Sentences with phrase «for postsecondary studies»

While not every person needs exactly the same proficiency in each of these areas, as student's interests influence the precise knowledge and skill profile necessary for postsecondary studies.

To truly prepare students, school structures, culture and instruction must shift to prepare students for postsecondary studies aligned to their career interests, and this can be done without risk of recreating a system of tracking students into prescribed pathways.

Washington — Lawmakers must take steps to ensure that elementary and secondary students receive information about federal financial aid available for postsecondary study, college students told members of the Congress last week.

Kati Haycock, president of Education Trust, predicts that this stipulation will «prompt schools to prepare all students — not just the privileged few — for postsecondary study.»

This work could lead to significant improvements in the preparation ofmany students for postsecondary study and smooth their transition between high school andcollege.

These concerns included: low graduation rates; inadequate preparation for postsecondary study among those who did graduate; and new demands for higher - level skills prompted by a changing economy.

Not exact matches

The school is accredited to offer just a half - dozen degrees, according to California's bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, including an associate's degree in nursing, a bachelor's in biblical studies, a master's in Asian medicine and a doctorate in ministry.

Researchers analyzed data from the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, both maintained by the National Center for Education Statistics.

Deming's current research includes studying the end of race - based busing in Charlotte - Mecklenburg (North Carolina), understanding the rise of for - profit postsecondary education and the consequences for student outcomes, and exploring the policy implications of expanding access to early childhood education.

In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online students and a comparative one of students enrolled in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for edX.

The evidence so far — mainly the career academy evaluations and a recent study (download) on math - enriched CTE — provides strong support for continued expansion of career academies, and for extension of the CTE college - and - career approach through efforts such as HSTW, programs of study that connect secondary and postsecondary education, and the Linked Learning initiative of the James Irvine Foundation.

A growing body of research suggests that college remediation programs — meant to bolster the skills of students deemed underprepared for the rigors of postsecondary study — seem to make very little positive difference to students, and may even have a negative effect on overall success in college.

Higher test scores in high school do not necessarily translate into greater postsecondary attainment and increased earnings in adulthood, yet our study demonstrates that, for many students, accountability pressure does seem to positively influence these long - range outcomes.

• Two recently published studies (by Addo, Houle, and Simon and Grinstein - Weiss et al.) use national survey data to show that black students hold substantially more debt by age 25 compared to their white counterparts, and that disparities are evident even after controlling for family income and wealth, indicating that differences in postsecondary and labor market experiences contribute to the debt gap.

Then we want to compare their postsecondary success rates with those of two cohorts examined in nationwide longitudinal studies: 1) African American students from families earning less than $ 42,000 a year (National Center for Education Statistics survey); and 2) students attending alternative schools (the Gates Foundation).

The U.S. Department of Education's National Postsecondary Student Aid Study for the 2011 - 12 academic year (the most recent survey) includes data on how much graduate students borrow broken out by race and type of school.

The study, conducted by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, comes months after President Barack Obama set a goal that all Americans complete at least one year of postsecondastudy, conducted by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, comes months after President Barack Obama set a goal that all Americans complete at least one year of postsecondaStudy of Opportunity in Higher Education, comes months after President Barack Obama set a goal that all Americans complete at least one year of postsecondary...

For 2014, NPEC will fund research studies specifically focused on «noncredit instructional activity at postsecondary institutions» (AIR, n.d.).

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).

In one study, we used a large data set on postsecondary students that tracked them for six years after college entry.

It then illustrates some of the limitations of the Pell proxy through an analysis of five iterations of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) spanning the years 1995 - 96 to 2011 - 12, the most recent year for which data are available.

We know this too clearly from data on remediation rates in colleges and universities, all the various data on college and career readiness, and most surveys of employer and higher - education views of high - school graduate readiness for postsecondary work and study.

Increasing Admission of Low - Income Students in Engineering Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education

This study explores the ways in which emerging Hispanic - Serving Institutions, or those postsecondary institutions that enroll between 15 % and 24 % Latina / o college students, contribute to civic engagement for diverse college students.

We analyzed student records to estimate the effect of attending Noble on college enrollment, persistence, and quality, using success in postsecondary studies as a proxy for success in young adulthood.

Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence (CREDE) Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At - Risk (CRESPAR) Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy (CTP) National Center for Early Development and Learning (NCEDL) National Center for Improving Student Learning and Achievement in Mathematics and Science National Center for Postsecondary Improvement (NCPI) National Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) National Research and Development Center on English Learning and Achievement (CELA) National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC / GT) Research Reports from the National Research and Development Centers

Her dissertation study investigates the realities of college learning for students, the literacy skills needed for success in college, and the experience of students as they transition from secondary to postsecondary academic environments.

Overview This study mission for state policymakers focused on how policies can strengthen the alignment of expectations and resources across the educational pipeline so that young people complete high school prepared to succeed in a range of postsecondary education opportunities.

Overview The goal of this study tour is to learn how schools are integrating more robust academic content, higher - order skills, and academic mindsets practices with career education as they prepare students for postsecondary success.

NRCCTE research addresses such topics as programs of study / career pathways, curriculum integration of CTE and academic content knowledge and skills, postsecondary student retention and completion, and professional development for educators.

Two such organizations, Jobs for the Future and Facing History and Ourselves, shared their work and resources in sessions titled «Best Bet» Postsecondary Programs of Study: Connecting Graduates to Pathways That Pay Off and Promoting Civic Agency and Student Voice in Humanities Classrooms.

Numerous studies have indicated that while most student aspire to attend college, less than half are academically qualified for postsecondary success and the rates for minority populations are significantly higher than their white peers.

This research study from the Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment (CAPSEE) examines academic and labor outcomes for struggling students in an unnamed state who transfer from a four - year to a two - year postsecondary institution (also known as «4 - 2 transfer studPostsecondary Education and Employment (CAPSEE) examines academic and labor outcomes for struggling students in an unnamed state who transfer from a four - year to a two - year postsecondary institution (also known as «4 - 2 transfer studpostsecondary institution (also known as «4 - 2 transfer students»).

Coalition School for Social Change: Helping Students Build Effort is one of five case studies written on the Academic and Personal Behaviors Pilot, an initiative of the NYC Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Readiness.

Overview While the GED strives to provide a pathway for many students to transition to postsecondary education and the workforce, studies have shown that in practice many GED prep programs falls short of this goal.

The goals are to encourage students who might not otherwise consider college to begin planning for the future early, and to help make postsecondary study both affordable and accessible to all students.

While the GED strives to provide a pathway for many students to transition to postsecondary education and the workforce, studies have shown that in practice many GED prep programs fall short of this goal.

In addition, the Department of Education provides funding for postsecondary education, in the form of Pell grants for the poorest students, funds for work - study and student loans.

The program of study illustrates the sequence of academic and career and technical education coursework that is necessary for the student to successfully transition into postsecondary educational opportunities and employment in their chosen career path.

Previously, Tse was a coauthor and analyst for the U.S. Department of Education PPSS (Policy and Program Studies Services) Task 6, Preparing At - Risk Students for Postsecondary Success, and a lead qualitative analyst for the study of Reclassifying and Not Reclassifying English Learners as Fluent English Proficient: Access and Achievement.

This study, produced by the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd, explores the connection between mathematics achievement in middle school and high school to better understand the degree to which students stay on the path toward postsecondary STEM study and, if students veer off the trajectory, to better understand when and why.

Sara Goldrick - Rab is Associate Professor of Educational Policy Studies & Sociology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and Senior Scholar at the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education.

For many of us in the higher education world, the release of the newest wave of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) is something akin to a national holiday.

In this study, we analyzed data for the Illinois high school class of 2003 to determine the impact of dual credit participation on postsecondary attainment.

As a result, Tennessee will hold high schools accountable for students meeting the ACT college readiness benchmark and participating in early postsecondary opportunities, such as dual enrollment and earning an industry certification in an approved program of study.

It does not, though, go so far as to suggest that students need dramatically different knowledge and skill sets for each of the thousands of programs of study available in the nearly 4,000 postsecondary institutions in the United States.

There are labor market returns for all postsecondary credentials, including certificates and AA degrees, though these vary across field of study.

Since 1983, the Committee has worked to study priority issues, inform the public and policy makers about best practices and engage business leaders, families, students, and other citizens to demand educational excellence and equity for all children, from their earliest years through postsecondary education.

Joel Vargas Ed.D studies and advises on state policies to promote improved rates of high school and postsecondary success for underserved students.

Study researchers identified six major themes derived from the data gathered: (a) engagement, (b) a strong focus on student learning, (c) certification of knowledge and skills, (d) POS connected secondary and postsecondary systems, (e) POS raised the understanding of and respect for CTE among stakeholders, and (f) high - quality teachers made a difference in the delivery of programs.