Sentences with phrase «by minority students»

It will decide that correcting grammar in a doctoral dissertation submitted by a minority student is not a firing offense.

Though preliminary, there is evidence that active engagement from teachers stands to improve the trust deficit reported by minority students.

The program's goal is to encourage additional participation by minority students and students from disadvantaged households in environmental law, policy, and management.

«Disproportionate [disciplinary] rates should not be regarded as unjustified merely because they reflect higher rates of improper behavior by minority students than by white students.»

Bergeson singled out improvements by minority students who outstripped their white peers in terms of the increase in the percentage meeting standards: by Hispanic students in reading and writing in grades four, seven, and ten, and in math in grade four, and by black students in reading in those three grades and in writing in grade ten.

5 In order to uphold a «racially balanced» school, magnet school lotteries must give preference to applications from towns with greater white populations rather than to the areas heavily populated by minority students who have a far greater need for good schools.

For now, PRISM appears not only to redress some of the education and employment inequities faced by minority students, but also to serve as an example to other institutions that wish to send more underrepresented students into the STEM workforce.

«Minority teachers may be perceived more favorably by minority students because they can serve as role models and are particularly sensitive to the cultural needs of their students,» said study author Hua - Yu Sebastian Cherng, assistant professor of international education at NYU Steinhardt.

«However, in our study, we were surprised to find that minority teachers are not just viewed more highly than White teachers by minority students, but in many cases by White students as well.»

January 4, 2013 Study identifies strategies to help minority students in med school While minority populations are rising throughout the country, enrollment by minority students in the nation's medical schools has stagnated.

He flew to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to consult with faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and learned of Tony Alvarado, the former New York City schools chancellor and head of District 4 on the East Side of Manhattan, where he had had remarkable success in raising achievement in a district dominated by minority students.

The report, released by the American Council on Education last week, expresses optimism about the progress made by minority students, but argues that challenges to affirmative action and public skepticism about such policies «make it imperative» that colleges articulate the importance of racial and ethnic diversity...

Each year, students from 28 school districts across the country attend a four - day conference organized by the Minority Student Achievement Network.

Ethnic foundations, private corporations and government agencies each issue college grants that should be considered by minority students.

Disproportionate rates should not be regarded as unjustified merely because they reflect higher rates of improper behavior by minority students than by white students.

Improvements by minority students were «significantly» responsible for the slight rise in average Scholastic Aptitude Test (sat) scores in 1982 — the first increase in 19 years — the test's sponsor said last week.