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TRENTON, N.J., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly every child in New Jersey has access to arts education in their school, according to a survey released today from the New Jersey Arts Education Census Project. The survey is the most comprehensive assessment of arts education in New Jersey schools ever conducted and reflects data collected from 99 percent of New Jersey's public schools.
Access is an important aspect of completion agendas, says policy brief WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Access to higher education matters and is threatened today, says a new policy brief issued today by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). The new policy brief, Why Access Matters: The Community College Student Body, is published today on AACC's website at www.aacc.nche.edu.
Just in case anyone doubts that repeated, seemingly perpetual state budget crises don't have real-life effects on ordinary citizens, check out what's already happened and what's about to happen to education at almost every level in California. Once the world's best public school system, with access to classes guaranteed from kindergarten at age 5 and on throughout a lifetime, education in California has been severely truncated and is about to get even more limited.
The traditional legal definition of citizenship in the U.S. is linked to the granting of full membership and access to political, social, and civil rights by the government, yet there are numerous examples of these rights not being granted to all people equally (Hernández-Truyol, 2005; Johnson, 2002a; Hernández-Truyol and Hawk, 2005).\n Our analysis focused more on cultural citizenship, but the narratives of our participants highlight that legal citizenship is a reality that shapes one's access to education, employment, and safety. A clear link to how one's legal status in this country affords certain legal rights is revealed in statements such as that of the kindergartener, fearing her mother would be sent back to Mexico, or of the university student mentors who told us of the amount ...
Prior research has revealed a link between human capital variables, specifically the educational level and prior experience of firm owners, and small firm survival and performance. This article examines the link between these same human capital variables and the ability of small firms to secure bank loans. Results indicate that firms with more highly educated owners were significantly more likely to have their most recent loan approved by a bank. Findings pertaining to the impact of prior owner experience were less conclusive, however.
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