Sentences with phrase «higher education titles»

Inkling, a 2009 startup that has partnered with educational text giant McGraw - Hill to incorporate its easy - to - use interactive design into academic texts, has over 100 higher education titles in its current catalog, with many more titles in the works.
CourseSmart has millions of users around the world and offers access to over 90 percent of core higher education titles as e-textbooks along with the largest catalog of e-resources and digital course materials.

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While I used to be vehemently anti-quota, I have watched quotas work extremely successfully via Title IX in intercollegiate sports and access to higher education, and in countries such as Norway.
This observation is underscored with a special pointedness in the 1979 report of the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education, titled Fair Practices in Higher Education and somewhat ominously subtitled «Rights and Responsibilities of Students and Their Colleges in a Period of Intensified Competition for Enrollments.»
This was illustrated a few years ago when President Harry S. Truman appointed a Commission on Higher Education which later issued its report under the title Higher Education for American Democracy and began its discussion with definitions of the dogmas and the goals of democratic society.
In addition, because of Title I they receive more money for education than higher income schools.
The title was changed from «Breastfeeding education and support for women with multiple pregnancies» to «Breastfeeding education and support for women with twins or higher order multiples».
Passing legislation this June that lifts the MMA ban would honor the 40th anniversary of President Nixon signing Title IX — which outlawed sex discrimination in higher education and athletics — into law.
The post, titled «Nothing in their Heads,» used a tone Bargh later told The Chronicle of Higher Education that he now regrets; it has since been taken down.
Specifically, «[s] he said that when students, faculty, or staff move from one university to another, the new university should be alerted if the person was found to have violated provisions of a 1972 federal law targeting gender discrimination in higher education, commonly known as Title IX,» «[b] ut legal experts say it could prove tricky to craft a congressional response that reaches down to the level of university labs,» Cornwall wrote.
The report, titled French Higher Education Expatriates in the United States, sets out 12 proposals to entice French researchers to return to the fold.
EURASHE organised a Seminar on Lifelong Learning (LLL) titled «Integrating Shorter Higher Education in the Qualifications Framework for the European Higher Education Area (QF - EHEA) and to the...
She also held the powwow royalty title of Miss Hozhoni First Attendant, which made a positive impact in promoting arts and higher education.
She has previously worked as an associate programmer for AFI FEST 2013; for AFI FESTs 2009 and» 10, where she oversaw the screen education program, screening a selection of festival titles for middle — and high — school students from across L.A.; and in the film programming department at the American Cinematheque, where she programmed the Cinematheque's first — ever Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Luis Buñuel retrospectives in 2012.
And third, higher education, which has long been spared critical analysis by outsiders, is increasingly considered fair game (Murphy cites a July 2005 New York Times article titled «Who Needs Education Schools?education, which has long been spared critical analysis by outsiders, is increasingly considered fair game (Murphy cites a July 2005 New York Times article titled «Who Needs Education Schools?Education Schools?»).
The 309 schools included in the study differed from other city schools in the following ways: They had a higher proportion of English Language Learners (ELL), special education, minority students, and students eligible for the Title I free or reduced - price lunch program, as well as lower average math and reading scores.
A case study by Meredith Liu titled «Cisco Networking Academy: Next - generation assessments and their implications for K — 12 education» released yesterday by the Clayton Christensen Institute profiles how the Academy, a comprehensive online training curriculum offered to third - party education institutions to help high school and college students acquire the fundamental skills needed to design, build, and troubleshoot computer networks, uses technology today to deliver assessments in ways starkly different from our current education system.
The title of his latest book telegraphs where Harvard education professor Daniel Koretz stands on one of today's most contentious schooling issues: high - stakes testing.
Meanwhile, the 2006 decision by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to lift the «50 percent rule» of the Higher Education Act of 1992, thereby allowing institutions offering more than half of all classes through distance education to distribute Title IV student aid, has permitted online only postsecondary institutions to proEducation (ED) to lift the «50 percent rule» of the Higher Education Act of 1992, thereby allowing institutions offering more than half of all classes through distance education to distribute Title IV student aid, has permitted online only postsecondary institutions to proEducation Act of 1992, thereby allowing institutions offering more than half of all classes through distance education to distribute Title IV student aid, has permitted online only postsecondary institutions to proeducation to distribute Title IV student aid, has permitted online only postsecondary institutions to proliferate.
Under current federal policy, funding for the extra costs associated with low - income and high - need students is provided to districts and states chiefly through Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
A coach who alleged school district retaliation for his complaints about unequal treatment of his girls» high school basketball team had no right to sue under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, a federal appeals court has ruled.
«The White House announced that the Department of Education would be adopting new and more vigorous application of Title IX to high school and college technical, engineering, and science programs....»
IPEDS provide Student Financial Aid (SFA) surveys to acquire information on funds for higher education institutions participating in Title IV funding programs.
My experiences as a high - achieving student in an underperforming high school, a struggling African American student in a top - 20 university, and a classroom teacher in a Title I elementary school, profoundly shaped my interest in positively impacting the field of education.
The title of the basic physical education class at Chesapeake High School in Pasadena, Maryland, at least acknowledges the importance of what happens after the course is over.
According to the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, all institutions receiving Title IV funds must submit specific data about their educational programs, student population, enrollment, attrition, and completion rates, staff and faculty, financial information, tuition and fees, and allocation of all student financial aid (NCES, n.d.) IPEDS HistoryIn 1995, NCES established the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) as a «voluntary organization that encompasses all sectors of the postsecondary education community including federal agencies, postsecondary institutions, associations, and other organizations interested in postsecondary education data collection» (NPEC, n.dEducation Act (HEA) of 1965, all institutions receiving Title IV funds must submit specific data about their educational programs, student population, enrollment, attrition, and completion rates, staff and faculty, financial information, tuition and fees, and allocation of all student financial aid (NCES, n.d.) IPEDS HistoryIn 1995, NCES established the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) as a «voluntary organization that encompasses all sectors of the postsecondary education community including federal agencies, postsecondary institutions, associations, and other organizations interested in postsecondary education data collection» (NPEC, n.dEducation Cooperative (NPEC) as a «voluntary organization that encompasses all sectors of the postsecondary education community including federal agencies, postsecondary institutions, associations, and other organizations interested in postsecondary education data collection» (NPEC, n.deducation community including federal agencies, postsecondary institutions, associations, and other organizations interested in postsecondary education data collection» (NPEC, n.deducation data collection» (NPEC, n.d., p. 4).
One way, says Peter Stokes, author of the Harvard Education Press title Higher Education and Employability, is to collaborate more effectively with the businesses that will be offering employment.
This is one of the questions explored by Finn and his coauthor Brandon Wright in the Harvard Education Press title, Failing Our Brightest Kids: The Global Challenge of Educating High - Ability Students, in which they take U.S. practices and set them against those of other countries in order to find the best ways to support our brightest students.
WHAT Dr. Bridget Terry Long, a renowned higher education researcher who specializes in the transition from high school to higher education and beyond, will deliver a public lecture titled «Supporting College Student Access and Success: Making Sure Hard Work Pays Off,» as part of the American Educational Research Association's Centennial Lecture Series.
Title I provides about $ 8 billion to improve education for some 13 million children who attend 46,500 schools in high - poverty areas.
The office is accepting comments on the new version of the document, titled «Nondiscrimination in High - Stakes Testing: A Resource Guide,» which was released last month to a handful of education and business leaders.
moment people get when they go from the unconnected side to the more collaborative, sharing world of connected education, a world where educators share globally, collaborating with thought leaders, authors, administrators, teachers, parents, and even students with less regard for titles and higher regard for worthwhile ideas.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits schools, both K - 12 and higher education, that receive federal funding from discriminating on the basiEducation Amendments of 1972 prohibits schools, both K - 12 and higher education, that receive federal funding from discriminating on the basieducation, that receive federal funding from discriminating on the basis of sex.
On Jan. 21, 1983, Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell echoed that simplicity when he explained the new federal requirement for receiving Title IV aid under the Higher Education Act of 1965.
But they set a high bar for allowing victims to recover damages under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which bars sex discrimination in federally funded educational programs.
The proposal, which would be rolled into the administration's still - emerging plan for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, would for the first time link the law's flagship Title I program to a push for higher academic standards that has gained new national momentum.
The report, titled Improving the transparency of higher education admissions, was commissioned by Senator Birmingham after data shows universities had been undercutting ATAR cut - offs for courses as a way of boosting admissions and concludes that information regarding university entrances was «confusing, ambiguous, misunderstood and unevently distributed».
Title I of the ESEA and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) are designed to disburse funds to states and school districts for the education of high - need Education Act (IDEA) are designed to disburse funds to states and school districts for the education of high - need education of high - need students.
The Serious Games Association aggregates and curates titles for K - 12, higher education, business, health care and government institutions.
Checked (all titles published by the Center on Education Policy): From the Capital to the Classroom, Year 1 (January 2003) Year 2 (January 2004) Year 3 (March 2005) State High School Exit Exams series: A Baseline Report (August 2002) Put to the Test (August 2003) A Maturing Reform (August 2004) States Try Harder, but Gaps -LSB-...]
In her new Harvard Education Press title, Schools that Succeed, Chenoweth takes a look at those «outliers,» telling the stories of several high - performing schools in low - income areas.
With a $ 12,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, they produced a report the next year formally titled American Higher Education: 1958.
The purpose of Title I, Part A, is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high - quality education.
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However, we are deeply disappointed that the Trump Administration has proposed slashing more than $ 9.2 billion for education programs, including the entire Title II - A program to support high - quality teachers and school leaders.
And Education Secretary Arne Duncan in June told high schools that they could use federal money under Title II of the Higher Education Act that is aimed at helping boost teacher and principal training to also enhance school counseling programs.
Scott Sterling is a former English teacher who worked in Title I middle and high schools in St. Petersburg, Florida who is now a freelance writer who focuses on education.
In the Harvard Education Press title Restoring Opportunity, coauthors Professor Richard Murnane and University of California - Irvine Professor Greg Duncan examine inequality in American education and provide detailed portraits of proven initiatives that are transforming the lives of low - income children from prekindergarten through higEducation Press title Restoring Opportunity, coauthors Professor Richard Murnane and University of California - Irvine Professor Greg Duncan examine inequality in American education and provide detailed portraits of proven initiatives that are transforming the lives of low - income children from prekindergarten through higeducation and provide detailed portraits of proven initiatives that are transforming the lives of low - income children from prekindergarten through high school.
According to Ravitch, writing in a recent New York Times op - ed essay, titled, of course, Waiting for a School Miracle, all these high - powered education reformers, from President Obama to Arne Duncan to Jeb Bush to Michael Bloomberg, are claiming «miracles» for their reform efforts; and Ravitch is there, a one - woman Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Devil's Advocate, to throw some almighty holy water on the hype fires.
«I watched the GOP presidential debate because my students are counting on me» is the title of a piece posted on the National Education Association website by «guest writer» Tom McLaughlin, a high school drama teacher from Council Bluffs, IA.
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