Sentences with phrase «college as a goal»

College as a goal seemed, for the first time, possible.

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Indeed, a study from the 1960s study found that undeclared majors were «more likely to emphasize intellectual development as a goal of college» than they were vocational training.

To further focus goals and eliminate clutter, Ferriss recommends that college startups hire a virtual assistant from a company such as AskSunday.com.

«As a farm boy growing up in Indiana, my parents instilled in me a very good work ethic, but when I went to college at 17, I had no goal, no idea where I wanted to be.»

The service will walk users through opening a 529 account, recommend a savings goal and manage the account — slowly skewing conservative as the child approaches college age — for an all - in fee of no more than 0.46 %, depending on investment expense ratios.

One of our main goals here at The Student Loan Report is to help borrowers and their families manage paying for college and student loan repayment as best as possible.

The goal is to inspire these young women as they prepare to head to college and eventually enter the workforce.

The Bowdoin Investment Committee, on which I serve as chair, has one goal: to earn the highest return on the College's endowment over time.

If you have other goals, such as saving for your children's college education or some other large expenditure, then you will need to save more.

Visual: Sample financial goals represented as icons, of saving for a house, college, and retirement on a timeline of future years.

Visual: Sample financial goals, represented as icons, of saving for a house, college, and retirement connect to a timeline of future years as a slider moves across each goal.

Most of us have several financial goals over a lifetime, such as buying a house, paying for college, travel, retirement, etc..

So if you have a long - term goal such as saving for college expenses, perhaps an advanced degree or even something personal like a family reunion or wedding, opening an account and stashing money in it will earn you more than having it sit in a non interest yielding place.

Many conservative commentators point, as the icon for all that went wrong, to the 1967 Land O» Lakes statement, in which the presidents of Catholic colleges declared that their pursuit of academic excellence served a high Catholic goal and thus exempted Catholic schools from direct obedience to the hierarchy and magisterium of the Catholic Church.

In some ways, this was more just than the former system: why should people who contributed more toward achieving the college's goals get paid the same as those who contributed less?

Chad Alban's stats are impressive — as of Sunday he led the nation with a 1.53 goals - against average and a.926 save percentage — but they don't explain why Alban, a Michigan State senior, should be the first goalie since Minnesota's Robb Stauber in 1988 to win the Hobey Baker Award as the top college player.

If the Buckeyes» goals are to win the Big Ten, make the College Football Playoff and play for the national title — and those goals are constants at Ohio State — then Meyer owes it to his team to make sure Barrett is the best choice as the starter.

Cast as the foil in Boston College's first Atlantic Coast Conference game, Florida State was mauled for much of the game and outgained by 124 yards, but rallied with a long drive, a blocked punt and a six - play goal - line stand to remain unbeaten.

As so many college games do, this one ended on a missed field goal, as Auburn couldn't punch one in from 45 yardAs so many college games do, this one ended on a missed field goal, as Auburn couldn't punch one in from 45 yardas Auburn couldn't punch one in from 45 yards.

«It's really my goal to assure our fans and others concerned about the NCAA and about college athletics that we are committed as the governing board of Division I to rapid and sure action on the recommendations,» said University of Minnesota president Eric Kaler, the DI board's chairman.

«I hope that I can help her get to the right college where she can continue to grow as a runner and where they can help her reach her goals,» he said.

Wild played against top team such as the # 1 nationally ranked ECNL Crossfire Premier, where many college coaches in attendance thought it was «the best game of the tournament» Wild tied 2 - 2 in that first game getting goals from Miciah Madison & Emilie Allum assisted by Tori Nicolo and Kasidee Wiley.

With former NFL players and coaches, as well as retired and current college coaches, we make it our goal to provide your athlete with the best possible on - the - field training.

Levine works with teenagers who are depleted, angry and sad as they compete for admission to a handful of big - name colleges, and with parents who can't steady or guide them, so lost are they in the pursuit of goals that have drained their lives of pleasure, contentment and connection.

Taking a step back, Baruch College professor Jack Nyman urged the state to think as much about long - term goals as about financial mechanisms.

The backlash against standardized testing is rippling through some Roman Catholic schools as they balance the college - driven Common Core learning standards with spiritual goals.

The highest goal of most 2 - year college academic (as opposed to vocational) programs — and it is a high goal indeed — is to send graduates on to 4 - year colleges.

Diekman's data suggest that many college students on the verge of setting a career direction see STEM careers as «inhibiting communal goals,» the article states.

«My main goal is for [the students] to have an appreciation and better understanding of plants and of biology in general,» says Moctezuma, who joined the Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics at the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2003 as an instructor.

«Certainly, in industry it is critical to work within teams to accomplish goals that are defined more by the company than by individuals,» he says, «but I see industry and academia as equally exciting and valuable career options for students,» says Gregory E. Amidon, a research professor at the University of Michigan, College of Pharmacy, in Ann Arbor and American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Fellow.

As for the paper's conclusion that removing atmospheric carbon is necessary in order to achieve the 2 ˚C target, climate scientist Richard Moss of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Joint Global Change Research Institute in College Park, Maryland, says that's a nearly impossible goal «with what we know about today.»

As to the petition signers, «we agree with your goal, we share your belief that animal testing should be phased out,» budget commissioner Kristalina Georgieva said after a meeting of the College of Commissioners in Brussels yesterday.

«One of NuHub's core goals is to position the Midstate as a hub for SMR activity including jobs, research, training and manufacturing,» said Dr. Sonny White, co-chair of NuHub and President of Midlands Technical College.

She aims to transfer to Cornell's College of Human Ecology, with the ultimate goal of entering a social work field, such as assisting youth who are in prison, or those who have been released recently.

The goal is to provide students with exposure to the field of neural engineering and provide basic preparation for college studies in STEM subjects as well as future STEM careers.

Our goal is to safely develop our juniors with not only strength, flexibility, and balance, but to create an all - around mentally and physically tough golfer that is prepared for current tournament play as well as future development for college and professional careers.

To explain my sneakers is to share a recent post on my Facebook page with the following thoughts: As many of you probably know, I recently started a blog to not only be a vehicle to honor my daughter (a foundation in her name is the goal for charity and to create college scholarships for children who have lost their siblings!)

Typically, it might not be a good idea to let your date go to far physically on that first date, first dates more often than not are for getting to know each other on subjects such as did you grow in the area, where did you attend school or college at, what are your personal or career goals and whatever other type of things your date may really passionate about.

I'm a die hard anime fan my goal is for everyone to find at least one show they can get into ha but I have more serious goals in life such as a career and college

PEP meetings allow students to explore their interests, thoughts on college, and life goals as they create a plan for their junior year that will help them be ready for the college application process by their senior year — and for college life after high school.

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).

People who appear to have high levels of grit may actually be using emotion suppression to get through the tough obstacles, particularly if attaining goals is seen as a way to survive («I have to get into an Ivy League college, otherwise my parents will think I'm a bad person») rather than thrive.

Current discussions of grit in education focus on the need for students to pursue long - term goals — such as going to college or becoming a nurse — and to hang in there when trying to learn challenging material in school.

At these conferences, students reflect on what they've learned, what they consider to be areas for growth (for example, grades or skills they can improve) and long - term goals (such as what college they plan to attend).

The educational goals were finely focused, as one correspondence school executive explained: «The regular technical school or college aims to educate a man broadly; our aim, on the contrary, is to educate him only along some particular line.»

Since Preis made it one of his goals to provide as many helpful resources as possible for counselors, Go See Campus has a growing library of advice articles on topics like deciding how many colleges to visit, what questions to ask during campus tours, and how to prepare for admissions interviews.

While all students whose parents were actively involved in their education in the seventh grade had higher goals and aspirations as eleventh - graders, parents who were college graduates had a stronger impact on school behavior and grades, which are the prerequisites of reaching students» goals.

This same kind of introspection about the college experience can start before students arrive on campus — during the application process, as students are looking for the right school to fit their personal, social, professional, and academic goals.

In 2014, while still and undergraduate at Dartmouth College, he launched the first AYLE as a pilot program with the goal of giving students like him the social - emotional skills and support they need to navigate their own educations and make strong contributions to their communities.

But as they confront their chaotic lives, kids in jail share the same goals as their peers in the world outside: get a high school diploma, secure a decent job, go to college, make something of themselves.