Sentences with phrase «higher education major»

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Higher education isn't cheap, and if graduates can't afford their payments, loans can become a major financial hardship.

Of course, China isn't known for being particularly compromising when it comes to solving its higher - ed pickles: In 2011, the country's Ministry of Education notoriously announced that it would be canceling all majors that didn't produce employable graduates — largely programs that didn't accommodate the country's export - and manufacturing - based economy.

A major benefit of selling higher education is that students often stay and build businesses.

Today, The New York Times revealed (in a collaboration with The Chronicle of Higher Education) another appealing reason to declare a business major: you don't have to work very hard.

We already paved the way for a mega-development in an urban area with the requisite access to highways, rail, an international airport; proximity to major institutions of higher education; a redundant fiber optic loop in the works for Internet access, and capacity to handle the 8 million square feet of office space the company will eventually need.

Politico: «The House GOP's tax plan — which would hit higher education hard — could also land a blow to some major college sports programs by targeting season ticket holders, top - dollar coaches and stadiums.

75, the federal government also introduced virtually all of the major policy innovations that make up Canada's system of social programs: Canada - wide Medicare, universal pensions, the modern unemployment insurance system, and cost - sharing with the provinces for higher education and welfare.

For Traditional IRAs, penalty - free withdrawals include but are not limited to: qualified higher education expenses; qualified first home purchase (lifetime limit of $ 10,000); certain major medical expenses; certain long - term unemployment expenses; disability; or substantially equal periodic payments.

With an equal balance of business and post-secondary leaders, BHER represents major sectors of the economy, regions of the country and the diversity of Canada's higher education community.

The organization has 550 priests and 2,500 seminarians, and is now moving in a major way into Catholic higher education, most recently with a new university in Sacramento, California.

Formerly, when the liberal arts college was the major form of higher education, and when it understood its mission as the prepartion of leaders for society, there was some chance of such health.

The major resistance to the total victory of economism in higher education is commitment to academic disciplines.

That's why we have significantly less major crime, very few in prison, are the most strongly opposed to war and torture, have amongst the lowest divorce rates, higher rates of education and prosperity.

If she follows trends found in every major study of higher education since the 1950s, Paula's experience of college will have a secularizing impact on her faith, mediating the intellectual relativism and cultural eclecticism that is so much a part of her postmodern world.

Such curricular measures can also be seen as major efforts to stem the tide of technological and professional pressures on higher education.

With the highest levels of education traditionally denied to women, the written language has therefore become a major tool of men's continued power.

In any case, his book should be a major stimulus for thinking through the relationship between religion and higher education.

Liberal arts education does not exclude majors, and for those who plan to teach in high school, such majors will be important.

In contrast, under a philosophy of worth the major purposes of esthetic education are: first, to enable individuals to respond to higher orders of qualitative significance and insight; and, second, to stimulate criticism of popular mediocrity and to discourage uncritical conformity to mass convention.

In New York City, it is generously estimated that one out of ten poor children beginning first grade will graduate from high school prepared for a real college education --» real» meaning not majoring in «black studies» or some other pseudo-discipline, and not dropping out in the first or second year.

No mandated national coaching education program exists in the United States for youth sports (we are the only major sporting country without such a requirement), and the requirements for high school coaches vary from state to state, with some requiring only first aid and CPR certification.

New Federal Education Law Gives State Policymakers Chance to Improve Opportunity for All Students — But Risks Retreat from High Standards and Meaningful AccountabilityNew York, NY — A dozen major civil rights, education, parent, and business organizations from across New York State released a policy brief today thatEducation Law Gives State Policymakers Chance to Improve Opportunity for All Students — But Risks Retreat from High Standards and Meaningful AccountabilityNew York, NY — A dozen major civil rights, education, parent, and business organizations from across New York State released a policy brief today thateducation, parent, and business organizations from across New York State released a policy brief today that makes...

Speaking in the House of Lords Lord Patten, who held a number of junior ministerial roles before joining John Major's cabinet as education secretary in 1992, claimed there was a role for «grown - up SpAds» but said there are too many and they often have too high opinion of themselves.

The Council also continues to emphasize that, with multi-year, multi-billion budget deficits, New York needs to more fully examine its spending practices, especially in major programs such as Medicaid and education, and determine why are our costs are so much higher than other states without the results to match.»

He told Newsday those issues include «major infrastructure investments to create jobs, affordable higher education, criminal justice reforms and more funding for scientific research,» the paper wrote in its endorsement of him.

He also applauded the Governor for announcing a major commitment to clean water infrastructure and water quality protection and said he welcomes «a serious discussion about college affordability and making high quality college education accessible for all New Yorkers.»

The Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education and Member of Parliament for Jaman North in the Brong Ahafo Region, Siaka Stevens, has commended the Government for fulfilling its major campaign promise by implementing the Free Senior High School education pEducation and Member of Parliament for Jaman North in the Brong Ahafo Region, Siaka Stevens, has commended the Government for fulfilling its major campaign promise by implementing the Free Senior High School education peducation programme.

The free Senior High School policy eliminates one of the major barriers to seeking secondary education; poverty.

«The leadership has clearly heard the concerned parents and educators who support high standards but know that a moratorium on the use of standardized tests in high - stakes decisions is essential until the State Education Department makes major corrections to its failed implementation plan,» president Richard Iannuzzi said in the statement.

Major education stakeholder groups across the country argue the higher standards are necessary to prepare students for college and the modern global workplace.

With award - winning higher education, a skilled workforce, competitive real estate, attractive incentive packages and utility rates, it's no wonder why major companies such as Gap, GlobalFoundries and IBM collectively employ more than 10,000 people here.

The tougher choices down the road could include major cuts in state education spending — the political third rail for many lawmakers; or what are euphemistically called «revenue enhancers,» also known as higher or new taxes; or a cap on state spending, which such powerful labor groups as the teachers and health - care workers unions fight against tooth and nail.

«A quality education with high expectations for all students is clearly a major priority for New Yorkers, and that's exactly why two years of work has gone into revising the standards,» said Steve Sigmund, the group's executive director.

«Class size is a major issue, for example at School # 6 they have class sizes in elementary level of over 30 - students with students that have a high amount of students with special education needs, ELL - English Language Learners, and so lowering class size is something that has been priority and that's been a part of those plans.»

WBFO's Focus on Education Reporter Eileen Buckley says winning the state championship is major accomplishment for South Park High School, one of the district's persistently struggling schools under receivership.

«The Council also continues to emphasize that, with multi-year, multi-billion (dollar) budget deficits, New York needs to more fully examine its spending practices, especially in major programs such as Medicaid and education, and determine why are our costs are so much higher than other states without the results to match,» said Business Council President Heather Briccetti.

«The education policies coming from the leadership of both major parties in the recent state budget — from underfunding public schools and promoting charter schools to modifying but not ending the high - stakes testing regime — are pro-privatization and anti-public schools.

Liberal - Arts Learning Outcomes of Professional Majors,» will present their findings Nov. 21 at the Association for the Study of Higher Education's annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

At a higher education and science policy roundtable in New York City, University of Colorado at Boulder chancellor Philip DiStefano talked about his institution's efforts to attract science majors to teaching K - 12.

The 10 years since the first reform principles were adopted in the Italian city of Bologna have indeed brought major changes to higher education across Europe.

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.

Academics and students alike should be making better use of Wikipedia, a major study of digital technology use in Higher Education has recommended.

Surprisingly, men who have a college degree in an education major earn only $ 46,000 over 40 years compared to high school graduates.

Level I trauma centers also have a major responsibility for providing leadership in education, research and system planning to ensure resources are available for delivering the highest level of care.

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, in partnership with The Kavli Foundation and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, has announced the establishment of the Kavli Prize Science Forum — a new biennial international forum meeting to facilitate high - level, global discussion of major topics on science and science policy.

Professor Curry told Times Higher Education: «[The research councils] signing up is a significant boost for the initiative... This is a major collection of funders from across the UK.»

It's National Cholesterol Education Month, and clearly, many of us need a refresher: About half of Americans have high or borderline blood cholesterol levels, a major risk factor for heart disease and a serious threat to overall health.

David Grisaffi majored in physical education and holds multiple certifications including 3 from the prestigious CHEK Institute: Level II high Performance Exercise Kinesiologist, Golf Biomechanic, and health and lifestyle counselor.

Higher education today gives analysts, policymakers, and critics so much to fret about — cost, free speech, leftward lurching faculty, politically trendy majors — that we haven't been paying nearly enough heed to the quality and value of the product itself.

90 % of education decision - makers believe that video will play a major role in the future of education, while 70 % of higher education institutions are already using webcasting systems to extend the impact of content 1.