Professor Eileen Scanlon of the educational technology department has been awarded a Regius Professorship in Open Education by the Queen.
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The selection was made by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, which also tapped the museum to administer its cultural diplomacy effort known as smARTpower.
The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, housed within the Department of Education, will work with the Executive Office of the President and Cabinet agencies to identify evidence-based best practices to improve African American student achievement in school and college, and to develop a national network of individuals, organizations, and communities that will share and implement these practices.
There is established in the Department the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans (Commission).
The project is The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, a joint project with the Department of Education.
Today in Rochester, New York, I will visit with workers and employers at the city's Veterans Outreach Center, a program in partnership with New York State's Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), that has leveraged a Department of Labor grant to successfully train and place 90 percent of their graduates, our Nation's military veterans, into full-time, green technology jobs.
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He called for a joined-up approach with the department of education to address the problem of lower educational achievement.
Federal grants: Grants provided by federal agencies such as the U.S. Department of Education, including Title IV Pell Grants and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG).
An eligible educational institution is any college, university, vocational school, or other post-secondary educational institution eligible to participate in a student aid program administered by the Department of Education.
In laying down the guidelines, the department is trying to balance free-speech rights and the educational benefits of online learning with the dangers it sees in teachers and students getting too comfortable in less-traditional settings.
There is hereby established the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans (Initiative), to be housed in the Department of Education (Department).
For instance, there are ideas recommended by the CREATE programme - the Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity - which is funded by the UK's Department for International Development.
But the Department for Education and Skills says that Jarvis will not be working in any direct educational role with individual schools, but will be helping to co-ordinate the efforts of local authorities.
It will also help ensure that Federal programs and initiatives administered by the Department of Education and other Federal agencies maintain a focus on serving and meeting the educational needs of African Americans.
For purposes of the tuition and fees deduction, qualified education expenses are tuition (clearly) and related expenses required for enrollment or attendance at an eligible educational institution (any college, university, vocational school, or other postsecondary educational institution eligible to participate in a student aid program administered by the U.S. Department of Education).
With educational and economic opportunities skewed, no wonder that health and welfare indicators are too: the Justice Department estimates that one in three black men will go to jail at some point.
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According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, 7.8 million of 16 million troops who served in WWII received educational or vocational training from the GI Bill.
The U.S. Education Department's College Scorecard website helps you figure out where to get "the most bang for your educational buck" by compiling federal data collected from colleges.
The annual global summit, hosted by the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA), with support from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the Department for Education (DfE), the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and several industry partners, examines where rapid progress is taking place in education and showcases effective education policies and strategies that are driving success.
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