Sentences with phrase «higher economic mobility»

• Private colleges serve a similar proportion of low - income students as public colleges, and low - income students have higher economic mobility rates at private colleges (although this may be due to their greater selectivity).

• Private colleges tend to have higher economic mobility rates for low - income students, but they also tend to be somewhat more selective.

Not exact matches

Ron Haskins of the Economic Mobility Project puts it this way: «If young people do three things — graduate from high school, get a job, and get married and wait until they're 21 before having a baby — they have an almost 75 percent chance of making it into the middle class.»

David Willetts» unfortunate comment last week about higher education being a «burden on the taxpayer» suggests that not only will Liberal Democrat ministers have to continue to remind their Conservative colleagues of the importance of social mobility, but they will have to make the economic case for building a learning economy as well.

«A college degree is necessary for any chance at economic mobility and the Excelsior scholarships will help ensure that 200,000 middle and working class kids have a shot at a higher education without the anchor of debt weighing them down,» Lever said.

In an era when a high school diploma is the difference between a career and a lifetime on the dole, New York's high - school reforms have increased the economic mobility of tens of thousands of students.

The costs of these gaps (most commonly associated with low income, limited education, and minority group status) are reflected in higher school dropout rates, lower economic productivity, decreased social mobility, increased need for medical services, and higher rates of incarceration.

Just 30 or 40 years ago, the US had both the best education system (comparatively) and highest level of social / economic mobility of any country.

Through extensive study in the areas of next generation learning, social and emotional learning, wellness, urban planning, Hip - Hop culture, Chicago history, the opportunity gaps that exist among marginalized students, economic mobility, arts education, and the at - risk communities on Chicago's South Side, Art in Motion has a solid research foundation upon which to build an innovative middle and high school that has the potential to change the narrative for many Southside youth.

If we are to continue the social mobility that has helped America bend the arc of economic and social history toward progress, we need to provide our kids with the curricula and standards that, along with high - quality teaching, helps make this happen.

She supports the career readiness portfolio, which invests in programs that are committed to connecting adults with limited or no education beyond high school to accredited, postsecondary career pathways that allow for economic mobility and family - sustaining wages.

Pathways to College Credentials and Careers: In order to increase the economic mobility of low - income and minority students, the Joyce Foundation will support state and federal policy work to: (1) better prepare students for college and career through early college credits, work - based learning, and high school interventions to reduce college remediation; (2) increase the likelihood that low - income and minority students will complete credentials or degrees of economic value at the institutions they attend; and (3) increase access and success for low - income and minority students in the public institutions with the highest economic payoffs.

One of the most direct routes to economic mobility for low - income individuals is the attainment of high - quality postsecondary credentials.

Our Education & Economic Mobility Program focuses on helping young people move up the economic ladder through equitable access to high - quality education aEconomic Mobility Program focuses on helping young people move up the economic ladder through equitable access to high - quality education aeconomic ladder through equitable access to high - quality education and jobs.

Deep cuts to higher education are pushing black, Latino and other first - generation college hopefuls out of a path to upward economic mobility, a new report shows.

In fact, more than at any point in American history, economic and social mobility depends upon having higher - order skills.

With 47 percent of its population connected to the military, Killeen Independent School District (KISD) in Texas has the unique challenge of educating students with a diversity of primary languages, a wide range of socio - economic levels and a high mobility rate.

Michael Greenstone et al, Thirteen Economic Facts about Social Mobility and the Role of Education, The Hamilton Project (2013) The Pell Institute, Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the United States: 45 Year Trend Report (2015).

The U.S. needs high - speed rail transportation to support its mobility needs and global economic competitiveness.

A U.S. presence in the high - latitude regions requires reliable year - round access in order to support economic interests, search - and - rescue needs, defense and security readiness, environmental protection, maritime mobility, and scientific research.

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