Sentences with phrase «elite academic institutions»

When Ellis Cose first conducted a study of black graduates of elite academic institutions back in 1994, he encountered a set of relatively - prospering folks who were nonetheless frustrated about the obstacles they encountered as they endeavored to ascend the corporate ladder.

Enter the world of the U.S. Naval Academy, where student - athletes must not only balance the rigorous demands of an elite academic institution with top - tier collegiate football, but must also prepare themselves for naval service.

Not exact matches

We found that young high achievers — 30 years old, on average, and with strong academic records, degrees from elite institutions, and international internship experience — are antsy.

Their authors, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, and their adherents expect to be criticized or snubbed by mainline ecclesial institutions and academic elites.

• As China is making its way up the science and technology ladder, it is creating an intellectual gap between its elite institutions and the rest of the academic enterprises in the country.

As that small number suggests, these institutions educate India's academic elite; more than 300,000 students vie for this small number of entry - level seats.

I know that at Middlebury College where I teach [elite students at], a wonderful academic institution, graduates [every year] more than a handful of kids whose biggest desire is to go start farming some place.

Many elite colleges and universities no longer offer undergraduate teacher preparation programs, and many teacher preparation programs are housed within less selective colleges.5 Nonetheless, the academic profiles of teaching candidates in regional comprehensive universities are high relative to other programs offered in those schools.6 Furthermore, many teacher preparation programs do not have admission criteria beyond those of their home institution, and only have access to a pool of candidates already admitted to the overarching college or university.7 For these reasons among others, the average SAT scores of students going into education have historically been lower than those of their peers entering other professions, although there is some evidence that this is shifting.8

Phlegm and artists like him are no longer dependent on an elite group of institutions, academics, galleries and curators for international renown and recognition.

... The more elite an educational institution is, the worse students feel about their own academic abilities...