Sentences with phrase «which public colleges»

Which interpretation prevails will continue to determine the extent to which public colleges can use race as a factor in admissions decisions, as well as the scope of school districts» efforts to create more integrated schools and classrooms.

When you're considering to which public college or university to apply, sometimes it is very helpful to browse through schools that have students scoring similarly on the SAT as you did.

Not exact matches

But the most surprising result of London's experiment, according to Richard Arnott, a transportation expert at Boston College, is the manner in which public transit benefited from the reduction in car traffic.

Megan Randall, a researcher at the Urban Institute who studies economic development policy, said companies cared most about a talented work force, which requires good schools and colleges, and amenities like affordable housing, parks and public transit that make a place desirable.

Has served for the past dozen years on the board of the KIPP Academy charter school in the South Bronx, which is part of a national network of 200 college prep public charter schools in low - income communities in 20 states and the District of Columbia.

A committed leader with an interest in both business and education, Cardenas is a board member of several organizations including Discover The Palm Beaches, the Florida Atlantic University College of Education and the bi-partisan Council of Community Leaders, which seeks to shape public policy.

My former colleague Ryan T. Anderson has a piece today on The Public Discourse in which he outlines how Princeton's Anscombe Society has had success in responding to the hook - up culture on college campuses: by arguing for chastity, marriage, and the family on rational grounds.

The colleges — which are being investigated under the Title IX law — range from large public schools, Ivy League universities, private colleges and even some religious institutions.

About three thousand students are already benefiting from the latest wrinkle in five states, «education savings accounts,» which provide even more flexibility to families by allowing those who withdraw their children from public schools to receive a deposit of public funds into government - authorized savings accounts that can be used to pay for private school tuition, online learning programs, private tutoring, educational therapies, or college costs.

«We believe there is nothing in Dr. Hawkins» public statements that goes against the belief in the power and nature of God, Christ, or the Holy Spirit that the Statement of Faith deems as a necessary requirement for affiliation with Wheaton College,» states the letter, which also praised Hawkins, the only African American woman with tenure on the Wheaton faculty.

In an age in which people are weighing the actual value of a college degree, here's something to keep in mind: tuition at public universities is skyrocketing.

Before the season we wrote our annual College Basketball and Betting Against the Public article, which found that road underdogs of 10 - 20 points had won at a 54.6 % clip since 2008.

We will be posting lots of college basketball content over the next month, which will more than likely include a betting against the public report.

Since the beginning of the 2005 season, we have released a College Football Betting Against the Public Report before the start of each new season which examines the optimal threshold for betting against the public using the ticket percentages from our contributing sportsPublic Report before the start of each new season which examines the optimal threshold for betting against the public using the ticket percentages from our contributing sportspublic using the ticket percentages from our contributing sportsbooks.

Before the start of the season we published our 2014 - 15 College Basketball Betting Against the Public report which explained how bettors could capitalize on contrarian value by taking large road underdogs following a loss.

It's also interesting to note that Toledo fits the criteria for our 2014 College Football Betting Against the Public report which has produced a 215 - 177 ATS record (54.8 %) with +27.33 units won and a 7 % ROI.

While some areas of the university are closed to the public (you can't go inside most of the libraries), you should check out Christ Church College, which is not only beautiful, but was also the inspiration for Hogwarts» Great Hall in Harry Potter world.

When DeVos used the expression at CPAC, she was referring to an exchange that took place with Senator Bernie Sanders during her confirmation hearing, in which Sanders asked if she supported his proposal for tuition - free public college education and she replied: «I think we also have to consider the fact that there's nothing in life that is truly free — somebody is going to pay for it.»

She tells us trash cans are «overflowing» with healthful food, but did she read three recent studies — from the Harvard School of Public Health, the University of Connecticut and the Baylor College of Medicine — which found no increased plate waste due to the implementation of the new meal standards?

She tells us trash cans are «overflowing» with healthful food, but did she read three recent studies — from the Harvard School of Public Health, the University of Connecticut and the Baylor College of Medicine, which found no increased plate waste due to the implementation of the new meal standards?

Which is why the American Public Health Association and the American College of Nurse Midwives support women choosing home birth.

Asked about Stringer's lack of investment income, his campaign noted that he does have a pension from his years of public service, a 457 deferred compensation plan (similiar to a 401K), which he can't touch until retirement, and a college savings account for his first child.

So whatever being the reasons for the recent restoration should be done in good faith which should include all nurses undergoing training irrespective of whether the fellow is in public university or training college.

«No one is very enamored of anything,» said Lee M. Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion in New York, which conducted the national survey of registered voted Dec. 4 - 6 for McClatchy.

Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said earlier Monday that «it's not looking good» for getting the DREAM Act, which would provide college tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants, and the tax credit, which would incentivize donations to groups that boost public and private education, in the final budget.

The system by which New York would amend its constitution is «cumbersome, lengthy and probably doomed to failure,» said Doug Muzzio, a professor of political science at Baruch College's Marxe School of Public and International Affairs.

«Now, because the climate of the school is going to be public, their incentive is to clean it up, actually fix the problem,» Gillibrand said — which may cause the most headaches for colleges under the proposed bill.

Karl Rethemeyer, interim dean of Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, and political science associate professor Victor Asal are creators of a database named BAAD — Big, Allied and Dangerous, which is packed with in - depth information on hundreds of terrorist groups.

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.

Adding all two - year public institutions would alleviate concerns of free community college redirecting students away from the four - year schools, which research showed occurred in Tennessee, said Martha Kanter, executive director of the national College Promise Campaign and senior fellow at the Steinhardt Inscollege redirecting students away from the four - year schools, which research showed occurred in Tennessee, said Martha Kanter, executive director of the national College Promise Campaign and senior fellow at the Steinhardt InsCollege Promise Campaign and senior fellow at the Steinhardt Institute.

«Senator Isah Hamman Misau dubiously absconded and deserted the Nigeria Police Force on 24th September, 2010 when he was redeployed to Niger State Command and he refused to report, consequent upon which he was queried in line with the Public Service Rules Sections 030301 (b)(g)(m) and (o) and 030402 (a)(b)(c)(e) and (w), in addition to the previous queries and disciplinary process he was facing when he refused to proceed on Junior command course (JCC) 49/2008 at staff college Jos between 5th January, 2009 and 19th June, 2009,» he said.

He's also in favor of free tuition to CUNY colleges for low - and middle - income students, smaller class sizes in the city's public schools, and desegregation of the school system, which he noted is the «third most segregated in the nation.»

He has, however, voted against both public financing of political campaigns and the Dream Act, which would make foreign nationals entering college eligible for state aid.

County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef, in partnership with the Arts Council of Rockland (ACOR), is seeking nominations from the County's arts community and the public for the 24th Annual County Executive Arts Awards, which will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 at the Cultural Arts Center at Rockland Community College.

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Parker and other presidents have said embedding the state college system in the Constitution would put the colleges on equal footing with universities and public schools, which are already authorized in the document.

The university is also working to host an awareness week in which it will host activities throughout the week, including a public viewing of the documentary «The Hunting Ground,» a film about rape culture on college campuses, she added.

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.

«Early indications are that community colleges, to which most of the implemented programs have been targeted, will benefit from enrollment growth at the expense of regionally oriented four - year public universities,» the report states.

The day Nixon actually announced her candidacy, he released a statement that put front and center his liberal accomplishments, which read like a progressive wish list: «Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition, paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking.»

New York education leaders urged government officials to build more flexibility into the state's new «free tuition» program, which launched this summer and is currently serving more than 23,000 public college students statewide.

Senator Klein's plan calls for a Pre-Paid College Tuition Plan which would allow parents to lock in tuition rates for college - bound children at state public institutions and participating private and independent colleges and univerCollege Tuition Plan which would allow parents to lock in tuition rates for college - bound children at state public institutions and participating private and independent colleges and univercollege - bound children at state public institutions and participating private and independent colleges and universities.

The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System sponsored the 14th annual Battle of the Books event which brought 500 spectators rooting for their library teams to the South Campus of Erie Community College.

The forum, which was moderated by Republican Suffolk County Comptroller John Kennedy and held at Suffolk County Community College's Eastern Campus in Northampton, was one of three public events the congressman hosted Sunday.

The $ 153.1 billion budget, which the State Legislature passed on Sunday, raised the age of criminal responsibility to 18 years old, included Gov. Andrew Cuomo's free public college tuition plan, brought back the 421 - a tax abatement program for developers and renewed the millionaires tax on people whose salaries are more than $ 1 million.

LaValle's report, which he compiled after hearing expert testimony during a public meeting in May and reviewing best practices from New York colleges, goes farther than Cuomo's policy, though, addressing the adjudication of assault charges and related disciplinary actions.

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

The majority of Sanders» speech highlighted positions on which he's built his underdog campaign: Wealth inequality, tuition - free public college and campaign finance reform.

He's also pushing legislation that would allow these immigrants to apply for Cuomo's new Excelsior Scholarship, which covers the cost of in - state tuition at public colleges and universities.

County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef, in partnership with the Arts Council of Rockland (ACOR), is seeking nominations from the county's arts community and the public for the 24th Annual County Executive Arts Awards, which will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 at the Cultural Arts Center at Rockland Community College.