Sentences with phrase «public colleges and universities»

This week, the governor announced plans to increase subsidies for child care and undergraduate tuition at public colleges and universities.

And the union is also running an ad campaign urging the creation of an endowment for public colleges and universities in the state.

More than half of the state's public college and university students are attending school tuition free, thanks to a combination of grants and scholarships.

Today 76 percent choose to attend public colleges and universities.

The program offers public colleges and universities the opportunity to host veteran resource representatives in their campuses, who connect veterans to appropriate institutional, local, state and federal resources.

Instead, we «contract out» to the local public colleges and universities for these services.

Should tuition at public colleges and universities be free?

Funding for public colleges and universities was still decreasing, [24] and there was still deep concern over low graduation rates.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo stopped at Buffalo State to promote his plan to provide free tuition at public colleges and universities in New York for resident students in families that earn $ 125,000 or less per year.

Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to make public colleges and universities in the state tuition - free for eligible students.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- New York will be the first state to make tuition at public colleges and universities free for middle - class students under a state budget approved by lawmakers Sunday.

By 2012, students» tuition accounted for 25 percent of public college and university revenues, compared to 30 percent from state and local funds.

The data also showed that enrollment of black students increased by 0.2 percent at public colleges and universities during...

In Washington, a statewide agreement among public colleges and universities allows high school juniors to use their Smarter Balanced Assessment results to «speed up» or «catch up» during their senior year.

A 2017 Morning Consult and Politico poll showed 47 % of Republicans and 80 % of Democrats either «strongly support» or «somewhat support» a «proposal to make four - year public colleges and universities tuition - free.»

In response to Governor Cuomo's announcement today of his plan to offer free tuition at SUNY and CUNY 2 - and 4 - year colleges to eligible New Yorkers, The Education Trust — New York issued the following statement from Executive Director Ian Rosenblum: «Governor Cuomo's plan to make public colleges and universities affordable for all...

Chasing prestige and battered by state funding cuts, many public colleges and universities with a historic responsibility to provide access to an affordable education have turned to «financial aid leveraging,» offering wealthy or high - scoring students discounts on tuition.

Still, DeFrancisco even raised the possibility of the talks on key issues such as raising the age of criminal responsibility in New York to 18 and a plan to provide free tuition to public colleges and universities as going beyond April 1, the start of the fiscal year.

Small private colleges like Saint Rose, the Sage Colleges and Siena College have faced enrollment declines in recent years due to changing demographics and increased competition from public colleges and universities.

High school registrars and counselors also have the ability to electronically create and send official student transcripts to Texas public colleges and universities using TREx.

High school registrars and counselors also can electronically create and send official student transcripts to Texas public colleges and universities using TREx.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's pathbreaking plan for free tuition at New York public colleges and universities won the backing of the state legislature over the weekend.

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.

A 1905 law allows each legislator to dole out one four - year scholarship to the University of Illinois each year, and another scholarship to any of the state's other public colleges and universities, to any resident in his legislative district.

Brinkema also ruled that the order was «disruptive to the operation of [Virginia's] public colleges and universities,» resulting in reduced revenue, causing «anxiety, confusion, and distress» among university personnel, and «inflaming «anti-American sentiment»» abroad.

• Lawmakers in Ohio and Arizona passed bills to ensure that public colleges and universities didn't go down the same road as Hastings.

Because of the nature of sports leagues (namely the control exercised by the leagues over the individual teams) and the composition and structure of FBS football (in which the overwhelming majority of competitors are public colleges and universities over which the Board can not assert jurisdiction), it would not promote stability in labor relations to assert jurisdiction.

Sanders won a devoted backing of young supporters during his surprisingly strong presidential campaign in 2016, in part on a platform of eliminating tuition for all students at public colleges and universities throughout the country.

A bill that would have provided added funding to state and city public colleges and universities was vetoed on Tuesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who cited existing funding agreements in place.

Governor Cuomo's plan would have the state pay for the tuition of students at public colleges and universities whose combined family income is up to $ 125,000 a year, when the plan is fully phased in in two years.

«The tuition and fee increases triggered by the truth - in - tuition legislation may be making Illinois» public colleges and universities less competitive with peer institutions and diminishing their abilities to attract and retain students,» said Kearney, the director of planning and analysis in the Office for Planning and Budgeting.

The study, which analyzed 210 lawsuits involving First Amendment claims by professors and college instructors against public colleges and universities from 1964 - 2014, found that educational institutions won more than 73 percent of cases in federal and state courts.

Although his dataset only considered public colleges and universities, LeRoy said private schools aren't immune to speech controversies, either.

Shifting policy and fiscal priorities of the federal and state governments are damaging public higher education, the presidents of 16 public colleges and universities warned at a press conference here last week.

In a 2011 speech before the National Governors Association, Bill Gates, whose foundation has been Common Core» s major funder, called on states to essentially brush aside liberal arts departments and fund public college and university disciplines based on their job - creation potential.

To address some of these concerns, Democratic presidential candidates have proposed improving college access and success for the most disadvantaged students including making public colleges and universities debt - free or tuition - free.

We only track students who enrolled in Florida public colleges and universities, where 79 percent of all first - time undergraduates from Florida matriculate.

According to the New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education, nearly half (47 percent) of first year, full - time public college and university students in New Jersey need to retake high school math or English classes.

In higher education, flagship public colleges and universities have disproportionately middle - and high - income student bodies.

Schools and community groups based in smaller towns and rural communities, however, often do not regard public colleges and universities — which might be 50 or 100 miles away — as a resource for starting up, expanding, or improving afterschool and summer learning programs or for assisting them with their 21st Century Community Learning Centers.

Additionally, the Postsecondary Education Opportunities Act requires that Minnesota public colleges and universities award transfer credit for any courses taken through a NACEP - accredited program.

Following all 2010, 2011, and 2012 Colorado high school graduates, this study examined postsecondary outcomes using state - collected data from all Colorado public colleges and universities, supplemented with additional private and out - of - state colleges from the National Student Clearinghouse.

AASCU worked diligently to fully leverage public colleges and universities» ability to contribute to President Obama's goal of America's once again having the highest proportion of citizens with a college degree by 2020.

«These proposals would equalize access to student - generated institutional financial aid at Connecticut public colleges and universities to all students regardless of immigration status.

Public colleges and universities charged state residents roughly $ 8,893 while out - of - state students had to pay an average -LSB-...]

New York will become the first state to make tuition at public colleges and universities free for middle - class students.