Department of Education on Thursday released a report showing how colleges compare based on cost, graduation rate and post-graduation salary potential, among other data sets.

Along with the report, “Fulfilling the Promise, Serving the Need: Advancing College Opportunity for Low-Income Students,” is a website, collegescorecard.ed.gov, where information on colleges can be accessed.

The College Scorecard, presenting data for 4,193 schools, mainly focuses on four-year colleges and the number of low-income students using Pell Grant assistance to attend those schools. Johns County.

Flagler exceeded the national average for the three main criteria with an average annual cost of $21,011, a graduation rate of 64 percent and an average salary after attending of $37,200.

Sixty-seven percent of students return to Flagler after their freshman year, on par with the national average.

College Scorecard indicated 61 percent of Flagler students receive federal loans to help pay for college. The average monthly student loan payment for borrowers completing college, if the loans were repaid over 10 years at a 6 percent interest rate, is $262.

Eighty-eight percent of Flagler students have repaid at least $1 of the principal balance on their federal loans within three years of leaving school, well above the national average of 66 percent.

Just above 60 percent of students attending Flagler earn, on average, more than those with only a high school diploma.

College Scoreboard defines threshold earnings as the share of former students earning more than $25,000, or about the average earnings of a high school graduate aged 25-34, six years after first enrolling.

According to Flagler’s website, 90 percent of its students receive financial aid of some kind.

Flagler ranked sixth in U.S. The average monthly student payment for borrowers completing college, if the loans were repaid over 10 years at a 6 percent interest rate, is $144.

Sixty percent of SJR State students have repaid at least $1 of the principal balance on their federal loans within three years of leaving school.

Just under 50 percent of students attending SJR State earn, on average, more than those with only a high school diploma.

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program recently named St. Counting them as a successful repayment can make the student loan situation seem better than it is in reality.”

The center’s report, “Scoring the College Scoreboard: What’s Good and What Needs Improvement,” acknowledged the new tool’s merit as “almost certainly the largest release ever of higher education data.”

The Education Department defended its calculations in a data documentation report accompanying the College Scoreboard.

“The College Scorecard project is designed to increase transparency, putting the power in the hands of students and families to compare colleges and see how well schools are preparing their students to be successful,” the department said.

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The grants highlight PPG’s commitment to supporting its local communities and the foundation’s top priority of increasing educational opportunities for youth, particularly in the areas of math and technology.

The recent grants included:

Carnegie Science Center $221,800 in total for educational outreach, support of the STEM center, SciTech Days programming and field trips for underrepresented minority students;Carnegie Mellon University $88,000 in total for a chemical engineering graduate student fellowship, an American Chemical Society Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, and the Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Association;Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh $32,000 in support of color programming;The Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences (PGSS) $15,000 to support science-focused summer opportunity at Carnegie Mellon University for Pennsylvania high school students;Reading Is FUNdamental Pittsburgh $10,000 for the Books for Keeps Math Program;Extra Mile Education Foundation $8,000 in educational support;Pirates Charities $5,000 for Pittsburgh Pirates Education Days;National Museum of Education in Partnership for America’s Future $3,850 to give 42 schools districts in Allegheny County access to the latest SCIENCE SCREEN REPORT (SSR) educational video series; andAmerican Chemical Society $1,500 to support National Chemistry Week.

“PPG and its foundation remain committed to giving back to the communities in which we operate,” said Sue Sloan, executive director of the PPG Foundation. These initiatives encourage students to explore the world around them particularly in the areas of technology, engineering and math and provide engaging learning experiences that will influence the future success of the participants and of advanced manufacturing.”

The Foundation also donated a combined $10,600 to the Oak Creek Franklin Joint School District in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, to support a robotics competition team and the purchase of 3D printing equipment. The two grants were made on behalf of PPG’s local industrial coatings facility.

A PPG Foundation grant for $8,500 is supporting a new FIRST Robotics Competition team at the high school.

ELIOT, Maine The Select Board approved supporting a Community Development Block Grant for $240,000 Thursday night that, if approved by the state, will be used to assist Modernist Pantry, LLC, with funds for machinery associated with its new construction on Route 236.The business is owned by Janie Wang and Chris Anderson of Eliot; it is now located in Portsmouth.The CDBG program is administered by the Maine Department of Economics and Community Development. Janie Wang said that the jobs will be created when the new building is completed, and that Modernist Pantry will provide either a surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit to protect the town.In other businessThe board finalized the agenda for the first ever Citizens Option meeting to take place on April 4. Town Manager Dana Lee presented the final numbers just before the board meeting.On the agenda for the Citizens Option meeting are the LD-1 property tax limit, the estimated non-tax revenues amount, and 19 budget articles. The citizens’ initiative made the same voting change, but also created a “town budget meeting.”In addition, according to Town Clerk Wendy Rawski, the new ordinance also gives the Select Board the authority to act on administrative items that use to be voted on annually at the open floor portion of Town Meeting. They include: setting due dates for property tax payments; fixing interest rates for late tax payments and abated taxes; moving surplus amounts between budget articles; spending funds for the first month of the fiscal year if Town Meeting is postponed or if there is no approved budget; disposing of town-owned personal property; disposing of real estate acquired by non-payment of taxes; receiving insurance or other property damage restitution funds and spend them on those damages; and accepting or rejecting funds from grants, donation and reimbursements.For more information, check the town’s Web site, www.eliotme.org, and look for “Town Meeting Process Different for Eliot Residents.”The Citizen’s Option town budget meeting will be held Monday, April 4, at 6:30 p.m., at Eliot Elementary School.

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FALMOUTH/CAMDEN The Maine Women’s Fund has awarded $111,400 in grants to organizations working to build the economic security of Maine women and girls. Two years ago, the first such grant was awarded to Waterville based nonprofit, Hardy Girls Healthy Women, to focus on leadership opportunities for girls in Maine.

The Maine Women’s Fund 2016 Economic Security Initiative grant recipients are:

A Company of Girls – Setting the Stage for Success – Using an arts-based curriculum developed over 18+ years of programming to empower underserved girls, ACOG helps girls raise their voices with confidence, and provides mentorship that will support them to become successful adults and community leaders.

Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center – Gaining Access Project (GAP) – To help uninsured or underinsured women with lower incomes access preventive reproductive and sexual health care, improving their health and economic security.

Maine Women’s Policy Center – Advancing Women’s Economic Security – Operating support for the ongoing effort to improve the economic well being of Maine women and girls, continuing outreach to build a statewide network of women working on their own behalf; building on education efforts to highlight policy solutions; and ensuring that women are registered, informed and voting.

Islesboro Community Center – Building Resiliency in Maine Island Girls and Women – Education and training programs including leadership training, self-defense classes and community education will help to build resiliency for island women and girls. We know that when women and girls thrive, communities prosper, and that is our goal for Maine,” said Maine Women’s Fund CEO Sarah Ruef-Lindquist.

Since 1989, the Maine Women’s Fund has been creating social change by investing in the power of women and the dreams of girls.

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The Mohawk Valley Chorus announced the Saratoga Council on the Arts has awarded the chorus a $3,169 Community Arts Grant for this year.

The grant money will be used to commission a composition for clarinet quartet, master class, by composer Russell Carere, a performer, woodwind doubler, composer and arranger from the Greater Buffalo area, and a performance by the clarinet choir, a news release said.

A master class with the composer and quartet will take place April 3 at 3 p.m.

The master class is open to the public.

The Mohawk Valley Chorus 80th Anniversary Concert will perform at the Bert DeRose Theater, Amsterdam High School, 104 Saratoga Ave., on May 22 at 3 p.m.

Tickets will be available from chorus members, the news release said.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission recently awarded a $500,000 matching grant to Argyle for the town’s first community park.

The grant is one of 39 awarded across the state. Prosper was also granted $500,000 to revamp Frontier Park North with a hike and bike trail, a shaded pavillion, and lighted baseball and softball fields.

CAITLYN JONES can be reached at 940-566-6878 and via Twitter at
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