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Milken Archive of Jewish Music, a cultural and historic project dedicated to preserving the sacred and secular music inspired by 350 years of Jewish life in America; The Lowell Milken Center, an institution dedicated to the development of educational projects that feature unsung heroes as role models to 'repair the world.'
Lowell Jay Milken (born November 29, 1948) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and the co-founder and chairman of the Milken Family Foundation.He is also the founder of the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, TAP System for Teacher and Student Advancement as well as co-founder of Knowledge Universe, the world’s largest provider of early childhood education from 2005 until ...
Created in 1985 by education reformer and philanthropist Lowell Milken [1] [2] and first presented in 1987, this initiative of the Milken Family Foundation has presented awards to over 2,900 teachers across the United States, averaging around 30-40 teachers per year. [3] Teacher Magazine nicknamed the program the "Oscars of Teaching."
The Carnegie Foundation reported that 59 institutions met these criteria in 1994. [3] In their interim 2000 edition of the classification, the Carnegie Foundation renamed the category to Doctoral/research universities-extensive in order to avoid the inference that the categories signify quality differences."
This is a list of land-grant colleges and universities in the United States of America and its associated territories. [1]Land-grant institutions are often categorized as 1862, 1890, and 1994 institutions, based on the date of the legislation that designated most of them with land-grant status.
National Merit Scholarship New York Times: New York Times College Scholarship: Posse Foundation: Posse Scholarship Westminster School: Queen's Scholarship: Rhodes Scholarship: Rhodes Scholarship Robertson Scholars Program: Robertson Scholarship Rotary International: Academic-year Ambassadorial Scholarships Peace Scholarship Faculty Scholarship ...
Laurus College Santa Maria, CA: Private for-profit 2006 2018 [57] [58] Madison School of Healthcare Norcross, GA: 2016 2017 [59] Martinsburg Institute Martinsburg, WV: 1980 2010 [60] Moreland University Washington, DC: 2012 2017 [61] Naaleh College North Miami Beach, FL: 2011 2018 [62] National Juris University Phoenix, AZ: 2012 2013 [63 ...
In the U.S., a grant is given on the basis of economic need, determined by the amount to which the college's Cost of Attendance (COA) [6] [7] exceeds the Expected Family Contribution (EFC), [8] calculated by the U.S. Department of Education from information submitted on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid following formulas set by the United States Congress.