Sentences with phrase «higher than the first generation»

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For one, the millennial generation, including those with higher net worth, hold significantly more cash than any other generation, according to a report by UBS issued in the first quarter of 2015.

Lead generation is 179 % higher, forms are completed 6X faster, customers make their first payment at a rate that was 7X better than non-social media customers.

All these issues face Long Island's community colleges, which together serve more than 40,000 students and are widely regarded as an essential gateway to higher education for nontraditional and first - generation college students.

In a new longitudinal study, first - generation immigrant children who took part in a community - based intervention had higher scores on math and reading tests than their first - generation immigrant peers who did not participate in the program.

The researchers also found three times as many genetic changes in third generation than in first generation mammary tissue between high - fat diet progeny and the control group's offspring.

The default rate of black graduates is significantly higher than the default rate for first generation, low - income graduates (13 percent, not shown in table).

A study of six Texas community colleges where higher - than - expected numbers of poor and first - generation students progress to four - year schools finds that a structured academic pathway, student - centered culture, and culturally sensitive leadership are common threads among them.

Many of these schools have higher graduation rates for first generation college students than their peer institutions and / or already have a cluster of KIPP alumni enrolled.

Counselors also prioritize schools that have high minority graduation rates rather than just the highest - ranking colleges and universities — and KIPP works closely with 80 colleges and universities that have made a commitment to helping first - generation students get into and through college.

Many first - generation, lower - income students have more higher education options available to them than they realize.

The new Golf also has first - class acoustic properties using special sound - damping film in the windshield, thicker side windows in the front, and newly shaped outside mirrors to reduce driving noise, all at a retail price that is slightly higher than the fifth - generation 2009 Rabbit that it replaces.

For the first - generation IS in the US market, sales hit a high of 22,486 units in 2001; subsequent sales years were less than forecast, and below the 10,000 - unit mark in 2004.

[85] As of March 2016 [update], only three plug - in hybrid models available in the market have a higher combined fuel economy than the Prius Eco in terms of their combined EV mode / hybrid fuel economy, the BMW i3 REx (88 MPG - e), the Chevrolet Volt (77 MPG - e), and first generation Toyota Prius Plug - in Hybrid (56 MPG - e).

It seems that despite adopting: — a lithium - ion battery; — a «high - pressure direct fuel injection that replaced the less - efficient multi-port injection type»; — a new Hydra - Matic six - speed automatic transmission that replaces the conventional four speed used previously; — a «new BAS design [that is supposed to] ha [ve] noteworthy fuel economy gains compared to the earlier system»; — all those «talks» of «advancements gained from production of multiple generations of hybrid technology as well as development of the Chevy Volt»; — and significantly less horsepower and oomph than an Accord hybrid that was first debuted 7 years ago, there are actually little to show for any significant advancement in fuel economy from GM's latest hybrid.

The 6 - speed automatic offers excellent launch - feel, acceleration performance and fuel efficiency with an 20 percent wider gear ratio spread featuring a «lower» (numerically higher) first gear overall ratio, and a «higher» (numerically lower) top gear overall ratio than the 5 - speed transmission it replaces in the last generation Ridgeline.

At 171.6 inches long, 70.3 inches wide and 61.3 inches high, the new B - class is 3.5 inches longer, 0.4 of an inch wider and 1.9 inches lower than the first - generation model on sale in Europe since 2005.

The second - generation Volt battery is both lighterand holds more energy than the first - generation one.The second - generation Volt battery is lighter and higher capacity than the first - generation version, taking Volt up to 53 miles † without using gas.

The first full calendar year for next - generation consoles PS4 and Xbox One failed to spur the release of more than a handful of great games — and most of those high - scoring releases were merely re-releases of older titles for the new platforms.

The first image shows a card that is noticeably shorter than previous generations — thanks to the use of high - bandwidth - memory chips, rather than traditional GDDR5 — with a shroud covering the entire PCB, leaving no gap free for air to circulate over.

Google typically sells Nexus phones at more affordable prices in the first place, so they are more cost - effective than other high - end phones from the same generation when buying older models.

A 5.5 - inch display is the same size as the first - generation, but is an IPS LCD with in - cell touch technology, higher brightness and better contrast than last year's.

Motorola says that the new Moto 360 and Moto 360 Sport both have more battery life than the first - generation Moto 360 and are expected to deliver as high as two full days of use on a single charge.

In fact, this generation Moto G may have a better panel than even the first Moto X — different technologies aside — likely due to the fact that Motorola was able to anticipate higher order numbers for the sequel, lowering per - component costs.

First, parents of this second generation cohort were of higher social class origin and were more highly educated than the minority of survey members who had not had children within the study interval, or were lost to follow - up.