Sentences with phrase «quality college graduates»

The Boston area remains stung by the fact that it churns out tens of thousands of high - quality college graduates every year, but that most of them leave for jobs.

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Having met several products of Wheaton College's educational programs... I would say the religious aspect definitely hurts the quality of education they receive, especially those who are interested in continuing to graduate school in math and science.

Of course, graduating college is closely tied to the quality of education a student receives before they even start applying to colleges.

Owner Gabriela Vannier and baker Kim Kaiser, both graduates of the Santa Rosa Junior College Culinary Program, aim to provide quality food, prepared creatively, and with an emphasis on local and organic ingredients.

One of the goals of the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) is to provide all students with personalized, high - quality experiential learning opportunities, both regionally and globally with multiple pathways and delivery formats that will enable all graduates to pursue meaningful lives and successful careers.

In a study, the share of college graduates — often referred to as human capital — and the quality of life in a community were found to significantly contribute to economic growth, said Stephan Goetz, professor of agricultural and regional economics, Penn State and director of the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development.

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The assistant professor of Wooster College in Ohio Laura Sirot together with the graduate student Paul Joseph decided to research consequences of so called «Coolidge Effect», the known fact of decrease in the quality of sperm in male mammals...

As the nation's economy generated more and more well - paying jobs for the brightest college graduates, the number and quality of people entering the teaching profession began to decline.

In an attempt to curtail criticism of college - based teacher - training programs and improve the quality of their graduates, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education is calling for a national evaluation system for prospective educators, as well as the development of a database that links their alma maters to pre-K-12 student performance.

A report published by McKinsey and Company in 2005, China's Looming Talent Shortage, found that the Chinese system produces students who excel in a narrow range of subjects with only 10 percent of its college graduates considered employable by multinational businesses because the students lack the qualities society needs.

If this program increases a student's likelihood of attending college, elevates the quality of college attended, and reduces the time it takes to graduate from college, the costs of the program on a per - student basis would be far less than the average increase in lifetime earnings.

Students of higher - VA teachers also attend higher - quality colleges, as measured by the average earnings of previous graduates of those colleges.

Our data on students» adult outcomes include earnings, college attendance, college quality (measured by the earnings of previous graduates of the same college), neighborhood quality (measured by the percentage of college graduates in their zip code), teenage birth rates for females (measured by claiming a dependent born when the woman was still a teenager), and retirement savings (measured by contributions to 401 [k] plans).

The median working adult who transfers laterally into teaching has likely enjoyed more opportunities to develop these qualities and skills than has the average new college graduate.

A first - generation college student and public school graduate, James Kelly is passionate about improving schools and committed to making sure that all students have access to a quality education.

We work with educators to improve the quality of curriculum, instruction, and assessment to help ensure students graduate ready for college or a career.

The need for quality teachers is great as schools around the nation work to raise K - 12 learning standards so that students are ready for college or a career by the time they graduate high school.

Studies have found that graduating from a good college and achieving high scores on tests of verbal aptitude are reasonable, though highly imperfect, indicators of teacher quality.

High quality after - school, before - school, and summer school programs will help us achieve the goal of having all children graduate with the knowledge and skills necessary for postsecondary success in college and careers.»

Parents and children across the nation would be fortunate indeed if the Administration and Congress were to adopt a federal tax credit because it would facilitate access to a quality education for another 1 million students — most of whom will graduate and go on to college as the body of research into these programs clearly demonstrates.

MCAN selected GVSU Educational Leadership and Counseling Department as recipient of the Steward Award because of their innovative graduate assistantship / college adviser program, their commitment to quality training of school counselors, their support of the AdviseMI program, and the leadership of GVSU President Dr. Thomas Haas on the Governor's 21st Century Education Commission.

Research shows Oakland charter public schools have successfully demonstrated that they are able to deliver a high - quality public education for their students and graduate higher numbers of students ready for college.

Charter or public, the real challenge is to provide high - quality schools so that all children, regardless of their zip code, graduate prepared to succeed in college.

To enhance the quality of our programs, Walden developed an assessment system designed to ensure that all students graduating from the Riley College of Education and Leadership demonstrate the knowledge and skills to be successful.

The 10th grade focus is on readiness for the intensive college - focused process of the student's final two years; in addition to writing a résumé and discussing the qualities of a successful graduate, students must complete 40 hours of service learning, with a reflection on character growth.

Follow - up studies have shown that this school's graduates outpace their peers from other high schools in college graduation rates, jobs secured, intact families, active citizenship and leadership in their communities, and quality and length of life (Glickman, 2003).

There are still many areas of the state that have trouble attracting high quality teachers, only a small percentage of students meet all college - ready benchmarks upon graduation, and remediation programs - which help high school graduates prepare for college - cost the state around $ 35 million a year.

According to the Harvard Crimson, «The effort is part of a larger national movement started by United Students Against Sweatshops that criticizes Teach For America, a nation - wide program that recruits college graduates to teach in low - income communities for at least two years, for undermining the quality of public education.»

The network, which was founded in 2009, strives to provide quality education and assures all students in the Pico Union neighborhood of Los Angeles graduate from college.

We believe that the powerful reporting and high - quality, next - generation items in Agile Assessment 5.0 will help educators develop college and career ready high school graduates.»

The solutions would start with economically diverse housing options in all towns in CT, quality pre-natal care, quality pediatric care, high school courses on parenting, in - home parenting classes for teens, a robust curriculum rich in the arts, social sciences, science, math, and character education, lots of playtime in a safe literature rich environment for pre-schoolers, summer school and before and after school care provided by TFA or some other organization of young recent college graduates, small class size, teacher leaders instead of building administrators, and collaboration time built into the school day.

We pursue policies to ensure that K - 12 students attend schools with high - quality educators, graduate with the momentum they need to succeed in college, and attain postsecondary credentials that lead to careers with family - sustaining wages.

We will advance policies that ensure K — 12 students attend schools with high - quality educators, graduate high school with the momentum they need to be successful in college, and attain college credentials that lead to careers with family - sustaining wages.

The College also received top billing for it online graduate program in education, and received the nation's highest score for online student selectivity — considered a benchmark indicating the high quality of students enrolled.

California's plan for high - quality teaching and learning is designed to keep school districts up to date on the progress students are making toward graduating ready for college - level coursework and atwenty - first century career.

The report also urges that teaching be treated as a quality profession on par with other jobs, so Utah has begun raising teacher salaries to recruit top college graduates.

The programs offered provide graduates the qualities necessary to hold positions in school districts, colleges and counseling centers across the region.

Attending a classroom that increased test scores by one standard deviation (about 8.8 percentile points) during the initial year of the experiment was reported to increase college attendance, the quality of the college attended (as indicated by the mean adult earnings of its graduates), and earnings.

Following up «On Rating The Effectiveness of Colleges of Education Using VAMs» — which is about how the US Department of Education wants teacher training programs to track how college of educations» teacher graduates» students are performing on standardized tests (i.e., teacher - level value - added that reflects all the way back to a college of education's purported quality), the proposal for these new sanctions is now open for public comment.

Aligning a high - quality PreK experience with its overall education reform goals has helped MCPS achieve significant results: almost 90 percent of Kindergarteners enter first grade with essential early literacy skills; nearly 88 percent of third graders read proficiently; achievement gaps between different racial and ethnic groups across all grade levels have declined by double digits; 90 percent of seniors graduate from high school and about 77 percent of them enroll in college.

In 2007, the college won the prestigious Christa McAuliffe Award for Exemplary Programs in Teacher Education, one illustration of the standards of quality and innovation that are evident throughout our wide array of undergraduate, graduate, online, and continuing education programs.

Our mission at Project GRAD is to ensure a quality public school education for students in low - income areas, so that more students ‑ especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds ‑ graduate from high school and enter college prepared to excel.

KIPP Nashville Collegiate High School was founded in 2014 in response to the growing demand for a high quality high school that would equip graduates with the necessary knowledge and skills to be truly «College Ready» by graduation.

The idea was to send top college graduates to inner - city and rural schools that have historically struggled to recruit and retain quality teachers.

The link between teacher quality and outcomes for students, specifically their chances of graduating high school and attending college, has been well established.

Basically, it's not good enough just to get people into college; you have to get them out, graduated with a degree that will enhance their quality of life.

Research shows that students who participate in high - quality dual enrollment courses are more likely to graduate high school, immediately enroll in college, and persist to completion than their peers.

Programs such as Linked Learning, which according to its website, «integrates rigorous academics that meet college - ready standards with sequenced, high - quality career - technical education, work - based learning, and supports to help students stay on track,» have seen positive outcomes for students.51 A seven - year longitudinal study comparing students who participated in Linked Learning to those who did not showed that the program completers were less likely to drop out and more likely to graduate from high school.

Provide a complete picture of a school's ability to deliver quality services by including multiple indicators of school progress (e.g., percentage of graduates attending college, average teacher salaries, class - size ratio, and percentages of underserved populations enrolled in AP and IB courses).