Sentences with phrase «public colleges last»

The policy — which was implemented at public colleges last year — includes a new definition of sexual consent requiring clear, affirmative agreement between sexual partners.

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Michael Smith and Rahul Telang — two professors at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of Public Policy and Management — explore these questions in their new book, Streaming, Sharing, Stealing: Big Data and the Future of Entertainment, published by MIT Press last month.

Second, the electoral college got stuck in to provide a last line of defense against public stupidity — in case you didn't know it, the electors aren't legally bound to vote as their state's majority has.

«When was the last time a college called in professional law - enforcement people and tried to clean the mess up with no regard for public relations?

With all eyes on the last major college football game on the regular season, the public liked Oklahoma minus two touchdowns.

The public may recall that we issued a statement last night in which we announced that some of the girls at Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) Dapchi who went missing after Boko Haram terrorists had stormed their school last Monday were rescued by officers and men of the Nigerian Army who are currently executing the war against the Boko Haram Insurgents.

«Last week's shooting revitalized the debate over gun policy,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

«As the primary approaches, the back and forth between Clinton and Sanders hasn't dramatically changed the New York contest for the Democrats in the last few days,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

At our state conference last month, we overwhelmingly passed resolutions supporting guaranteed healthcare as a human right, free public education from pre-K through college or trade school, a living wage and fair compensation for all, investments in environmental protection and renewable energy, restoration of voting rights to former felons, public financing of elections to eradicate the corrupting influence of big money in politics, and other policies that serve the people.

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission, which was created as part of a sweeping school - safety law (SB 7026) signed by Gov. Rick Scott last month, will hold its initial meeting at the Broward College campus in Coconut Creek.

Also at 6:30 p.m., members of the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board hold a monthly public board meeting, discussing ongoing initiatives, reviewing statistics for last year and receiving public comments; east dining room, Music Building, CUNY's Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West, the Bronx.

Erie Community College — one of the last public colleges or universities in the state to be approved for designation as a Start - Up NY campus — appears to be closing in on a deal that could bring a subsidiary of a large international money management firm to Amherst in exchange for generous tax breaks under the state program.

Sanders» plan would have eliminated tuition at public universities and colleges, while Cuomo's «last - dollar» approach pays the tuition after awards from the state and federal sources of aid are applied.

Public Service Professor at the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security & Cybersecurity and Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy University at Albany SUNY, Rick Mathews joins us to discuss last night's mass shooting in Las Vegas.

His base is more solid than it was in the last poll, and he's maintained his suburban and upstate appeal,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

«For all the partisanship and bitter battles during the last eight years, President Obama is receiving strong send - off numbers,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

Higher education policy moved back into the news last week when the State University of New York's Chancellor announced an effort to keep increasing the cost of public college tuition.

The governor, who effectively controls the state's public college system through its board of trustees, ran his major upstate renewal programs — most importantly the massive «Buffalo Billion» — through SUNY Polytechnic Institute and its now - indicted president Alain Kaloyeros, who stepped down after his arrest last year.

The governor says the money is needed to pay for a middle class tax cut, agreed to last year and which is scheduled to begin phasing in later this year, as well as a plan to provide free tuition at public colleges for New Yorkers earning less than $ 125,000 a year and to spend more on public schools.

The White House launched the «It's On Us» public awareness campaign last year after reports that one in five women had been assaulted during their college years.

«Last Trip,» a short film made in Western New York by local college students, will receive a public screening next month.

On the plus side, only last week May's government announced further details of the promised Dementia Research Institute, which is being set up at University College London with # 150 million of public money.

Historically, most funding of public colleges comes from state and local governments... and has been declining for the last 15 years.

In an unprecedented move, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office brought criminal charges of grand theft last week against 43 public - school teachers who received salary increases based on fraudulently obtained college credits.

Mark Burnard, Principal of Chifley College - Bidwell Campus, was awarded a Public Education Foundation Harvard Club of Australia Education Scholarship last year.

Ransome points to well - known public, diverse, all - girls success stories such as Baltimore's Western High School, founded in 1844, which boasted a 100 percent college placement last year, and the Philadelphia High School for Girls, established nearly 200 years ago, which counts among its graduates a federal judge, an opera singer, the first female bishop in the Episcopal Church, and the first female head of the Black Panthers.

The report, released by the American Council on Education last week, expresses optimism about the progress made by minority students, but argues that challenges to affirmative action and public skepticism about such policies «make it imperative» that colleges articulate the importance of racial and ethnic diversity...

Florida was poised last week to join two other high - profile states in replacing race - based criteria in college admissions with a system that promises students entry to public universities based on their class rank.

Washington — Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos last week asked the Congress, the public, and the education community for advice on steps to reduce defaults on federally guaranteed loans to college students.

The organization, which recruits recent college graduates to teach for two years in inner - city and rural public schools with shortages of credentialed teachers, has raised only $ 3.8 million of its $ 7 million budget for this year, TFA officials said last month.

The report, released last week by the Institute for Democracy Education and Access, at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of California's All Campus Consortium on Research for Diversity, analyzes public data on the state's college - preparatory infrastructure.

Los Angeles — By a razor - thin margin, California voters last week approved a measure giving public schools and community colleges hundreds of millions more in revenues this year and assuring them a set percentage of the state's budget in future years.

In New York City, 282 public schools registered for «College Decision Day» this year, nearly triple last year's 100 schools.

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.

Since graduating from DePaul University with a Master of Arts in Mathematics Education, he has spent the past 11 years teaching high school mathematics in the public school districts of Chicago, West Allis and Milwaukee, with the last 7 of which teaching courses as part of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program at Reagan College Preparatory High School on Milwaukee's south side.

Little Rock — Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas last week proposed raising taxes by more than $ 150 million to pay for major improvements in the state's public schools and colleges, and called a special session of the legislature to consider his plan.

The new version, released for public comment last week, is meant to provide guidelines for determining «college and career readiness» for students around the country.

For example, last year over 90 urban public high school students in New Orleans took advantage of Louisiana's new Supplemental Course Academy (SCA) to complete credits for their first year of college through Bard Early College Campus, a satellite campus of Bard College in Necollege through Bard Early College Campus, a satellite campus of Bard College in NeCollege Campus, a satellite campus of Bard College in NeCollege in New York.

This comes just days after The New York Times / Siena College Poll released last week showed a resounding majority (See NECSN's release here) of New York City likely voters favor creating more public charter schools.

Forty - eight students are Midlands Middle College's first graduates since the school achieved designation as a South Carolina Public Charter School last year.

UChicago Charter's Woodlawn campus (UCW) received a Level 1 school quality rating from the Chicago Public Schools district last year and will open a new high school facility next year with state - of - the - art engineering science labs, a media arts space, and a college resource center.

(Wash.) Almost two - thirds of Washington high school students earned college credit in 2016 by completing dual enrollment coursework, according to data released last week by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Last month, the Broad Foundation provided a $ 6.5 million grant to the Alliance for College - Ready Public Schools to help the group open 13 middle and high school campuses by 2010 in Los Angeles.

«From the first day of kindergarten to my last day of college, I was educated in a public school by great teachers,» he said.

A poll released last week by Harvard, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and National Public Radio found that nine of 10 black families want to send their kids to college, and half...

The Madison teachers union is cited for its role in helping organize last spring's massive protests at the state Capitol in response to Walker's efforts to eliminate collective bargaining rights for most public workers, as well as other legislation including strict voter ID requirements that are likely to limit voting by college students, the elderly, the poor and immigrants.

Last month, CCSA released another major report on Los Angeles public high schools which shows that charter schools surpass traditional district schools in graduating college - ready students of all backgrounds, among other findings.

A report released by the National Center for Education Statistics last year (NCES) estimated that as of the 2010 - 11 academic year (most recent data) 96 percent of public two - year community colleges offered some form of college credit to high school students through a dual - enrollment program.

One example is a report released last month by the Washington D.C. - based Urban Institute, which found students in a statewide private school choice program for four years or more are 40 percent more likely to enroll in college than their public - school peers.

Last year, leaders of the state's public universities and community colleges agreed to waive placement tests for students who scored 3 or 4 on the Smarter Balanced test in English language arts and math in order to help bridge the gap between high school and higher education.