"Postsecondary institutions" refers to colleges, universities, and other educational institutions that people attend after they finish high school.
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Although they are accessing
postsecondary institutions in record numbers, data shows that Latino students continue to face multiple barriers to opportunity, access, and success.
45 % percent
of postsecondary institutions with courses offered at high school campuses utilize high school instructors to teach at least some of those courses.
For years, community colleges and other two -
year postsecondary institutions have helped close access gaps and prepare learners for meaningful employment.
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.
No wonder so
many postsecondary institutions — especially but not exclusively community colleges — are teaming up with high schools to offer college classes to interested secondary - school pupils.
This FREE resource includes research - based career interest, abilities, and values inventories, as well as robust college major and
postsecondary institution search capability.
Second, no
one postsecondary institution has the incentive to implement such an intervention, since many of the benefits would accrue to its competitors.
To increase student retention, completion, and career readiness,
postsecondary institutions need to include youth development and leadership opportunities that help students build personal competencies.
As employers and
postsecondary institutions increasingly demand students and workers equipped with high - level skills, many states are exploring performance assessments as part of their K - 12 education strategies.
The theories that support current practice are emphasized throughout the program with a further focus on organizational and environmental factors that
influence postsecondary institutions, including political and social forces.
64 %
of postsecondary institutions with dual enrollment programs offered courses at high school campuses in 2010 - 12; only 55 % did so in 2002 - 03.
In addition to being able to take challenging college courses that are not offered at their home high school and to earn college credit that can be transferred to
many postsecondary institutions.
Primary Sources: Dual Enrollment Programs & Courses for High School Students
at Postsecondary Institutions Dual Credit and Exam - Based Courses in U.S. Public High Schools
Demonstrating competency on an assessment recognized
by postsecondary institutions such as College - Level Examination Program (CLEP), or college placement tests;
An Eligible Educational Institution is an accredited
postsecondary institution offering credit toward a bachelor's degree, an associate's degree, a graduate - level or professional degree, or another recognized postsecondary credential.
We might first look at Monroe Community College, the two - year
postsecondary institution attended by high school graduates in the area who do not feel that they are ready for the university.
According to critics, the high - school diploma, once a true accomplishment, had been debased in an era of social promotion and low standards — to the point where it held no real meaning
for postsecondary institutions or potential employers.
NHRP scholars and their high schools are notified of their achievement, encouraged to use this recognition on college and job applications, and are included in a list of recipients that the College Board shares with about 200 competitive, four - year
postsecondary institutions looking to actively recruit high - performing Hispanic students with targeted outreach and financial incentives.
The Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), New York's largest grant program, helps eligible New York residents attending in -
state postsecondary institutions pay for tuition with grants of up t $ 5,165.
What It Is: A state - run program which allows someone to prepay, or contribute to an account set up to pay, for a student's qualified education expenses at an
eligible postsecondary institution.
As a result, many students
entering postsecondary institutions are required to take remedial courses, which can increase the expense of pursuing a postsecondary degree by increasing the amount of courses required to graduate.
Under the recommendation, the Education Department would require Middle States to submit annual reports on any actions taken against
postsecondary institutions because of the diversity standard.
* The District of Columbia Public Schools provides institution - level college completion information to parents, principals, and guidance counselors to help graduates make informed decisions (and to
help postsecondary institutions make improvements).
Aspire also provides customer service on behalf of its external business partners; disburses private student loans on behalf of its partnering lenders; transmits student loan data
among postsecondary institutions and lenders; and resells the computer software it develops.
NOTE: While this lesson plan was written to address funding cuts in Louisiana's college scholarship program, it may be adapted to efforts to ensure access to
postsecondary institutions outside the...
How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids, lists some of the more, er, niche bachelor's degrees offered by some
American postsecondary institutions in 2008, including: Equine science and management; poultry science; and fiber, textile, and weaving arts.
This doesn't take into
account postsecondary institutions, which have seen long - term building maintenance cuts, and whose students, paying some of the highest interest rates on student loans in the country, saw their grant program replaced with a loan - reduction program nine years ago.
The IPEDS is a national database covering all institutions that enroll federal student aid recipients (
postsecondary institutions not in this database are primarily trade schools offering credentials below the associate's degree level).
Almost 50 years and many professional achievements later — including serving as the first principal of the
first postsecondary institution in southeastern Nigeria and founding the International Conference on Thinking — Maxwell's academy in which both athletics and academics are emphasized is becoming a reality thanks to an invitation from the National Olympic Committee of Albania, a country that is among the 100 nations that have never won an Olympic medal.