Sentences with phrase «other postsecondary»

Because programs at Fox College are specially tailored to career preparation, course credits from other postsecondary schools may not be transferable.

Diplomas in medical assisting are offered by many types of medical assistant school, including career colleges, universities, community colleges, and other postsecondary schools.

Most employers prefer to hire candidates with an associate's degree or other postsecondary training in mechanical engineering technology.

Other postsecondary institutions included Belize Teachers» College, the Belize School of Nursing, and the Belize College of Agriculture, in addition to UCB.

Only expenses incurred at certain educational institutions, such as a college, university, vocational school, or other postsecondary educational institution eligible to participate in the student aid programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education are eligible.

Join ACT and other postsecondary institutions in participating in the National ACT College Success Research Partnership

If charter operator was a university or other postsecondary institution, it could provide discipline data to law enforcement when it involves violent crimes and sexual assault.

In that way, students embark on becoming prepared for college and other postsecondary opportunities even as their basic academic needs are being addressed.

Beginning with mathematics in the primary grades, «Math Voices: Educators and Mathematicians Talk About College and Career Ready Standards and Improving Mathematics Teaching and Learning» addresses the importance of building a solid foundation for Algebra that includes numbers and operations, ratios, and proportions as well as preparation for Calculus and other postsecondary mathematics coursework.

McEwen is working with Oregon's Chief Education Officer Dr. Rudy Crew to restructure education so that by 2025 all Oregon students graduate from high school and at least 80 percent enter college or other postsecondary studies.

They understand and actively work to eliminate gaps in school success between different groups of students, as measured by academic achievement, high school graduation rates, and preparation for college and other postsecondary pursuits.

College attendance is based on 1098 - T forms, which colleges and other postsecondary institutions are required to file for reporting tuition payments and scholarships for every student.

Rigorous academics prepare students for admission and success in California's community colleges and universities — as well as in apprenticeships and other postsecondary programs.

Does this finding replicate in other postsecondary settings?

Further, completing college or other postsecondary education such as a technical certification is increasingly necessary for students to enter careers that will enable them to join the middle class.

Reflecting bipartisan consternation over the rising price of a college education and other postsecondary issues, the House education committee voted unanimously today to send its version of a bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act to the full House.

Not exact matches

Kallos and Dallinger had already rented a space and racked up other expenses when they learned the government bureau that oversees postsecondary education would not be licensing new schools for six months.

Other positive results include reduced absenteeism rates, increased representation in the academic stream, and higher graduation and postsecondary education rates.

«The high cost of financing a postsecondary education is scaring away students from underrepresented groups such as aboriginals and others from impoverished backgrounds.

«It's not surprising, then, that postsecondary students with LD take longer to earn a degree and are more likely to leave postsecondary schooling without earning a degree than other students,» the researchers note.

Further adjustment for other dietary variables potentially related to inflammation (intakes of saturated fat, omega - 3 fatty acids, vitamin C or E, β - carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin, and coffee or fish consumption) and physical activity at baseline or postsecondary school qualification did not affect the results (data not shown).

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.

The other empty positions are those of deputy undersecretary for management and assistant secretary for postsecondary education, educational research and improvement, civil rights, and vocational and adult education.

• In Hudson, enthusiasm from the community for the character education program and other district initiatives is one measure of success; others are SAT scores that exceed national and state averages and the percentage of graduates (79 percent) who pursue postsecondary education.

Other initiatives in their school improvement plan (PDF) included Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), an operational framework for implementing practices and interventions to improve academic and behavioral outcomes, and Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), a college readiness system with research - based methods for elementary through postsecondary students.

Or consider College Options in Shasta, Siskiyou and other northern California counties, which is a partnership between county offices of education, institutions of higher education and others that is designed to increase opportunities for students in these rural communities to pursue postsecondary education.

Karen Ward, of SkillsUSA, a national organization that supports construction, automotive, and other career programs in high schools and postsecondary schools, echoes that point.

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,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,postsecondary education community including federal agencies, postsecondary institutions, associations, and other organizations interested in postsecondary education data collection» (NPEC,postsecondary institutions, associations, and other organizations interested in postsecondary education data collection» (NPEC,postsecondary education data collection» (NPEC, n.d., p. 4).

Other work examines the effects of financial aid programs, the impact of postsecondary remediation on academic preparation, and how to better support families saving for college.

They may also use the funds for educational therapies, tutoring services, online learning programs and other curricula, or even at a postsecondary institution....

Yet the rate of Hispanic college completion has remained persistently lower than that of whites and other ethnic groups in the United States: only 23 percent of Hispanic adults hold any postsecondary degree compared to 42 percent of all adults.

[11] Many other institutions had no choice but to innovate when ACT, Inc. discontinued the COMPASS ® exam in 2015, stating that «A thorough analysis of customer feedback, empirical evidence and postsecondary trends led us to conclude that ACT Compass is not contributing as effectively to student placement and success as it had in the past.»

To assess the trends in these funding streams, I review data on state and local appropriations for higher education from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and data for all other spending categories from the Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances.

Washington — Although the nation's proprietary schools — which prepare young people for a wide variety of skilled jobs — enroll a higher proportion of disadvantaged students than do other sectors of the postsecondary - education system, a lower proportion of the schools» students receive financial aid than do students at private colleges and universities.

After a decade of tracking state policies in key areas related to elementary and secondary education, Quality Counts this year significantly broadens its perspective to look at the connections between K - 12 education and the other systems with which it intersects: early - childhood education, teacher preparation, postsecondary education, and economic and workforce development.

In addition to four academic indicators, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires state accountability systems to include one other indicator, such as student engagement, educator engagement, access to and completion of advanced coursework, postsecondary readiness, or school climate and safety.

Pointing students to postsecondary options other than a four - year college is a challenge for already - overworked counselors.

(3) other advisory and individual or group counseling assistance to enable students to benefit from the curriculum, to help students develop and implement postsecondary education and career plans, to help students who exhibit any attendance, academic, behavioral or adjustment problems and to encourage parental involvement, provided that advisory assistance shall be provided by teachers or counselors, or by certified teaching assistants under the supervision of counselors or teachers, and that such individual or group counseling assistance shall be provided by certified or licensed school counselors or by certified or licensed school psychologists or certified or licensed school social workers in cooperation with school counselors; and

(d) other direct student services which may include, but need not be limited to, responsive services, crisis response, group counseling, individual counseling, appraisal, assessment and advisement, for the purpose of enabling students to benefit from the curriculum, assisting students to develop and implement postsecondary education and career plans, assisting students who exhibit attendance, academic, behavioral or adjustment concerns and encouraging parental involvement.

With the help of anchor organizations in our four focus regions, new connections are forming between districts, postsecondary institutions, businesses, and other partners in a shared geography.

And that puts them at increased risk of struggling academically or behaviorally, finishing high school without adequate postsecondary preparation, or dropping out — risks that are magnified for students facing personal, economic, or other difficulties.

The 11 graded areas include performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP performance for low - income and minority students, return on investment, postsecondary and workforce readiness, «truth in advertising,» the teacher workforce, return on investment, and parental options, among others.

CDE is considering including SEL assessments, along with measures on school climate and postsecondary workforce readiness, to meet ESSA's requirement of an «other indicator.»

In other REL Northwest projects, the Alaska State Policy Research Alliance works with Native organizations to define postsecondary success for all Alaskan students and the Bureau of Indian Education High School Alliance seeks to increase graduation rates for Native students in Washington and Oregon's BIE schools.

They will work alongside school counselors and other staff to smooth the transition from high school to postsecondary education.

Launching classroom technology in schools can accomplish many goals; some tools are used to improve test scores and prepare students for postsecondary success, while others help educators to raise literacy rates and decrease the number of students reliant on RTI programs.

To even be eligible for funding, states had to promise that they would fully adopt a set of common college - and career - ready standards supplemented with only 15 % of their own standards.2 Applicants also had to demonstrate that they would expand their state's longitudinal data system to be in the same format as other states and to contain new data including student health, demographics, and success in postsecondary education.3

The publication expands on the NCWD / Youth's earlier ILP guide by addressing more age groups and settings, including elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education; workforce development programs; and other non-school settings.

The report defines what it means to be academically prepared at key steps in a student's education, examines Illinois students» academic performance from early childhood education to postsecondary, calls attention to lingering racial and economic achievement gaps, and shares information on the school environment and other factors that contribute to student success.

Advance Illinois» biennial report card on the state of public education, The State We're In, compares Illinois with other states in how well we are educating the next generation from early education to postsecondary attainment.