Sentences with phrase «well as minority»

In addition, SAMHSA supports the Now Is The Time: Minority Fellowship Program — Addiction Counselors, which supports students pursuing master's level degrees in addiction / substance abuse counseling as well as the Minority Fellowship Program whose purpose is to reduce health disparities and improve health care outcomes of racially and ethnically diverse populations by increasing the number of culturally competent behavioral health professionals available to underserved populations in the public and private nonprofit sectors.

Even factoring in associates with family obligations or severe debt, as well as the minority who love their jobs too much to leave, one would think that a couple of hundred associates would seek out this opportunity — particularly because they've been assured that their jobs will be secure upon their return.

In side - meetings throughout the week, the Bush administration's negotiators — as well as Minority staff from Congress — repeatedly and often quite savagely noted that no current legislation, not Warner - Lieberman, not any other bill, contemplated that level of near - term reductions, and they said flatly that they were not going to agree to something in text on which they saw no prospect of delivering.

Relative to statewide averages, charter schools tend to attract a disproportionate number of students eligible for free or reduced - price lunch as well as minority students, especially African Americans.

Students from rural areas and high - poverty schools, as well as minority students, typically show gains that are two to three times larger than those of the total sample.

Lulled by the voice of Karen Carpenter singing «Yesterday Once More» on the station - wagon radio, she accidentally drives off and leaves her kids at a diner, and I'm reminded that it was the female characters in «Boardwalk Empire» (Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Schroeder Thompson; Gretchen Mol as Gillian Darmody), as well as the minority characters (Michael Kenneth Williams as Chalky White), who gave that show an accessibility and emotional depth it wouldn't have had if it were populated only with its endless parade white male mobsters.

Indy Politics talked to Council President Maggie Lewis as well as Minority Leader Mike McQuillen about the votes.

JC: As well as minority rights, you're also an advocate of republicanism.

JAB Holding Company is also the largest shareholder in Coty Inc., a global leader in beauty, and owns a controlling stake in luxury goods company Bally as well as a minority stake in Reckitt Benckiser PLC, a global leader in health, hygiene and home products.

Work by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies indicates that borrowers with lower incomes as well as minorities face higher rejection rates on their mortgage applications.

Work by the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies indicates that borrowers with lower incomes as well as minorities face higher rejection rates on their mortgage applications.

Not exact matches

While Wynne's minority Liberal government said a CPP enhancement was still Ontario's «preferred approach» to strengthening the retirement income system, the new provincial plan was touted as the next best thing as governments deal with aging populations and people who aren't saving enough for the future.

Just as some impact investors focus on supporting businesses in the developing world, investors with a conscience would do well to fund minority - owned businesses in the U.S., Bradley argues.

Sweet has also received many requests from minority employees to continue the dialogue, as well as some from others asking why their issues — regarding LGBT matters, for example — didn't receive the same treatment.

But when a set of volunteers rated the responses based on how likely they were to hire each person, the minority of people who admitted to «real» flaws were perceived as more honest, and therefore as better hires.

Certain proposed transactions, including the divestiture of Humana's subsidiary, KMG America Corporation, the acquisition of a minority interest in Kindred Healthcare, Inc.'s Kindred at Home division by Humana, as well as the acquisition of a minority interest in Curo Healthcare Services by Humana are subject to various closing conditions, including various regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, as well as other uncertainties, and there can be no assurances as to whether and when these transactions may be completed.

Tepper is a minority owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, as well as founder and president of Appaloosa Management.

While Clinton may not poll as well as Obama has with young and minority voters, she will grab the interest of female voters, political observers say.

The only problem is that it's still legal to fire LGBT employees in 28 states where such workers aren't covered by state laws that protect various minorities from discrimination on the job, as well as in housing and public accommodations.

It also offers specific policy recommendations including providing tax credits to promote venture capital investments in minority businesses, as well as tax credits for new low - income entrepreneurs, and encouraging the use by credit rating agencies of alternative data such as rent and utility payments in establishing credit histories.

It shouldn't be breaking news that, when given the same opportunities as white men, women and minorities can, and do, perform just as well.

The real estate mogul has cannily understood that despite polling that indicates most Americans see free trade as more of an opportunity than a threat, a large and motivated minority of voters have been yearning for a politician to call into question whether the trade deals we have on the books are good for American workers.

A tokenistic mindset — let's get a woman, a minority and throw in some foreigners for good measure — misses the point: It's the combination of perspectives, experiences and skills that matters, as it helps curb groupthink and anticipate more curves in the road.

Millennials may be better educated than earlier generations, but Credit Suisse's researchers said they expected only a «minority of high achievers and those in high - demand sectors such as technology or finance to effectively overcome the «millennial disadvantage.»»

In good capitalist form they would become owners of the means of production, at least as minority shareholders.

Big losers will include our cultural institutions, including the CBC and the Canada Council who will likely face further devastating cuts, as well as human rights, international development and arts organizations who were funded historically by the Canadian government (some of whom had already lost funding under the minority Conservative government).

«There should not be unequal voting rights as they could allow management or minority share owners to override the wishes or best interests of majority shareholders for personal benefit and compromise accountability, leading to potential entrenchment issues,» Mary Leung, head of advocacy for Asia at CFA Institute, an association of investment professionals, said in a statement.

Rising prices for assets seem to make most people better off, unless they are renters, or ethnic minorities, or immigrants, or come from large families and don't inherit a home of their own, or get sick and need to pay for medical care, or get fired, or get their pension fund ripped off or otherwise fall outside what most people think of as the bell - shaped curve of good fortune.

It proved a good move for the Conservatives, who gained 25 seats and formed a new minority government, as well as for the New Democrats, who added 10 MPs.

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Doing business with minority - owned companies is good for America, as these MBEs contribute over 1 billion dollars to the US economy per day.

Zabeen, you were right on the money when you predicted that the report would have important implications for visible minorities, as well as for businesses right across Canada.

There are certainly areas of desperation, including unemployment among minority youth and individuals with disabilities, but at the current unemployment rate of 4.6 %, my impression is that the «jobs crisis» in this country is actually better described as an income crisis, because wages and salaries as a share of total income remain near record lows.

Yes, it's possible some would suffer with the import substitution, their dollar wouldn't buy as much, a minority, but in the big picture it would be good for the US.

The operator of about 900 pubs across the U.K. and Ireland shut down its Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts on Monday, citing recent online «trolling» of U.K. lawmakers and minorities, as well as concerns around misuse of personal data.

Diverse data: In a briefing with reporters, NIH officials said they are focusing on gathering health and genetic data from diverse and historically underrepresented groups — including ethnic and sexual minorities, as well as people with disabilities, with less than a high school education, and with income below the poverty level.

At this point in time fiduciaries may be among the minority in the profession, but there's one out there who will surely look out for your best interests without conflicts — and who is willing to sign a legal document stating as much.

The rhetoric worked well, though, on Democrats who worried about minority access to credit as well as on Republicans who embraced George W. Bush's «ownership society.»

«Lower wealth levels, as well as more limited access to capital, impact the ability of minority - owned firms to thrive.»

Why didn't they entitle the chart with something more positive such as, «Being Asian Can Get You A Lower Mortgage Rate,» or «Although Asians Need Higher Grades And Test Scores To Have The Same Chance To Get Into University, At Least Asians Get To Pay Lower Mortgage Rates,» or «Despite Some Disadvantages Of Being A Minority, You Can Still Get The Best Mortgage Rate Possible,» or «Being A Minority May Make It Easier To Get A Better Rate.»

While building Chesapeake, McClendon ran a secretive commodities hedge fund on the side, used minority stakes he took in Chesapeake's wells as collateral for loans and made madcap corporate investments that added to a massive debt load.

Even if minority shareholders do not have enough control to influence director elections, the board is still accountable to them, as well as to the controlling family and other stakeholders.

The party is pushing to overcome a surge of support for the Liberals that seems to threatens any chance of the Conservatives winning a majority government and potentially a minority as well.

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Therefore I will not be surprised if those religious minorities would rally with him disguised as Atheists... It is obvious as well that him being of Jewish family that the Jewish organizations are behind the seen supporting / financing him..

It's sad that so many believers choose willful blindness with regard to evolution, and some other sciences, as well as willful blindness to the human rights of some minority groups.

And other religious minorities are also dying in Syria, as well as Muslims.

Jewish religious intellectuals exist as well, but they are in a minority status.

«As a double minority, he's ethnic Chinese and Christian, he's a very good advertisement for Indonesia's pluralism.

At the very least, therefore, schools for poor and minority children should have as much funding per student, as many qualified teachers and as good physical facilities as other schools.