Sentences with phrase «among small colleges»

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Barnard College professor Randall Balmer has been among the more prolific, adept and visible of these interpreters and observers — thanks in no small part to his having hosted the television documentary Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory.

New Ph.D. researchers with «stronger academic ability,» as indicated by having received university support in the form of a fellowship or assistantship or by having at least one parent with a college degree (which, especially in poor or middle - income countries, places the family among an educated class that is much smaller than in a rich country) are likelier to stay than those who lack these presumed correlates of academic strength.

Priority will be given to members of historically underrepresented groups, such as scientists at small colleges, minorities, non-traditional students, and veterans, among others.

College attendance also increased among whites, but by an even smaller amount.

The public four - year colleges in Massachusetts are among the smallest in the nation, with an average size of 5,391 students.

[2] More recent work that tracks debt outcomes for individual borrowers documents that the main problem is not high levels of debt per student (in fact, defaults are lower among those who borrow more, since this typically indicates higher levels of college attainment), but rather the low earnings of dropout and for - profit students, who have high rates of default even on relatively small debts.

In Chicago, the gap in college attendance is smaller but still sizable: among the study population of charter 8th graders, 49 percent of students at charter high schools attended college, compared to 38 percent of students at traditional public high schools.

Susan Dynarski and her colleagues find that being assigned to a smaller class in the early elementary grades increased college enrollment rates among African Americans by 19 percent (6 percentage points on a base of 31 percent).

College attendance also increased among whites, but by a smaller amount than the dropout rate.

Give young people choices among the formats: early - college high schools; smaller schools; schools within schools; charter schools; KIPP schools; high - tech high schools; virtual high schools; and more.

The AVDC is unusual among ABVS - approved colleges in that the discipline largely developed as a result of interest and expertise developed by veterinarians in small animal practice, rather than as a result of being nurtured in veterinary schools.

Free tuition was always at the core of Cooper Union's mission, enabling it to stand out among other small colleges by creating a unique egalitarian environment where everyone deserved to be there, regardless of their parents» means.

Our faculty is among the most qualified in the state and our students regularly praise our college for its small, intimate campus and its supportive and friendly atmosphere.

At Summit College, we offer small class sizes to create a more personal connection among peers and instructors, helping support one another to reach their personal, educational and career goals.