They argue that penalising top universities could damage them, and the wider economy, without necessarily benefiting poor students.
This has dramatically affected both rich and poor students, borrowers, and those who pay for college out of pocket.
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Labour Minister Baroness Blackstone denies the link and says that the government is offering more support for poor students.
This includes math and reading, and also educating Latino, Black and poor students.
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And only from his rEsumE did I learn of the province-wide campaign he ran to solicit donations for poor students.
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Poor students of whatever race stand a much lower chance of getting into selective schools, as I wrote in May.
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University principals (vice-chancellors) and lecturers think that restoring government grants for living expenses to poor students would be a better idea.
Poor students fared markedly worse than their wealthier counterparts, and their graduation rate was 54% in 2009, lower than the state average.
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One person quoted in the story even wonders if it may have even widened the gaps between rich and poor students in the country.
Joseph II, Holy roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790, created scholarships for talented poor students and was also a great supporter of Wolfgang Mozart.
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With reduced demand for university positions from bright but poor students, I would expect an influx of upper-class under-achievers to the duller Oxbridge colleges.
Indeed, no nation included in the major international rankings educates as many poor students or as ethnically diverse a population as does the United States.
Of those, half must go to very poor students, and black, mixed-race or Amerindian students must be admitted according to their share of the local population.
He had presided over a credit association, which had gone bust, and tried to launch a scholarship scheme for poor students, which had landed him in jail for tax evasion.
In fact, ideologically he is something of an old-time liberal himself (he devoted a great deal of energy to boosting the number of poor students at Harvard).
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Yet, your particular solution (a new model for solar lighting, or approach to prevent gang violence, or entrepreneurship curriculum for poor students) might have a massive global market.
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The Milburn review proposes loans for poor students to help them work for free, signalling to businesses that they need not worry too much about pay, minimum or otherwise.
Another recent study in Massachusetts for the National Bureau of Economic Research concluded that urban charter schools are shown to be effective for minorities, poor students and low achievers.
The government says the US Charter schools movement is closer to its free school programme and that in Chicago and New York, Charter schools have helped close the achievement gap between rich and poor students.
But what is perhaps most striking is that which is revealed by the italicized sentences: Indeed, no nation included in the major international rankings educates as many poor students or as ethnically diverse a population as does the United States.
We aren't doing enough to prepare all students--especially poor and minority students--for 21st-century workplaces.
And last week, the House approved legislation to help poor college students.
He welcomes the latest report card because it highlights the progress of poor and minority students.
Mike Feinberg is co-founder of KIPP, a network of 57 public charter schools across the U.S. serving poor and minority students.
He envisions it as a way to close the achievement gap for poor and minority students, improve high school graduation rates and ultimately strengthen the workforce.
For instance, high school guidance counselors can encourage poor-performing students to take the ACT exam over the SAT exam, so that their SAT score remains high.
He has been widely praised outside of New York for pushing to improve the education outcome of poor and minority students, but often sparred with unions and parent groups, particularly over his emphasis on testing.
They worry that introducing top-up fees would scare off potential students from poor families.
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