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PUBLISHED 5:47 AM ET Apr. 12, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:47 AM EDT Apr. 12, 2021
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Civil Service Commissioner Lola Brabham is departing to lead the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York, the group announced Monday morning.
Brabham becomes the first person of color to lead the organization, which advocates on behalf of private colleges and universities in the state.
“It is my distinct honor to be selected as the next President of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities, Brabham said. New York’s independent colleges and universities and their students are essential to our state’s higher education landscape and play a vital role in our state’s communities and economy. I am eager to continue the organization’s vital work and to further CICU’s mission of advancing quality education for all students.
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The New York State Legislature passed a bill with bipartisan support to remove GPA requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational programs.
It’s up to Governor Andrew Cuomo if that gets his signature.
“I feel like a lot of people who may have missed that cutoff are people from the community who had other things going on, like working full time,” Patty Pion told Spectrum News. “I was 17 years old, what did I know about college degrees. I wouldn’t want anyone to be discouraged from not applying because that 3.0 for me was a dead stop and I had people help me get over that dead stop. I think part of the thing we’re hoping is that this dead stop is removed, because I do think it discourages people and it limits people.”
PUBLISHED 7:46 PM ET Dec. 11, 2020 PUBLISHED December 11, 2020 @7:46 PM
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New York has one of the most rigorous teacher prep programs in the country.
Within five years of graduating, those looking to become teachers must also get their master’s degree as well as completing numerous certification exams.
But there are challenges that go along with being accepted into that program.
Under current state law, if a student wants to be accepted into a graduate-level teacher and educational program, they must achieve at least a 3.0 minimum grade point average.
Patty Pion, who has been a teacher now for 19 years, says when originally she tried to apply for the master’s teaching program she did not have the grades and this almost kept her from being a teacher.