[Department of Education\”Borrower’s Defense Rule”]
Rep. Scott: “Instead of maintaining the Obama-era Borrower Defense rule, which provides a fair and streamlined process to provide debt relief to defrauded students, the Department of Education has finalized a new Borrower Defense rule that prevents an overwhelming majority of defrauded students from getting relief they deserve.”
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[‘I WILL GRADUATE DAY’ 2020\Youth Empowerment]
Tonya Lewis-Taylor, Co-founder of the I WILL GRADUATE Program: “The energy of thousands of committed youth excited to declare they will graduate from High School and College is like nothing else in the world, and I am grateful to have the opportunity to present I WILL GRADUATE DAY for the 13th year.”
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[Lehman College\Verizon Foundation Grant]
Lehman College Wins $100K Verizon Foundation Grant to Launch Emerging Tech Mentoring Program for Veteran-Owned and Minority- and Women-Owned Small Businesses Across NYC.
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[I WILL GRADUATE Youth Development Program]
More than a one-day event, I WILL GRADUATE DAY is a citywide school initiative to increase graduation rates amongst at risk students. Engages students in college and career curriculums, activities, workshops and pep rallies to encourage students to become part of the solution, to stay in school and graduate, while considering career and college options.
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[Education\UNCF]
UNCF CEO Dr. Michael L. Lomax: “We have literally fought all year long for HBCUs and the kind of need-based funding beneficial for students from underserved backgrounds…I commend every single Member of the House and Senate who helped us secure the funding increases, and I call for both chambers to pass this bill without delay.”
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[Education\ Alabama A&M University\ Donzella Washington]
Donzella Washington: “Since my husband had been so supportive of me going back to school, I decided I wanted to finish my bachelor’s degree in his honor. Even though there were a lot of tears and late-night studying at 1 or 2 o’clock in the morning, I was determined. I never felt like quitting.’’
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[Congress\Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Progress Report]
Rep. Ilhan Omar: “Even in the darkest of moments, there is opportunity to build community and fight for a better world. I promise to continue to fight for that world as your representative in Congress.”
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[Education\PSC-CUNY Contract]
Mayor de Blasio: “Ensuring educators are well-supported is crucial to student success.”
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[New York\Education & Technology]
Speaker Corey Johnson: “We need 21st-century resources for our 21st-century students and this partnership will make sure that these Queens and Bronx schools will get the technology and support the students need.”
NAACP: “The NAACP New York State Conference is dedicated to eliminating the severe inequities that too often continue to plague our education system.”
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[Education News\Secretary Of Education]
Under the Higher Education Act, students who were defrauded by for-profit colleges have access to relief from the loans they took out, but Secretary DeVos has failed to implement the law.
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