Sentences with phrase «with college access programs»

She's been involved with college access programs for nearly five years.

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Only with the passage in 1972 of Title IX, which mandated roughly equal access to college athletic programs for both men and women, were American women finally allowed to fully express their physicality through sport.

She earned a marine science degree from Southampton College in 1981 and has advocated on behalf of shellfish growers for access to underwater lands through the Peconic Bay Leasing Program with Suffolk County.

This is the latest project to be completed in the Campus Center, a community education facility designed to make General Education Development (GED), college degree and certificate programs available to residents with limited access to higher education.

Though Contreras wouldn't specifically say why Henninger High School was chosen as the location for President Obama to speak, she did say the Syracuse City School District's «Say Yes to Education» program would fit in perfectly with the president's speech on college access.

With one of the classrooms for Mohawk Valley Community College's newly instituted small Unoccupied Aerial Systems degree program as the backdrop this morning, Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. updated the progress being made in his Vision 2020 initiative which intends to ready the region for growth in the areas of high - tech education and training; transportation and housing and access to opportunity.

Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago will launch the Realizing Education and Advancement for Disabled Youth (READY) program to help students with disabilities in Chicago, Illinois, gain access to college, employment and economic independence through a two - track, person - centered Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago will launch the Realizing Education and Advancement for Disabled Youth (READY) program to help students with disabilities in Chicago, Illinois, gain access to college, employment and economic independence through a two - track, person - centered access to college, employment and economic independence through a two - track, person - centered model.

In this two - track, person - centered model, the READY Program will help youth with disabilities gain access to college or employment as they transition out of high school.

With 15,000 students, 160 academic programs, and an energized campus community, Western offers the focus on students and the faculty access of a smaller college and the academic choice, resources, multicultural diversity, and room to grow of a large university.

Yazzie - Mintz, currently a senior program officer for early childhood education initiatives and co-director of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs with the American Indian College Fund, has devoted her professional career to improving access to early education for Native children.

Organizations like the Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF) provide students with access to a host of current college students and college graduates through our various programs.

We are laser focused on that number, working during high school to be sure they are prepared, to ensure they attend colleges and programs that have good track records with low - income students, and to make sure they are accessing all possible supports in college so they make it to graduation.

For example, Fulton County Schools» work with SDP fueled the establishment of Summer PACE, a summer counseling intervention program that generated an eight percentage point increase in college matriculation rates for low - income students who accessed the counseling.

But Latinos also have the lowest student achievement levels, with less access to early childhood programs, lower reading and math scores, a higher chance of dropping out of high school and worse odds of attending college than any other group.

In addition, this innovative program offers assistance with the college application process and allows counselors and parents to securely access important student information in helping students with their long - term plans.

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The training session brings together college access experts from across the state and country to discuss financial aid programs, how to help with the college application process, how to work with special populations and navigating other obstacles students sometimes find in the path to furthering their education.

With an emphasis on implications for practitioners, the brief aims to serve as a tangible resource for individuals from college access programs, youth development organizations, and advocacy.

Washington, D.C., June 7, 2011 — Given the urgent need to increase the success of underrepresented students in college, practitioners from college access programs and youth development organizations find mentoring to be a valuable strategy in providing students with the emotional and instrumental support they need to achieve the goal of receiving a college degree.

North Branch High School received the Cardinal Award due to their school - wide approach to promoting college access including strong participation in the virtual college fair, engagement in statewide campaigns including «Michigan College Month,» success with the Reach Higher grant program, and embedding a new college adviser in an already successful college access including strong participation in the virtual college fair, engagement in statewide campaigns including «Michigan College Month,» success with the Reach Higher grant program, and embedding a new college adviser in an already successful college fair, engagement in statewide campaigns including «Michigan College Month,» success with the Reach Higher grant program, and embedding a new college adviser in an already successful College Month,» success with the Reach Higher grant program, and embedding a new college adviser in an already successful college adviser in an already successful system.

With an emphasis on implications for practitioners, the brief aims to serve as a tangible resource for individuals from college access programs, youth development organizations, and advocacy groups.

December 21, 2015 - Lansing, Mich. − The Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency, in partnership with the Michigan College Access Network, has hired Army veteran Leonard Rusher as the new program director of the Michigan Veteran Education Initiative.

In addition, The Role of Mentoring in College Access and Success features an interview with the leadership of Philadelphia - Futures» Sponsor - A-Scholar program to share lessons from the field.

CAN is committed to serving the high schools with the highest need (e.g., high number of students enrolled in the Free and Reduced Lunch Program) and the fewest resources (e.g., lack of college access support such as a high counselor to student ratio).

Applications and programs that are associated with a Local College Access Network are preferred, since they provide a comprehensive approach to increasing postsecondary education within a community.

March 7, 2016 - Lansing, Mich. - The Michigan College Access Network is excited to announce an expansion of the annual network conference this year from one day to two days packed with break - out sessions, flexible package options and comprehensive programming to support students, counselors and schools.

Accenture Chicago Debate League Chicago Scholars Cushman and Wakefield Dominican University Future Founders Foundation Illinois College Access Network (ICAN) LJM Partners Magnetar Youth Investment Academy Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship One Goal Pass with Flying Colors Piedmont Office Realty Trust PwC Schuler Scholar Program University of IL Extension Union League Boys & Girls Club

Washington, D.C., June 22, 2010 — In response to the lack of evaluative data on many college access programs, The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education (The Pell Institute), in partnership with the Institute for Higher Education Policy's (IHEP) Pathways to College Network, has launched the «Evaluation Toolkit» to help increase the effectiveness of college access programs that serve disadvantaged student populcollege access programs, The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education (The Pell Institute), in partnership with the Institute for Higher Education Policy's (IHEP) Pathways to College Network, has launched the «Evaluation Toolkit» to help increase the effectiveness of college access programs that serve disadvantaged student populCollege Network, has launched the «Evaluation Toolkit» to help increase the effectiveness of college access programs that serve disadvantaged student populcollege access programs that serve disadvantaged student populations.

The Evaluation Toolkit presents college access professionals with a free, user - friendly Web - based guide that provides step - by - step instructions on how to approach program evaluation.

In November, she along with a team of Michigan school counseling advocates traveled to San Diego State University to focus on creating and implementing measurable action plans for improving school counseling preparation, programs and practices with the goal of increasing college access for all students.

This year we have a College Access Corps Coordinator, Jenna Geracitano, who has expanded the program to include over 20 college student mentors and 20 classrooms through a partnership with GCollege Access Corps Coordinator, Jenna Geracitano, who has expanded the program to include over 20 college student mentors and 20 classrooms through a partnership with Gcollege student mentors and 20 classrooms through a partnership with GEAR UP.

The training session brings together college access experts from across the state and country to discuss financial aid programs, how to help with the college application process and exploration, how to work with special populations and navigating other obstacles students sometimes find in the path to furthering their education.

«The College Success Academy is an incredible program, which affords students with resources to be successful that they otherwise may not have access to.»

The training session brings together college access experts from across the state and country to discuss financial aid including state aid programs, how to help with the college application process, how to work with special populations and navigating other obstacles students sometimes find in the path to furthering their education.

He has long supported students in St. Clair County through the RESA with significant resources for college access programming, college advising and community partnerships, and has served on all iterations of MCAN's governing bodies.

It is the first research to be produced through Reimagining College Access (RCA), a national initiative of the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel that brings together for the first time k - 12 and higher education policy and practice leaders (see list below) to recognize high - quality k — 12 performance assessment systems and enable higher education institutions to understand and recognize evidence from such systems (as they do with International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement programs, for example).

Supports need to begin in early childhood, with access to high - quality preschools, and continue throughout high school through programs that focus on dropout prevention and promote college attendance.

The grant will support several existing programs furthering college access in Michigan, including the new effort AdviseMI, which connects high school students with well - trained college advisers to help students navigate the college exploration process.

El Centro Hispano de Oceana's funded program consists of two parts: 1) intensive coordination with educational outreach personnel by providing materials specific to the needs of the Hispanic population (one example being translation of existing college access materials), and 2) contracting with existing school - based Migrant Outreach Workers to expand their services to include a focus on the value of a postsecondary education, leveraging existing relationships.

IHEP participates in activities with a broad coalition of more than 50 organizations representing students and college access, veterans, consumers, and civil rights to support meaningful regulations that protect students and taxpayers from career programs that over-charge and under - deliver.

Sustaining our democratic values and improving our education system call for a host of more coordinated and widespread education, economic, and housing policies — including policies to raise curricular standards, tackle insufficient funding for schools with a large share of low - income students, promote access to education resources from early childhood to college, improve dual language programs, provide economic support for families, and create more integrated schools and neighborhoods.

Every year we reach 3,000 working class immigrant youth and youth of color with innovative peer - led college access support, creative arts and media programs, youth - focused political education and more.

Our foci with federal advocacy efforts are around the areas of FAFSA simplification, sustaining the purchasing power of federal need - based financial aid, and ensuring continued availability of federal college access and success programs.

Unfortunately, every day millions of children in the United States attend dilapidated public schools with overcrowded classrooms, outdated textbooks and materials, harsh discipline policies and limited access to quality teaching and wraparound supports like school nurses, college counselors and afterschool programs.

We aligned our program with our goal that all students have access to college.

K12 will provide comprehensive wraparound services targeted to individual student needs and for the benefit of the school community: development of strong community within the virtual academy; access to the best and most current virtual instruction curriculum, assessment and instruction based on solid research; customizing each student's education to their own individual learning plan; academic success at the school and individual student levels resulting from teachers» instruction and constant monitoring of student growth and achievement with interventions as needed; national and local parent trainings and networking; frequent (i.e., every two to three week) teacher / parent communication through emails and scheduled meetings; establishment of unique settings for students and parents to interact; connecting students on a regular basis with students across the United States in similar virtual academies and across the world through networking and K12 national competitions (e.g., art contest and spelling bees) and International Clubs; access to the entire K12 suite of services and instructional curriculum (currently including K12, Aventa, A +, and powerspeak12) to include world languages, credit recovery courses, remedial courses, and AP courses; participation in a national advanced learners programs; a comprehensive Title I program that will provide additional services for students; school led trips, for example, visits to colleges, grade level specific trips such as student summer trips overseas, etc.; School prom; school graduation ceremonies; national college guidance through a network of K12 counselors; school community service opportunities; student developed student body council; school extracurricular activities: possibilities would include the development of a golf club, chess club, bowling club.

Through its Capital Area Promise (CAP) Scholars program, the Sacramento Region Community Foundation is partnering with local nonprofits to support college access and success through three avenues:

Federal investment should be sustained these programs, as well as College Access Challenge Grants, which have successfully increased the number of youth pursuing postsecondary degrees that provide them with the skills necessary for success in today's economy.

Quality and Service: Strengthen, support, and grow Arizona's network of college access programs and professionals in order to provide quality services to all individuals, with a special emphasis on low - income and first - generation families as they prepare for, transition to, and complete postsecondary education.

No less than eight other major education programs are coming due for their own scheduled renewals, including those that provide federal support for students with disabilities (IDEA); career and technical education; early childhood learning (Head Start); and college affordability, access, and teacher training (Higher Education Act).