Sentences with phrase «for high college»

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They found that of those participants who had a bachelor's degree or higher that scored high in resilience, 8 percent were at risk for depression compared to 33 percent of college - educated individuals who scored low on the resilience scale.

This is at the root of the president's policies to improve access to high quality childcare, preschool for all, and free community college.

«An excise tax on the endowments of some private colleges and universities, regardless of how many or how few institutions it affects, is a remarkably bad idea that takes money that would otherwise be used for student aid, research, and faculty salaries and sends it to the Department of the Treasury to finance corporate tax cuts,» said Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, a higher education trade group.

The annual cost of incarceration for a single juvenile is over $ 100,000 — more than twice as high as tuition at the most expensive college in the country, according to the American Correctional Association and the Chronicle of Higher Education.

The app, which allows users to post anything they want for anyone within 2 miles of their location to see, was crazy popular at high schools and colleges around the country.

Issa finished high school two years early, and then went to his parents» home country of Lebanon for college.

He wrote stories and illustrated cartoons for newspapers through high school, his Army service, and college.

A 2012 study from the Centre for Retirement Research at Boston College in the United States found that the greater number of older persons employed led to better outcomes for the young, including reduced unemployment and a higher wage.

For example, my company, UChic, found that our high school and college - aged women consumers want life - changing experiences, but often lack the funding needed to pursue them.

Whether they dropped out or stuck it out, going to college more than paid off for today's top tech startup billionaires — higher ed skeptic and Stanford alum Peter Thiel included.

While that's not enough to make me regret attending Harvard, it certainly puts one solid mark in the «pro» column for any high school senior debating her college decision.

For our company, it is clear that our target market of high school and college - aged women value extraordinary life experiences, yet lacked the means to fund them.

I like his penny pinching, and I'm skeptical of the promises I heard from the other Democrats: free college for everyone, more Social Security, and subsidized health care and higher education, even for undocumented immigrants.

The game earned CBS its highest ratings for a regular - season college football game in 23 years.

After graduating from Vashon High School, I began college at Kalamazoo College where I studied abroad in Costa Rica for a whole tricollege at Kalamazoo College where I studied abroad in Costa Rica for a whole triCollege where I studied abroad in Costa Rica for a whole trimester.

College Board President David Coleman said the partnership aims to level the college admissions playing field by putting high - quality training within easy reach of students without the funds for commercial test - prep services or the family support often needed to stick with a self - paced practicCollege Board President David Coleman said the partnership aims to level the college admissions playing field by putting high - quality training within easy reach of students without the funds for commercial test - prep services or the family support often needed to stick with a self - paced practiccollege admissions playing field by putting high - quality training within easy reach of students without the funds for commercial test - prep services or the family support often needed to stick with a self - paced practice book.

(The idea for the company came to him and his co-founders when they were high in college.)

And given the high cost of college and the huge gaps in achievement between those who make the most of their time as undergrads and those who flounder, the stakes for getting it right are pretty high.

The authors talk with a high - school phenom who was hounded for months and offered hundreds of thousands of dollars to sign with a college.

It seems that the traits that set one up for exceptional success in high school and college — «self - discipline, conscientiousness and the ability to comply with rules» — are not the same traits that lead individuals to start disruptive companies or make shocking breakthroughs.

If the connection to Walmart caused some Etsy sellers to cry hypocrisy, the investment was nonetheless a triumph for Etsy and for Kalin, who barely graduated from high school and who essentially conned his way into a college education.

The Boston area remains stung by the fact that it churns out tens of thousands of high - quality college graduates every year, but that most of them leave for jobs.

A 529 plan allows a parent to contribute up to $ 14,000 a year — $ 28,000 for a couple — for certain types of school, including college and elementary through high school costs.

A new report shows which colleges offer the most scholarships and lead to the highest salaries for new grads.

Corinne skipped her last two years of high school in Ohio to go straight to college at age 15, enrolling at Mary Baldwin University's Program for the Exceptionally Gifted in Virginia.

Last year, only 44 percent of high - school graduates were prepared for college - level math and 36 percent were prepared for university - level science courses, according to the National Math and Science Initiative.

529 college savings plans are popular, but myths about these useful vehicles for higher - education expenses abound.

«Here's the worst argument for a higher salary: «I need more money because my rent or my college loans are expensive,»» Clark said.

Last month, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology won a competition among more than 1,000 college students who presented design concepts for how the Hyperloop might transport pods of people from city to city at high speeds.

Policy makers favor the manufacturing sector because it has historically provided good paying jobs for middle - skill workers, or those folks who have more than a high school education but not a four - year college degree.

By the time he or she gets to high school, it is time for a heart - to - heart about college.

His mom graduates high school as a salutatorian destined for college but falls pregnant as a teenager and begins a life of single - motherhood and squandered opportunities.

«Conversely, if the population is becoming younger, a greater percentage of the population may enroll in high school or college; yet this tells us nothing about employment opportunities for those who want to work.»

While the curriculum is designed for high school and community college students — and select schools will start offering the curriculum this fall — you don't have to attend school to learn to code in Swift, Apple's programming language.

«The return on investment for the best full - time programs is very high and I predict that trend continuing for the foreseeable future,» says Paul Danos, dean of Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business.

Rick Levin says that true disruption to higher education will take many years and largely affect commuter colleges not known for deep engagement between students and faculty.

This Christian college in Missouri has a lower acceptance rate than Cornell, the Ivy with the highest acceptance rate, and requires students to show financial need for admission.

Pitino, the highest - paid coach in college basketball, was set to make just under $ 7.8 million for the 2017 - 18 season, according to USA Today.

What happens between high school and college to account for such a radical drop in the pipeline?

I had been competitively tracked from middle school to high school to college, and by going straight to law school I knew I would be competing at the same kinds of tests I'd been taking ever since I was a kid, but I could tell everyone that I was now doing it for the sake of becoming a professional adult.

Entry - level salaries on average increased 3 percent to $ 49,785 a year ago, marking the highest amount of the average base pay for college graduates in a decade.The analysis was conducted by Korn / Ferry International, an executive - search firm in Los Angeles.

As a small business owner, you may think that hiring someone fresh out of college — maybe even fresh out of high school — could be a good change of pace for a position that normally requires a few years of experience.

In a finding that will be little surprise to high - schoolers looking for a part - time gig or college and university graduates seeking a first permanent position, StatsCan says young employees are most likely to be paid the minimum wage:

Dr Shiraz Maher, deputy director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King's College London, said the capture of Kotey and Elsheikh was «hugely significant» because the bulk of high - profile Isis targets are either at large or dead.

«Despite the much higher costs of attendance, earnings effects are smaller in the for - profit sector relative to the effects for comparable students in public community colleges — a result that holds for all but one of the top 10 fields of study,» according to the study abstract.

Unless you really think a college - bound kid is in the market for luxe sheets and comforters in the «Three Looks for the Dorm» showcase on flash sale site OneKingsLane.com or the high - end digital SLR cameras included on Amazon.com's «Back to School» landing page.

For instance, an Ivy League alum with a high GPA is great, but even better is the person who was the first in the family to go to college and did well while working an extra job.

The area's many colleges and universities make Boston an international center of higher education and medicine, and the city is considered highly innovative for a variety of reasons.

Falik then created non-profit Global Citizen Year (GCY) in 2008 to create a bridge year between high school and college for high - potential leaders who want to do service work abroad.

Fast times at Wired High In the fall of 1997, Babson College M.B.A. students Matt Flaherty and Mark Johnson were fishing around for an idea for a Babson - sponsored business - plan competition.