Sentences with phrase «higher education debate»

Other than that, he does not have much activity in the higher education debate.

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While the cost of higher education continues to rise and politicians debate the idea of making it free, a majority of Americans are feeling stressed about student loans.

The debate over the value of higher education for aspiring entrepreneurs rages.

The Pope Center for Higher Education Policy debates the question, «Should colleges be required to pay out a percentage of their endowments?»

In past flush periods for higher education spending, new programs and courses were often added without much consideration or debate.

That, if they would only listen to themselves more carefully, is what some advocates of academic freedom are asserting in current debates about Christian higher education.

Atheism and IQ A faith — science debate has also emerged in the pages of the Times Higher Education.

Video of apparent affair surfaces as Christian higher education leaders are debating sexual ethics standards.

The former broadcaster once described as «the thinking man's crumpet» said that although the debate appeared «silly» she deplored the name Of - Stud for the new regulator which will replace the Higher Education Council for England and the Office for Fair Access when the bill becomes law.

New Labour has failed to recognize that «narrow minded» middle England no longer set the terms of debate, in part thanks to web 2.0 mass discussion and collaboration, globalization and higher rates in tertiary education.

Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham)(Con): Staying on the subject of higher education, may we also have a debate about Members of the House who are supporting direct action by students?

Now entering his second term, the governor appears to have lost high - profile debates in the state budget session to the state's teachers union on education issues while he's had difficulty in getting Senate Republicans to agree to disclosure legislation.

Every state budget season in New York, when higher education is mentioned, the debate usually turns to how much tuition students at the state university should pay.

Prior to the higher education bill, there was also debate about the fairness of up - front fees as opposed to fees paid off in retrospect.

Cuomo says he's tired of hearing the same «debate» over education that's occurred for the last twenty years, which he says focuses too much on what he calls «high priced» professional education lobbyists and the amount of money to be spent on schools.

Despite a rare debate in a veto session, the state House of Representatives failed Monday to override Gov. Dannel Malloy's veto of a high - profile bill on the qualifications of the state education commissioner.

Mark Williams, Member of Parliament for Ceredigion and Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, has raised concerns for higher education after Brexit during the St David's Day debate that took place this week.

The agenda for New York's six - month legislative session promises big debates over the cost of higher education, government ethics and Uber's proposal to expand into upstate cities like Buffalo and Syracuse, as well as a bill that would «Raise the Age» — therein ending the state's practice of prosecuting 16 - and 17 - year - olds as adults.

But New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo would like to bring them back in the state, prompting a fierce new debate over higher education in state prisons.

Although Sweden, Italy, and some other nations are already far along, parliaments elsewhere are still debating reforms in their higher education systems.

«I would rather use Bologna as an advantage, not look at it as a threat,» says Ligia Deca, chairperson of the European Students» Union (ESU), one of eight consultative members in the policy debate on higher education at the European level, and one that represents the students» perspective.

The French Parliament is soon to debate a draft bill that would establish a new framework for the nation's higher education and research systems.

Although there appears to be no short - term answer to the tuition debate, the time is nonetheless ripe for universities, students, the public, and politicians to engage in discussions over the state of higher education in Ontario and the direction it should take, particularly with respect to accessibility.

The reform was necessary and was welcomed by the country's major science organisations (the German Research Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [DFG], the Max Planck Society and the German Science Council) and the organisation that represents university heads (Association of Universities and Other Higher Education Institutions, or Hochschulrektorenkonferenz), although the HRG has been one of the most hotly debated topics in the country's academic circles.

A Sticky Week for College Admissions as Affirmative Action Debate Heats Up (The Christian Science Monitor) Ivy League Schools Brace for Scrutiny of Race in Admissions (The Boston Globe via The Associated Press) Affirmative Action in Higher Education (WOSU) Centering on «Diversity» Ignores the Real Focus of Affirmative Action (The Boston Globe) For Now, Federal Focus On Affirmative Action Centers On Harvard (WBUR) Sometimes, Perceptions of Affirmative Action Don't Mesh With Reality (The Chronicle of Higher Education) Natasha Warikoo weighs in on the Department of Justice's plans to investigate affirmative action in college admissions.

Two weeks after the New York City Board of Education adopted a controversial plan to distribute condoms in all of the district's high schools, local and national debate about the plan's merits, and its possible influence on other districts, continues unabated.

The High - level panel debate «Setting the stage» stimulated a debate on the future of education, drawing on the findings of the independent EFA Global Monitoring Report 2015, the regional analyses of some 120 National EFA 2015 Reviews and the publication «Rethinking Education: Towards a global common goodeducation, drawing on the findings of the independent EFA Global Monitoring Report 2015, the regional analyses of some 120 National EFA 2015 Reviews and the publication «Rethinking Education: Towards a global common goodEducation: Towards a global common good?.»

The contours of this debate suggest a relatively strong consensus around the importance of making new state investments in higher education (or, alternatively, the estimated $ 163 million price tag is so absurdly low that cost hardly seems an issue — a point I discuss further below).

Programme highlights From early years practice to high - level debates on the provision of music education for all, the programme aimed to provide a balance of practical, advice - led sessions, useful practice - sharing workshops and discussion to broaden thinking both on practice and the broader political context of musical and cultural education.

David Deming, professor of education and economics at HGSE, accompanied by Andrew Kelly, senior vice president for strategy and policy at the University of North Carolina System; Deborah Santiago, chief operating officer and vice president for policy at Excelencia in Education; and Josh Wyner, founder and executive director of the College of Excellence President and vice president at the Aspen Institute, will debate different viewpoints on the future of higher education, specifically for community education and economics at HGSE, accompanied by Andrew Kelly, senior vice president for strategy and policy at the University of North Carolina System; Deborah Santiago, chief operating officer and vice president for policy at Excelencia in Education; and Josh Wyner, founder and executive director of the College of Excellence President and vice president at the Aspen Institute, will debate different viewpoints on the future of higher education, specifically for community Education; and Josh Wyner, founder and executive director of the College of Excellence President and vice president at the Aspen Institute, will debate different viewpoints on the future of higher education, specifically for community education, specifically for community colleges.

In the face of growing debate about how to ensure high - quality tutoring under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the Illinois board of education last week adopted rules that impose tougher oversight on the companies offering the tutoring.

«I got to experience a variety of different challenges, participate in nearly every higher education policy debate, and craft new policy that has shaped the conversation in higher education in important ways,» Smith says, citing her work on the college scorecard and the financial aid shopping sheet as among the initiatives she found most interesting.

Debate on the measure, which would rewrite the laws governing higher - education and financial - aid programs, lasted only about an hour — a testament to the fact that the Senate bill is less ambitious than its House counterpart and that many committee differences were worked out...

Frustration over inequities in higher education dominated the annual College Board conference, as educators and administrators debated strategies to ensure fair admissions procedures and financial - aid processes.

It's just one more reason to set aside the silly debate about whether online education can possibly be effective for high school students.

In my opinion though, they belong in the context of the conference — in which people have the opportunity to debate them — not at a closing awards dinner meant to cap a once - again successful and high - spirited conference on innovation in education.

(GSAS) In her book, The Diversity Bargain and other Dilemmas of Race, Admissions, and Meritocracy at Elite Universities, Natasha Warikoo looks to spark debate about diversity and fairness in higher education.

«David is one of the top young education economists in the country — his work has earned high praise in academic circles and helped to shape national debates on education policy.

As charter schools come to the fore in the national education debate, 69 charter school educators attended the Ed School's Programs in Professional Education institute, Charter Schools: Practices for High Performance, in July with the goal of developing skills and strategies to build capacity and improve student education debate, 69 charter school educators attended the Ed School's Programs in Professional Education institute, Charter Schools: Practices for High Performance, in July with the goal of developing skills and strategies to build capacity and improve student Education institute, Charter Schools: Practices for High Performance, in July with the goal of developing skills and strategies to build capacity and improve student outcomes.

It's high time we move beyond a broken debate and simplistic research around whether technology in education is good or bad that serve no one's interests.

«His objective and insightful reporting has highlighted the most serious educational challenges we face in elementary, secondary, and higher education, and has transformed the policy debate on these issues.»

In classes, in study groups, and over coffee in the HGSE Commons, HEP students animatedly debate the possibilities of MOOCs and alternative pedagogies, the future of fraternities on campuses, and the pluses and minuses of a federal report card on higher education.

The report we produced, Putting Learning First: Governing and Managing the Schools for High Achievement, was the CED's fifth education study and the product of more than 10 years of ongoing research and vigorous debate by a committed group of business leaders on the most effective strategies for improving student achievement.

For more than a century, American educators and education policymakers have chosen sides in a great debate about the nature and function of American high schools.

In 1972, when Congress debated whether future federal funding for higher education should go directly to institutions or be channeled through students, the model of the GI Bill helped carry the day for the latter approach, which was surely the right one.

The whole concept of higher education is under debate in America today — public versus private versus for - profit, preprofessional versus liberal arts, in - person versus online.

Public and for - profit colleges both feature prominently in higher education policy debates, usually for different reasons.

On June 7th, with the release of Diplomas Count 2011, education experts and Education Week researchers held a four - hour discussion on the «college for all» debate, the value of education alternatives, and some perspectives on high schooleducation experts and Education Week researchers held a four - hour discussion on the «college for all» debate, the value of education alternatives, and some perspectives on high schoolEducation Week researchers held a four - hour discussion on the «college for all» debate, the value of education alternatives, and some perspectives on high schooleducation alternatives, and some perspectives on high school reforms.

The education debate changed, too: A cheating scandal in Atlanta public schools in 2009 raised questions about how high - stakes testing was affecting schools.

Her research has investigated the roots of the political debates over race - conscious policies that profoundly affect meaningful opportunities for higher education, with a focus on the nature of persistent moral disagreement over affirmative action.