Sentences with phrase «public colleges alone»

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Similarly, in our recent report on pensions in the state of Illinois, we noted Illinois taxpayers are now contributing more toward teacher pensions alone than for all of the state's public colleges and universities combined.

While public education spending is at historic levels and is already the largest portion of our state budget — about 55 percent overall (K - 12, community colleges, and IHL) and around 40 percent for K - 12 alone — legislative leaders have begun preparing to «fully fund» the Mississippi Adequate Education Program formula should Initiative 42 pass.

«In the world we live in today, success of our public schools can not be high school graduation alone; but rather, our measuring stick should be college completion.

Finally, we all must remind stakeholders and the public that robust standards alone won't prepare the nation's students for success in college and their careers.

Funded by a two - year grant from the Human - Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI), faculty from the University of Georgia's College of Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Family and Consumer Science and the Obesity Initiative are collaborating on a new research project to examine the impact of pet companionship on mental and emotional health in older adults living alone.

According to the College Board, the full cost of a year at a public four - year school has increased an average of 83 % and private universities saw a 74 % increase, in just the past twelve years alone.