Sentences with phrase «give access to college»

Immigrant advocates called Wednesday for Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan's support of a budget proposal that would give access to college financial aid to young immigrants without legal status.

As a bonus, joining an alumni association often gives you access to college career centers and special alumni - only networking events.

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Eighteen of the 34 universities and colleges that told the U.S. Department of Education that giving transgender students access to single - sex restrooms and facilities that correspond with their gender identity would be inconsistent with their religious tenets are controlled by the Southern Baptist Convention, according to public records obtained by both the Human Rights Campaign and the AP.

A parallel concern is the sense that the primary path to generational advancement — access to quality education — is increasingly a product of privilege given skyrocketing college costs.

The College Board gave unprecedented access to the revamped SAT it plans to introduce next spring to Khan Academy, which has developed diagnostic quizzes and interactive practice tests that will be accessible to anyone with Internet access.

In 2014, the Mayor launched the first - ever Chicago College Start Up competition, which gives 10 winning businesses free access to office space and mentorship.

Given the desire of Jews to see their sons in the learned professions, and given their urbanization and hence their access to free college education, and given the assiduity of Jewish children, a clash was inevitGiven the desire of Jews to see their sons in the learned professions, and given their urbanization and hence their access to free college education, and given the assiduity of Jewish children, a clash was inevitgiven their urbanization and hence their access to free college education, and given the assiduity of Jewish children, a clash was inevitgiven the assiduity of Jewish children, a clash was inevitable.

Besides connecting students, with counsellors and colleges, the platform claims it gives them access to admission insights and admission tools.

David, Chambers, Elroy Dimson and Justin Foo were given access to the archives covering Keynes's management of the endowment portfolio at King's College, Cambridge.

In a 2011 survey, 88 % of young people said that entrepreneurship education is vitally important, given the new economy — and yet 74 % of college students had no access to entrepreneurship resources on campus.

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The measure would give undocumented immigrants access to the tuition assistance propgram and other forms of financial aid for college.

There are a number of nonspending items tied to the budget, including the Child Victims Act, to give victims of childhood sexual abuse greater access to the courts, and the Dream Act, which would qualify children of undocumented immigrants for college aid.

Commenting on the launch of a consultation by the Secretary of State for Education on professional development for teachers and calling for expressions of interest in a College of Teaching, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «This Government can establish whatever framework it likes for professional development but unless teachers are given a contractual entitlement to access such development, the current system of inequality and ad hoc arrangements will continue, with access being on the basis of grace and favour and the whims and preferences of individual employers.

The Excelsior Scholarship could help improve the perception of college affordability, which can itself be a barrier to access, and foster a college - going culture by giving parents and students hope that a postsecondary education is within reach.

Early college access: Spend $ 9 million to expand the state's Early College High School program, which gives high school students early access to college credits in high - demand industries such as technology, sports management and fcollege access: Spend $ 9 million to expand the state's Early College High School program, which gives high school students early access to college credits in high - demand industries such as technology, sports management and fCollege High School program, which gives high school students early access to college credits in high - demand industries such as technology, sports management and fcollege credits in high - demand industries such as technology, sports management and finance.

The Rochester College Access Network — formed in 2013 as a program of Rochester Education Foundation — is a collaborative effort working to give students that opportunity here in the Flower City.

Callers especially honed in on education spending and policy, tax policy and the Dream Act, which would give people living in the country illegally who came here as children access to state college tuition - assistance programs.

The IDC resolution also supports the creation of a state DREAM Act that would give the college kids of undocumented immigrants access to state tuition assistance programs, funding for teacher centers, and Cuomo's push to spend up to $ 1 million on a memorial in New York City honoring «all victims of hate, intolerance, and violence» in the wake of a club shooting in Orlando last year.

Other budget provisions: The budget agreement also includes: an expansion of the state's Tuition Assistance Program for college students and their families; a 12 percent increase in aid to cities and local governments; a $ 3.8 billion transportation bond act; an increase of $ 1.1 billion in aid to schools; and an expansion of the EPIC program, which gives seniors access to reduced - rate prescription drugs.

Acceleration, most commonly known as grade skipping, subject acceleration or early admission into kindergarten or college, gives students the chance to access opportunities earlier or progress more rapidly.

It is «the most systematic attempt to convert all the journals in a given field to open access», says Peter Suber, a philosopher at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, and a proponent of open access.

I then changed her college e-mail password, which gave me access to her G - mail password reset e-mail.

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Given the growing importance and benefits of higher education to so many facets of society, one might believe that providing access to college for low - income students would be a top governmental concern.

By abolishing any stigma that might come with a flagged test, while tightening access to special accommodations, the College Board has given new opportunities to the strategic, while leaving behind the less savvy and less financially well - endowed.

This partnership gives us less control, but allows us to focus on the key levers of school success: leadership, academics, social - and - emotional learning, and college access and career readiness.

Second, although districts can already enlarge their course catalogs by signing agreements with outside providers — be they online providers or nearby community colleges, for example — the advantage of Course Access for districts is that it can gain them instant access to a much wider and more diverse range of providers than they would likely be able to cobble together themselves given the challenge of negotiating and managing contracts with a large number of veAccess for districts is that it can gain them instant access to a much wider and more diverse range of providers than they would likely be able to cobble together themselves given the challenge of negotiating and managing contracts with a large number of veaccess to a much wider and more diverse range of providers than they would likely be able to cobble together themselves given the challenge of negotiating and managing contracts with a large number of vendors.

State Supreme Court Justice Francis A. Affronti ruled on Feb. 13 that, based on the legislative history and intent of the education law, the unprecedented board action conflicted with the law, which requires school boards to give access to military recruiters «on the same basis» as any other employment or college recruiters.

But then he was given a challenge from Christopher Yanov, the CEO of Reality Changers, a nonprofit designed to help improve college access and readiness for youth from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Should we not give this math genius access to college - level advanced math work, and figure out the basic English requirements he or she needs for a basic understanding of grammar?

In the 1980s, the maximum Pell Grant — the money the federal money gives to low - income students to attend college — covered more than half the cost of a four - year public school, according to The Institute for College Access and Success, a think tank focused on college affordacollege — covered more than half the cost of a four - year public school, according to The Institute for College Access and Success, a think tank focused on college affordaCollege Access and Success, a think tank focused on college affordacollege affordability.

College for America is a non-profit, accredited program that was designed to specifically give working adults access to Associate's and Bachelor's degrees.

It means every school must give training providers and colleges access to every pupil in years 8 to 13, so they can find out about non-academic routes.

On Friday, the Obama administration announced an experimental program that will give up to 10,000 low - income students access to federal Pell grants to take college courses while still in high school.

The Rochester College Access Network — formed in 2013 as a program of Rochester Education Foundation — is a collaborative effort working to give students that opportunity here in the Flower City.

Washington, D.C., June 7, 2011 — Given the urgent need to increase the success of underrepresented students in college, practitioners from college access programs and youth development organizations find mentoring to be a valuable strategy in providing students with the emotional and instrumental support they need to achieve the goal of receiving a college degree.

Student surveys suggest that the most exciting extended school options are those that help students advance towards their postsecondary aspirations by giving them access to work experience and college credit.

Through their unique early college program all PUC high school students take courses at local community colleges, giving them the chance to access high - level courses and start earning college credit.

In addition, competitive preference will be given to applications that focus on up to two of the following areas: improving early learning outcomes, increasing college access and success, addressing the unique needs of students with disabilities and those with limited English proficiency, improving productivity, and using technology.

Bonus points will be given for applicants that are connected to a Local College Access Network as a comprehensive approach to increasing postsecondary attainment within a community.

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.

The studies show that PARCC is a high quality assessment, aligns to state learning standards, predicts college readiness, compares well to NAEP performance, is endorsed by the country's top educators, and gives students with disabilities and English learners more tools and access to the test than previous tests.

Counselors have access to achievement data and are able to watch patterns across the school that give them a unique vantage point in helping students map out their future, says Richard Lemons, vice president for K - 12 policy and a co-author of the report, Poised to Lead: How School Counselors Can Drive College and Career Readiness, released yesterday.

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.

Other Breakthrough Schools are exploring multi-age classrooms with student groupings based on skill level; community partnerships that give students real - world, interest - driven education opportunities; and accelerated pathways, allowing students to complete high school content by grade 10, granting them access to college credits in grades 11 and 12.

College Gold Rush (www.collegegoldrush.org) is a website that gives college access programs, high school counselors, and other college advisors the information, tools, and resources to help guide California students through the financial aid pCollege Gold Rush (www.collegegoldrush.org) is a website that gives college access programs, high school counselors, and other college advisors the information, tools, and resources to help guide California students through the financial aid pcollege access programs, high school counselors, and other college advisors the information, tools, and resources to help guide California students through the financial aid pcollege advisors the information, tools, and resources to help guide California students through the financial aid process.

«These state grants provide the critical last step needed to connect an additional 63,000 students to the state education network that will give them access to technology, which will prepare them for college and careers, and let them take the new computer - based California assessments,» Torlakson said in a press release.

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