Sentences with phrase «path to college for»

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Klawe started with the hypothesis that if Harvey Mudd created an environment that was supportive and engaging for everyone; if the school built confidence and community among underrepresented groups; and if it demystified the path to success, a diverse group of students would be attracted to the college and succeed there.

Add to that a proliferation of college programs, an entire how - to industry, a legion of overnight dot - com millionaires for inspiration, and you have the makings of a new, well - treaded career path.

The GOP nominee won Ohio, Florida, and North Carolina, cutting off several paths for Clinton to win an Electoral College victory.

It took a mere six months at a (then) Big Eight firm for Gregory Muzzillo, just out of college at age 23 and trained as an accountant, to decide he «was not keen on a career path that demanded such a drawn - out process to make partner.»

Branch carefully follows King's path to the Dexter Avenue pulpit, describing his often tempestuous relationship with his father and tracing his maturation from a dandyish Morehouse College undergraduate to a thoughtful scholar - minister with advanced degrees from Crozer Theological Seminary and Boston University (where he met Coretta Scott, whom he married against the wishes of «Daddy» King) In one of his all - too - rare explorations of the intellectual underpinnings of the civil rights movement, Branch makes a solid case in these early chapters for the decisive influence of Reinhold Niebuhr on the development of King's moral philosophy.

The pro-life voice is needed on our university and college campuses now more than ever before; the constant resubmission of assisted suicide bills to the Scottish Parliament and pressure for the same at Westminster is a clear sign of the potential for the UK to follow the same treacherous path as some of our European counterparts.

This program is full of practical advice, future changing strategies and real life successes that will allow parents to create a clear path to funding college in a way that will be comfortable for your family.

While Shobert was in the hospital, his father began to question the path they were on and raised the possibility of Bubba's trading racing for college.

For the Carters, there's no better guide through the accelerated path from high school to college to the NBA than parents who have went through the same journey.

If he's successful, and this appears to be a viable path for players who want to turn pro out of high school, this could be a positive development for the NBA — which doesn't want to change the age limit, but does want talent in the G League — and for college basketball.

Overcoming that... has really helped me develop and pave the path for next year when I go to college.

The NCAA is a great path for late bloomers and kids that are motivated to earn a college degree.

The classes are attractive to high schoolers and their parents because they have the potential to help a student skip prerequisites or other college courses — and for some, that might mean saving money on the path toward a college degree.

«For some people, [the] path to college is so easy that they can get out into life and they've never really been challenged,» he tells NPR's David Greene.

By contrast, Powell can mesmerise a Working Men's College on the merits of education for its own sake by describing how Dante, on the threshold of Paradise, finally meets Beatrice, only to be struck dumb by her savage rebuke for straying from the paths of pure learning.

For some of them, there is now one less barrier blocking the path to college.

Sir, Ghanaians would have realized that you are their best and surest bet if the future of their children who are into nursing colleges, teacher training colleges, among others, those who are willing to venture into entrepreneurship, would have recognized that you were on a path towards developing this country for their good.

Speaking at Canisius College's Montante Cultural Center, GOP strategist / commentator Karl Rove insisted he still sees a «clear path» for Romney to win in November.

«So there are adjustments that we're making and well continue to make those adjustments, but we're committed to the Common Core, because we know that it's a path to having more of our students prepared for college and career success.

«By providing tuition - free college to thousands of middle class New Yorkers, we are restoring the promise of the American Dream for the next generation and forging a bold path forward of access and opportunity for the rest of the nation to follow,» Cuomo said in a press release.

«While offering free college tuition to low - income families is laudable, the reality is that many students» paths to college are limited because their local K - 12 public schools lack the resources to support them,» said Jasmine Gripper, Legislative and Policy Director of the Alliance for Quality Education in a statement.

As a high school student, I continued to try to find the best path for personal development, but because of my background I was not looked upon as an outstanding academic prospect for college.

The PaTH to Health diabetes study team received the Outstanding Collaborative Research Award for 2017 at Penn State College of Medicine.

This lesson was clear to me when I majored in a college subject for five years — to only realize I didn't have any use for it when I changed my career path.

Having all just finished college, each is deciding on what path to take in life, and its Jim who has chosen the most shocking path for the group of friends as he has chosen to ask his girlfriend Michelle, the infamous flutist of the first two films (the wonderful Alyson Hannigan, which, ya know, she is so good in it, we did nt need the other girl characters, which is sad to say, but eh, this was always about the guys so who cares?).

Aivaaq is about to become a father for the first time while Qalli is on a path to college.

For years, Professor Bridget Terry Long has been fighting to help low - income families better navigate the path to college.

Career paths in the arts can be daunting for both students and their parents to contemplate, but according to research by the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP), employment and job satisfaction for art major alumni are on par with those of other college graduates.

Jon Marcus wrote about Match Beyond for EdNext last year in «A New Path to a College Degree: Match Beyond helps low - income students succeed.»

Us eful guidance can also be gleaned from the practices of effective teachers, for example, the 49 techniques recently set down by Doug Lemov in Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques That Put Students on the Path to College, a book that serves as the antithesis of what most institutions espouse.

The free - to - attend colleges, which receive Government funding to operate, place a big focus on preparing young learners for future employment, whether that's in the Armed Forces or other career paths.

He also says that it's essential for college be a time for self - discovery, when we students can establish our own values and measures of success to forge our own paths.

Launched in 2012, I'm First is the newest initiative of the Center for Student Opportunities organization, a nonprofit founded in 2006 that provides resources and information for first - generation college students in an effort to empower them on the path to and through college.

It simply doesn't work to wait until kids are eighteen for them to choose an academic path that leads to four - year college or a technical path that leads to an associate's degree, certification, or license.

But will that path turn out to be a short cut to a meaningless diploma or an honorable avenue to meet the higher standards and demonstrate one's «readiness» for job and college?

I actually think the greatest obstacles are faced by those who don't make it to college or some form of higher education beyond high school (a four - year degree is not the right path for everyone).

Each path I proceeded down led me back to teaching, eventually to community college after leaving the faculty of the University of California — Santa Barbara's writing program, due to a job relocation for my husband.

Important places for me to stop along my path include: undergraduate professor in a college - based teacher education program, professional development specialist for teacher collaborations, and director of community - based learning center that uses culturally responsive arts for academic support and life skills.

Teens are well versed in social media, and now they are able to leverage a platform designed specifically for professional adults to grease the path to college acceptance.

Instead, we should be assisting students to choose a college that fits their goals, financing that makes sense, and a course of study that will will put them on a path for a career.

History also teaches us that when we don't say «college for all,» those not put on a path to college tend, disproportionately, to be kids from lower - income and minority families.

With so many options available to young people, such as grammar schools, free schools, sixth form, apprenticeships, further education colleges, UTC's and university, it must be a challenging task to decipher which path will be the right one for a young person's career choices.

In addition to the expected services for students — college visits and college fairs — she also talks to students about other highquality paths.

The new Career College, with its ethos of developing courses in partnership with employers, will provide a valuable career path for young people enabling them to develop the skills businesses value whilst helping those businesses access the staff they need to prosper.»

Under Bob's leadership, Envision Education put in practice a highly successful redesign model that has opened a path to college and college retention for underserved urban students at Envision's three Bay Area arts and technology high schools.

For undocumented students, the path to college can be littered with unique obstacles, from limited financial resources to fear of disclosing status to a sense of hopelessness that can get in the way before they even apply.

The «college for all» debate caught fire during the recent recession, and shorter post-secondary paths from high school to career began quickly gaining popularity.

He applauds the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program for arming parents with choice, and allowing students to enroll in a program that graduates 26 % more DC students than traditional public schools and places 90 % of its graduates on the path to college.

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Yet you'll want chartering to go beyond the path to college — for it also to pay attention to gifted students, job readiness, STEM subjects, and more.