Sentences with phrase «greater college attendance»

All the reasons suggested above: the higher quantity of education in the United States, greater college attendance, retention of our scientists and engineers (while attracting foreign immigrants), and greater innovative capacity.

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Commentary on «Great Teaching: Measuring its effects on students» future earnings» By Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman and Jonah E. Rockoff The new study by Raj Chetty, John Friedman, and Jonah Rockoff asks whether high - value - added teachers (i.e., teachers who raise student test scores) also have positive longer - term impacts on students, as reflected in college attendance, earnings, -LSB-...]

That said, the benefits of having a more diverse teaching force are apparently great, and increasing minority college attendance and completion rates will not happen overnight.

But it indicates that a move to increase minority college attendance and completion could be the key to greater minority representation in the teaching force.

The real culprit is not a lack of academic preparation, but instead the actions of state legislatures, colleges, and universities that hike up the costs of attendance, underinvest in need - based financial grant aid, and spend the least on support services at the schools where students possess the greatest economic and academic needs.

A truly great teacher, someone in the top 5 percent of a cohort, can increase a child's lifetime earnings by $ 80,000, improve the likelihood of college attendance, and reduce the odds of teenage motherhood.

Conversely, schools and programs that fail to produce greater gains in test scores sometimes produce impressive improvements in high school graduation and college attendance rates, college completion rates, and even higher employment and earnings.

Our innovative Culture Change strategies result in higher graduation, college attendance and retention rates, more class participation, the creation of more meaningful youth leadership opportunities, and a greater sense of connection and responsibility students have towards their peers and their education.

These statistics reinforce our organization's belief that when a community is unilaterally committed to increasing college attendance by students, we can work together to achieve great things.»

«Overcoming Obstacles leads the industry in purposeful life skills training that leads to greater success not just as measured by achievement, graduation, and college attendance, but to greater success in whatever path the student chooses.

Many of the standard resume tips college students find on the internet and even from career services experts are great tips, but they're geared toward traditional college students, students who enroll in college immediately after high school graduation, attend college full - time without taking breaks in attendance, and graduate within four to five years.

The survey, conducted by the public opinion firm Hart Research, polled a representative sample of 605 teachers and found that more than 75 percent believed that a greater focus on social and emotional learning would be a «major benefit» to students because of its positive impact on workforce readiness, school attendance and graduation, life success, college preparation and academic success.