Sentences with phrase «number of gated communities»

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In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online students and a comparative one of students enrolled in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for edX.

In recent years community colleges have gained meaningful support — from the federal government and from a good number of philanthropic organizations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Lumina Foundation — to develop important initiatives geared toward helping students earn credentials that have labor - market value.

In addition to our work in the community, we also host a number of events on - site at our beautiful Animal Friends Caryl Gates Gluck Resource Center.

Sausalito developed rapidly as a shipbuilding center in World War II, with its industrial character giving way in postwar years to a reputation as a wealthy and artistic enclave, a picturesque residential community (incorporating large numbers of houseboats), and a tourist destination, and is adjacent to, and largely bounded by, the protected spaces of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

The gated community, with 24 hour security, has a limited number of single - family homes available.

There are also a large number of stand - alone villas outside of these popular gated communities.

Gates» appointment comes after his four - day residency at the Lunder Institute in 2017, when he visited with Colby students in a number of classes and met with local community partners.

In that respect the exhibition deals with a number of spatial metaphors such as barricades, boundaries and fences or so - called «gated communities,» and at the same time the destruction or penetration of these types of partition.

Gates has also received wide acclaim for repurposing and developing a number of under - utilized buildings on Chicago's South Side — transforming them into multi-use spaces for critical engagement with diverse communities.

The community has gated access, and there are a number of parking options.