Sentences with phrase «financial aid increased»

In states that suffered a 7 percent job loss, college attendance by the poorest youth subsequently dropped by 20 percent, even when financial aid increased.

For example, the literature on financial aid often finds that $ 1000 in financial aid increases persistence rates by about three percentage points [8] and college mentorship increases persistence rates by five percentage points.

The financial aid increase can be negligible and the risk of not being insurable later in life isn't great enough to merit the extra cost.

Not exact matches

«This growing gap will pose increasing competitive challenges for institutions that do not have the resources to invest in facilities, financial aid and other strategic initiatives at the same level as their wealthier counterparts,» wrote Pranav Sharma, the report's lead analyst.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

The goals include reducing trade deficits with NAFTA countries, strengthening rules of origin to ensure the pact's benefits aid products that are made in North America and increasing market access for telecommunications and financial services.

Unfortunately, financial aid packages have not been able to keep pace with the increased cost of college.As a result, many parents have been looking to private parent student loans to make up the difference in college expenses.How to Apply for Parent Private Student LoansApplying for a parent private student loan is a relatively easy process once you have gathered all of the necessary information.

Britain's foreign secretary Philip Hammond has called for countries to increase financial aid and to provide more medical expertise, transport and supplies.

Costs of schools increase and financial aid decreases.

8 One does not need a medical degree to recognize that admitting homosexuals into the military would bring about an increase in the number of AIDS cases and would put additional financial and personnel strains on military medicine, which must contend with a declining military budget and the challenge of recruiting and retaining sufficient medical personnel.

Formed against a background of economic curtailment on welfare spending and a huge increase in the number of HIV and AIDS cases, Wola Nani initiated programs to help HIV + people in the local community cope with the emotional and financial strains brought about by HIV and AIDS.

And whatever financial problems schools are having this year might be exacerbated next year as critics say Cuomo's spending proposal calls for essentially eliminating future increases in a key aid category.

Control of the Senate, too, would ease the way for Democratic bills currently blocked by the GOP, including ones to increase firearm restrictions, allow early voting, authorize state financial aid to students who entered the country illegally as children, and extend the statute of limitations on child molestation to allow victims to sue for decades - old abuse.

On top of money saved by multiple distracts sharing one superintendent and other administrative staff, Poloncarz pointed to financial incentives offered by the state, including a 40 percent increase in aid for the first five years of consolidation.

McCall says the total increase of $ 5200 is still affordable, and he says students whose families don't have enough money to pay can get financial aid.

The Higher Education Services Corporation, which runs the state's Excelsior Scholarship, Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) and other financial aid programs, would get an increase of $ 80 million — 7.3 percent — to $ 1.18 billion.

Haynes says what is driving the enrollment decline are restrictions on financial aid, increased competition from four - year State schools, the effects of an improving economy, and media coverage questioning the value of higher education.

In addition, the governor proposes no broad - based increases in state financial aid programs, thus leaving either the student, or the college, short.

The mayor used the opportunity to ask Congress to increase the amount of federal financial aid available to cities like Syracuse to repair water pipelines.

Senator Mark Grisanti, a Buffalo Republican, started his own petition, arguing that the state should increase the availability of financial aid to traditional students before providing free college to prisoners.

During negotiations, two basic things happened to affect the financial plan Cuomo sought: the Senate rejected most of the tax hikes he proposed — such as closing a loophole on third party internet sales on sites such as Amazon — and lawmakers nearly doubled what the school aid increase that Cuomo planned in January.

Governor Cuomo's latest financial plan for the 2016 state fiscal year forecasts an aid increase of 3.9 percent, or $ 864 million for the 2015 - 16 school year.

«Those reasons include conservative budgeting and otherwise strong financial management, flat to declining pension contributions and increases in state aid.»

McMahon said Spitzer used the CFE decision as a «pretext for proposing an enormous multi-year state school aid increase, which was unsustainable on its face and proved to be even more unsustainable than that once the economy collapsed in the financial crisis.»

[8] Although commentators perceived Brown to have made some good decisions during the economic crisis, such as providing financial aid to several UK banks which found themselves in difficulty, his fiscal policy of borrowing and spending led to a dramatic increase in the country's national debt.

She said the government has accepted the challenge of increasing its investment for HIV activities and was therefore spearheading the operationalisation of the National HIV and AIDS Fund, to mobilise more domestic resources to provide financial sustainability and stability for various programmes and activities of the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) and other partners.

Aid organizations such as the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, have not committed to increasing their financial support.

Many universities, for example, have publicized their efforts to increase admissions for low - SES students by raising the family income level that qualifies for financial aid or even tuition - free admission.

Around 3bn yen ($ 32.5 m) of financial aid is being set aside in this year's fiscal budget for local matchmaking events, designed to help boost the marriage rate and increase population.

Names of Angles As the Angle Increases, the Name Changes: Financial aid is money to help pay for college or career school.

When will those who decide the financial aid policies realize that each dollar devoted to increasing access will have a lifelong impact on students and families everywhere?

The initiatives outlined in the plan include lengthening the school day and year, implementation of a statewide teacher contract, consolidation of school districts, and increasing needs - based financial aid in the 2010 budget.

08, Ed.D.» 12, the increase in financial aid spoke volumes about McCartney's commitment to good research.

Supporters of the new policy, which went into effect immediately, say it will increase financial accountability over millions of dollars in federal aid.

But for the nation's more than 800 independent schools, according to school financial - aid officers meeting here recently, the increase in divorce among the parents of their tuition - paying students has spawned a perplexing new dilemma: When the «family» divides and multiplies, how do schools evaluate requests for scholarship...

Under her leadership, the school launched the Doctor of Education Leadership Program, a first - of - its - kind practice - based education doctoral program; created a universitywide Ph.D. in Education; established the Urban Scholars Fellowship which provides full tuition to teachers from urban schools; and significantly increased financial aid for master's and doctoral students.

Gergen also spoke about the need to increase student funding and financial aid at Harvard's public - service schools in order to attract the best students and lessen the burden of education debt.

It will also be important to develop policies to rein in costs and increase productivity in higher education lest increases in financial aid always chase increases in tuition.

Policy initiatives in this area are almost all focused on increasing need - based financial aid, and that is the direction taken by the authors.

Some of these changes focused on innovative ways to use data to inform college access for students or the development of apps as a tool to increase student enrollment in college to ways to help streamline the process for filling out the FAFSA application — the federal application students complete to apply for financial aid.

While sounding like Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander in emphasizing innovation and parental responsibility, Mr. Clinton also promised to increase federal education funding and to guarantee financial aid to all college students.

Since 2007 alone, Harvard's annual investment in financial aid has climbed more than 70 percent from $ 96.6 million to $ 166 million, significantly out - pacing increases in tuition.

Transcripts burnished with AP courses and passing scores on AP exams could increase the likelihood of admission and improve financial aid offers.

This gift is a significant contribution toward the Ed School's broader efforts to increase financial aid and fellowship opportunities for students.

Children face barriers because of their parents» undocumented status, often related to poverty, fears of deportation, and more, while undocumented youth themselves face increasing barriers to social mobility as they enter adolescence and hope to obtain driver's licenses, afterschool work, and financial aid for college.

If the goal is to increase the cost - effectiveness of the Pell Grant program rather than simply cheapening it, policymakers should refocus their sights on the real problem: we spend a lot on financial aid but spending alone is insufficient to make college truly affordable.

In her scholarship, she has studied the role of financial aid in increasing access to higher education, the effects of postsecondary remediation, and the impact of institutional initiatives aimed at reducing inequality in college outcomes.

One of the most effective ways that Arizona can address the financial barriers that obstruct low income students — while also increasing enrollment and completion, and alleviating the financial strain on universities and colleges — is by offering more robust state - sponsored grant aid.

My new book, Presidents, Congress, and the Public Schools (Harvard Education Press, March 2015) contains such a proposal: states would be encouraged to adopt research - based improvements while the federal government provides increased funding and more flexible financial aid to help address these basic issues.

(Calif.) In an effort to increase the number of foster youth who are not just college ready, but are actually prepared to enroll, a statewide campaign has been launched to ensure that children in foster care are accessing financial aid.