Sentences with phrase «as a minority student»

For the undergraduate and graduate students we talked about health disparities and what they, as minority students, could bring to the table,» says Banks.

Students from rural areas and high - poverty schools, as well as minority students, typically show gains that are two to three times larger than those of the total sample.

An assumption exists that certain students, such as minority students, lack the cultural capital required for social mobility, and thus, schools must provide opportunities to obtain this capital (Yosso, 2005).

Relative to statewide averages, charter schools tend to attract a disproportionate number of students eligible for free or reduced - price lunch as well as minority students, especially African Americans.

As a minority student from an urban school, I wanted to teach and give back to a community that has given me so much.

Just as minority students struggle with the LSAT due to its demand for speed, they may similarly struggle with law school exams.

Not exact matches

For the last seven years he has served full - time as president of Cristo Rey Brooklyn HS, which educates minority students, mostly immigrants or first - generation Americans of modest means.

In particular, Code.org strives to reach underserved minority groups such as girls and Hispanic and African American students so they, too, have a chance to learn about computer sciences.

Here Sotomayor plays the mentor card: «I would warn any minority student today against the temptations of self - segregation; take support and comfort from your own group as you can, but don't hide within it.»

The changed legal positions already advanced by Sessions means minority voters looking to prove that the state's strict voter ID law is intentionally discriminatory will probably have to do without the federal government's backing, as will transgender students who argue that the law allows them to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.

In addition to civil rights for people of color, women and LGBT, there has been an expansion of religious liberty for minority sects, enforcement of viewpoint neutrality with respect to access to various public and non-public forums (e.g. religious student groups must be granted equal access to school facilities as their secular counterparts, etc) greater protections against age and disability discrimination, and recognition of habeas corpus rights even for enemy combatants.

At the very least, therefore, schools for poor and minority children should have as much funding per student, as many qualified teachers and as good physical facilities as other schools.

As waiting lists for voucher lotteries and a 55 percent increase in charter - school students since 2004 attest, many parents, and disproportionately poor and minority parents, appear more than willing to shoulder this lamentable burden.

As the adviser to the Sikh Association at Boston University and a professor of many Muslim students, I am aware of the day - to - day discrimination these religious minorities experience in the United States.

Today those percentages have grown to 16 percent (for staff) and 35 percent (for students), which compares favorably with the national average of 27 percent of all college students who identify themselves as ethnic minorities.

Additionally, this is an education system that promotes inequality and therefore injustice: Schools in the United States are twice as likely to pair poor and minority students with brand - new teachers and almost four times more likely to suspend black students than white students.

Minorities ought to be invited into the classroom both as faculty members and students, as board members of Christian schools and as teachers.

In countries in the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etc..

As compared with twenty years ago when religious interest was more largely funneled through nondenominational agencies, the churches are more active in making contacts with students and among a virile minority are securing a better response.

One seminary teacher tells of being at his greatest effectiveness during the days that he shared with his students the blow - by - blow account of his dealings with real estate people as he sold his house to a member of a minority group and tried, at the same time, to act responsibly toward his neighbors.

This example is all too familiar, as it is common for minority students to be tested unfairly with racially biased exams.

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The standards were minimal, yet some educators and athletic officials felt that Proposition 48 — as it's still generally known — discriminated against underprivileged students, particularly minorities.

Showing growing concern over the rising tide of religious extremism, students suggested a wholesale reform of the Pakistan's history curriculum to eliminate discrimination against minorities and other disadvantaged groups so as to undertake a holistic and long - term effort to eliminate the scourge of intolerance from society.

Conservative students at Oxford university have started a campaign for the same rights as gay people and ethnic minorities after claims they are being persecuted on campus.

As political scientist Terry Moe has shown, as the number of rules in teacher contracts goes up, student performance goes down, especially that of poor and minority studentAs political scientist Terry Moe has shown, as the number of rules in teacher contracts goes up, student performance goes down, especially that of poor and minority studentas the number of rules in teacher contracts goes up, student performance goes down, especially that of poor and minority students.

The money will also serve as an aid in studying the recruitment, academic success and retention rate of underrepresented minority students in STEM.

But Walcott and other officials questioned the report's math, arguing that the new schools, on average, serve as many or more minority students and students with disabilities than the schools they replaced.

Nevertheless, critics charge that this may discourage participation by several sectors of the electorate, such as students and ethnic minorities.

Ms Turnely continued: «In the face of the government's campaign to broaden access to universities, elite public schools have actually increased the number of pupils they send to Oxbridge over the last five years, whilst ethnic minority students are twice as likely to attend modern universities than traditional universities.»

As part of its URI application, Central New York asked for $ 50 million to create career pathways, attract new jobs, grow entrepreneurship among minorities — and incentivize «educational attainment,» the latter referring to a guarantee of college opportunities to Syracuse students.

Moskowitz, who has pledged to build out the Success network to 100 schools, is likely to continue on the warpath against de Blasio, accusing him of depriving poor and minority students of educational opportunities, as she will do at a march over the Brooklyn Bridge in a few weeks.

That ad, which served as the basis for Wednesday's rally, accused de Blasio of blocking access to charter schools for minority students, and FES was left defending its merits after some critics — many aligned with local teachers» unions — accused it of «race - baiting.»

Identifying poverty and a race - wide issue, not just affecting inner - city or minority communities, as it was mentioned 62 percent of poverty in Erie County takes place outside the City of Buffalo; with the Rural Outreach Center (ROC) having been established in East Aurora as a central area of assistance; to go along with the Department of Social Services utilizing University at Buffalo student interms to assist those in the community.

Some Democratic strategists have taken note of apparent GOP advancements in voter registration, coming after Republican - led efforts in several statehouses to pass voting laws that Democrats say discourage core voters such as minorities and students.

In a Nov. 15 letter to Speaker Paul Ryan, R - Wis., and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D - Calif., a broad array of scientific and engineering societies called on House leaders to drop provisions in the tax bill (H.R. 1) that would eliminate tax credits, known as the Lifetime Learning Credit and the Hope Scholarship Credit, that alleviate the financial strain of higher education by providing a dollar - for - dollar reduction in the income tax liability of eligible students.

Other colleagues and I have long shared the view that the best way to truly change the situation for minority students is to use our scientific knowledge as a tool for their empowerment.

Returning to academia after a short detour as editor of the AAAS Minority Scientists Network (MiSciNet) gives me another chance to pursue my passion: helping minority students reach their full potential in Minority Scientists Network (MiSciNet) gives me another chance to pursue my passion: helping minority students reach their full potential in minority students reach their full potential in science.

Now receiving an A is routine, as are minority - student appointments to doctoral programs at elite universities.

My current position as co-PI and deputy director of Bio-Link, the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technology Resource and Education Center for Biotechnology (see box below), gives me the opportunity to help train community college students in general — and underrepresented minorities in particular — interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

This kind of institutional support follows impressive results: The program graduates minority students with a biology degree at the same rate as Asian and white students, and at twice the rate of minorities not in the program.

Many minority students receive little exposure to the earth and space sciences in precollege or undergraduate curricula and have few opportunities to participate in research in these fields as college students.

«Documentation of endangered minority languages such as Jedek is important, as it provides new insights into human cognition and culture,» says Joanne Yager, doctoral student at Lund University.

I don't think I would have made as strong a connection... not only because he is a Mexican scientist, but also because he is a top researcher and one of the main promoters and supporters of minority students from around the world.»

The school runs a mentoring effort aimed at reducing the traditionally high attrition rate among undergraduate engineering students, and Sebald views the 22 % women and 13 % underrepresented minorities among the school's 2600 majors as evidence of progress that the CSEM program can build upon.

The professors believe that their presence, as African - American academicians, helps them recruit, retain, and graduate underrepresented minority graduate students.

Aziza Baccouche — Dr. Z, as she calls herself — has made a career connecting scientific research to the people it could affect, such as informing patients about medical developments and getting more minority students interested in science.

«As students we often complain that we need more minority faculty, more diversity in the school.

(There's also an Office of Education at NASA headquarters that runs agency - wide programs such as scholarships and research opportunities for students and efforts to attract more minority students into space science.)

The NRC asked the scholars, which included academics in the humanities, to rank the importance of faculty and student diversity with respect to women and to underrepresented minorities — African - Americans, Hispanics, and native Americans / Pacific Islanders — as well as international students.