our students, regarding of ability level, equal access to a challenging, college - bound curriculum», stated Maria Beatriz Nuñez, Principal.

As part of the agreement, which the district agreed to enter prior to any OCR compliance determinations, the district committed to take specific actions to ensure that it is providing an equal opportunity and equal access for black students to participate in its college and career preparatory programs, in particular its advanced courses and enrichment programs, IB program, AP courses, honors courses, and dual enrollment courses.

The district has since expanded its college advising program but the report still points to critical needs when it comes to ensuring that all students have equal access to opportunity and the tools for success once they leave high school.

Other authors agree that we need to give all students equal access to the benefits of higher education and describe how personal mentoring (Roberta Espinoza, p. 56) or early college high school programs (Jennifer Glenn Morrow and Alex Torrez, p. 74) can help economically disadvantaged students achieve this goal.

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.

Confronted by the dominant attitude that demographics were destiny, a group of committed educators, led by Dacia Toll and Doug McCurry, set out on a mission to provide equal education access to all America's children and conceived of a school in which high expectations and strong student outcomes were the norm — where access to four - year college for low - income students and those of color was a right, not a privilege.

In amicable divorces, where parents have equal access to the child, both parents are generally willing to contribute toward college expenses.

Providing equality of access to all students, in line with the colleges equal opportunities policy, and not discriminating on any grounds.