Sentences with phrase «effect small colleges»

On the other hand, students at historically black liberal arts colleges often work at research universities during the summer, Hammonds says, so she isn't sure how large an effect small colleges have.

Not exact matches

The small study used 53 Canadian college students as guinea pigs to test the knock - on effects on our psychology of thinking of time and money as interchangeable.

«Despite the much higher costs of attendance, earnings effects are smaller in the for - profit sector relative to the effects for comparable students in public community colleges — a result that holds for all but one of the top 10 fields of study,» according to the study abstract.

State officials had high hopes for a much smaller initiative — a visual effects training program at Daemen College, in partnership with a company promising to create new jobs in the fledgling industry in Buffalo.

More likely is the effect of small populations on culture and technology, says Mark Thomas of University College London.

Enrolling in a private school through the scholarship program had positive effects on college enrollment, mostly in two - year colleges, and there were zero or small effects on two - year degree attainment.

«Foundation president Bill Gates concluded that small schools did not have the effect on college readiness and graduation rates that he expected,» explained researchers from Duke and MIT.

The effect of FTC participation is concentrated in community colleges, with smaller and not consistently significant effects of enrollment in four - year universities.

As the cohorts have aged, it is now possible to measure the effects of small schools on college enrollment and choice, outcomes that have never been examined before.

And it has an even smaller effect on the results for college enrollment, reducing the estimated effect of charter school attendance by only about 10 percent in both locations.

Alternatively, considering the small classroom size and strict environment at West Point, the negative effects of technology could be larger in more standard college settings.

Economic theory suggests that further subsidizing these students would have a smaller effect, given that these students, on average, can draw on family support to pay for college.

For example, the Gates Foundation's small school reforms were widely panned as a flop in early reviews relying on student test scores, but a number of later rigorous studies showed (sometimes substantial) positive effects on outcomes such as graduation and college enrollment.

Additionally, schools that had a larger share of FTC students and were therefore more financially dependent on the FTC program had a smaller positive effect on low - income students» college - going rates than schools with a smaller percentage of FTC students.

There was still, however, a small positive effect on four - year college enrollment for students who began FTC in elementary or middle school.

Participation in the FTC program had only a small effect on students» likelihood of earning a college degree.

Thus they had only small differential effects on the occupational choices of talented women college graduates; the fraction of women entering the teaching profession from highly selective colleges fell by only 3.2 percentage points.

Because baseline college success for students from low - income families on average is smaller, the relative effects of the Promise on college success are higher for low - income students.

The Effect of Attending a Small Class in the Early Grades on College - Test Taking and Middle School Test Results: Evidence from Project Star,

Indeed, a recent study conducted by Kaili Rimfeld of King's College London and her colleagues found that grit had only a small effect on how well 16 - year - old twins performed on standardized tests given in England and Wales.

We see small but statistically significant effects of teacher value - added on college attendance and college quality.

Such charter organizations as the Alliance for College - Ready Public Schools have, in effect, tried to make segregation irrelevant by offering a college - prep curriculum in small classes within small sCollege - Ready Public Schools have, in effect, tried to make segregation irrelevant by offering a college - prep curriculum in small classes within small scollege - prep curriculum in small classes within small schools.

For parents who need convincing: Malcolm Gladwell wrote about the utilitarian value in going to the «lesser» school — aka the big fish / small pond effect; your kid will do best at a college where they can be in the top 10 percent, not at the most highly selective school where they may end up in the bottom half of the class.

And the fact that home equity and cash - out refi interest is no longer deductible for those who may consider home equity in paying for college or other life events also may have an effect, however small, on the decision to buy or rent.