Sentences with phrase «voting by college students»

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.

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For months, the online voting records of the UC could be altered by any student with a valid College email address.

A January 2000 survey by the Panetta Institute found college students are less likely to vote than the population at large.

Hochul opposes the Ryan budget, but she was one of 13 Democrats to vote for a GOP bill that would pay for extending lower college student loan interest rates for another year by cutting $ 6 billion from a preventive health fund — an idea opposed by the White House.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A proposal to expand state - funded tuition assistance to undocumented college students failed by two votes in the New York State Senate today.

For instance, research by Columbia University scientist Margo Gardner examined the issue, using «propensity scoring,» and found that the odds of attending college were almost twice as high for students who participated in school - related activities for at least two years; such students were also dramatically more likely to complete college and significantly more likely to vote as adults.

Alarmed by the high dropout and failure rates for college students who start out in remedial classes, Florida lawmakers voted last year to make such courses, and even the related placement tests, optional for anyone who... earned a [high school] diploma....

The board that sets policy for that exam, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, has voted to accept a report of an expert panel with recommendations for linking student performance on the influential test with skills identified as important by college officials and employers.

The House Workforce Committee took testimony but no votes this week on a pair of education bills: SB 344 would create an optional state - recognized STEM diploma endorsement that school districts could give students at their discretion and HB 5907 would require districts to inform students about college - credit - by - testing options like AP, IB, and CLEP, which is not a new requirement, but would add some additional specificity to an existing state law.

The Acer Chromebook was voted by PC Mag as one of the best laptops for college students.

During his college years, Dr. Withers, who is also an Eagle Scout, earned numerous awards including being voted the «Most Outstanding Senior Veterinary Student» by his professors, and the «Kay Daugherty Spirit Award» as voted by his classmates.

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From August 31 - November 3 Ithaca College's Handwerker Gallery is hosting a voting station designed by collaborator Mara Baldwinm, Gallery Director, and students Anna Gardner -LRB-» 19) and Michele Hau -LRB-» 18).

He was a founding member of the Artists Union and following the Hornsey College of Art sit - in, which he helped to organise, his appointment to the faculty of the Slade School by the votes of the students remains unique.