Sentences with phrase «of small colleges»

And some of these small colleges play in a pretty tough league.»

It includes five of the eleven top - ranking elevens, some of the scrappiest of the small colleges, and is likely to produce some major decisions in the next fortnight

Or Middlebury, Amherst, Williams, Smith, Wellesley, Swarthmore, Haverford, Pomona, Reed, or... well, suffice it to say we had a choice of dozens of small colleges that present a similar profile: formally committed to the liberal arts, highly selective in admissions, well - regarded for the quality of their academic programs, and quite openly enthusiastic about a handful of contentious concepts.

However easy it is to demonize and to hate from a distance (I won't provide links, but, trust me, the demonization and the hate was quite evident online), it's a bit harder to do so in the context of a small college, where habits of conversation are encouraged, where people talk the talk (even if — sinners as we all are — we don't always walk the walk) of fairminded openness to the truth, and where Others (not «The Other,» which, as a colleague rightly suggested, is too abstract) are people we encounter day in and day out.

So many of those that join sports clubs in their first term at Oxford come to view it as the best decision they made at university — you'll make friends from outside of the small college world, you'll meet a valuable cross-section of people — your captain might even be able to help with your tute sheets!

With 15,000 students, 160 academic programs, and an energized campus community, Western offers the focus on students and the faculty access of a smaller college and the academic choice, resources, multicultural diversity, and room to grow of a large university.

With a student body of just 2,000, Fontbonne University is certainly one of the smaller colleges in the nation.

University: With 15,000 students, 160 academic programs, and an energized campus community, Western offers the focus on students and the faculty access of a smaller college and the academic choice, resources, multicultural diversity, and room to grow of a large university.

I live 15 miles outside of small college town.

Gambier, OH About Blog Kenyon is home to one of the most exciting athletic centers of any small college in the country.

With 15,000 students, 160 academic programs, and an energized campus community, Western offers the focus on students and the faculty access of a smaller college and the academic choice, resources, multicultural diversity, and room to grow of a large university.

Not exact matches

As he grew up, LaCola went to college and tried out all sorts of careers — a job on Wall Street, one in healthcare and he even tried his hand at investing in small businesses, like liquor stores and ice cream shops.

«Paradoxically, big get - togethers can be easier to prioritize than smaller ones,» writes Vanderkam, offering the example of a busy professor who plans an annual getaway for her old college friends and their families.

Some college students have a rather flexible definition of the term «living expenses,» according to a small survey.

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Patricia G. Greene, a professor of entrepreneurship at Babson College, points out that «retirement» may not mean the same thing to small business owners as it does to people who have spent their lives working for other people.

«The major eurozone member states can not agree now on what's needed to pay for the smaller states,» says Anand Menon, professor of European politics at King's College.

Thanks in no small part to Klawe, women now make up 40 % of computer science majors at the college, up from 10 % in 2005.

Jobs said the Macintosh was meant for two primary markets: The 11 million college - workers, which Jobs called the knowledge - workers of tomorrow, and the 25 million knowledge - workers who sit behind desks at medium - and small - size companies.

Instead of competing over the same small number of hyper - talented players as his neighbors, he decided to innovate: He became one of the first college coaches to track and pursue high school recruits from across the country.

Speaking at the 20th graduation of Goldman Sachs's 10,000 Small Businesses program at LaGuardia Community College on Tuesday, the billionaire businessmen discussed a variety of issues, including regulation, talent acquisition, and cybersecurity.

And being able to go around the country and see the impact that my company and my work has done — teenage girls saying they love to play games because of me, and families saying, «we picked up a tabletop game because of [Geek & Sundry show] Tabletop,» and college kids who come up and say, «Hey, I'm really glad you made The Guild because I never knew I could say that I was a gamer until you made that» — that's why you need to be creative, whether it's on a large or small scale.

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.

As a small business owner, you may think that hiring someone fresh out of college — maybe even fresh out of high school — could be a good change of pace for a position that normally requires a few years of experience.

A Forbes profile of the billionaire says that years later, after dropping out of the City College of New York, Adelson «built a fortune running vending machines, selling newspaper ads, helping small businesses go public, developing condos, and hosting trade shows.»

Compared to cities like San Francisco, New York, and London — where each has several universities within a 60 - mile radius — Las Vegas has a relatively small number of college students.

«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.

However, the case for the broad base of small businesses has not been made, says health care economist Chad Meyerhoefer, an associate professor at Lehigh University's College of Business and Economics.

It's a small, but fast - growing, niche that's making inroads in a number of ways — such as providing an alternative to overseas outsourcing while offering jobs in domestic areas that often have few employment options, particularly for skilled workers or those with college degrees.

As with secondary research, the Small Business Administration, Small Business Development Centers, colleges and universities are good sources of help with primary research.

«After getting a small amount of seed money from a college competition, we rented a home that doubled as an office, and funded some of our start - up expenses by renting out rooms on AirBnB.

But after four years of operating a small startup incubator at a private liberal arts college I've learned a lot about creating business models that work and who might become a successful entrepreneur.

In pursuing that they are well advised to undertake small bets,» says Brian Brenberg, assistant professor of business and economics at The King's College in New York.

At last week's Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program graduation at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, N.Y., and again this week at the White House's United State of Women Summit, Buffett offered his number - one tip for business success.

«There really are no words to lessen the suffering that the families of victims are feeling at this moment, but perhaps knowing that we stand with them can provide some small measure of solace,» the college said.

We are currently pursuing various ways to enhance the value of the Consumer Credit Panel further by linking to property deed records, employer payroll records, small business credit data, and student college records.

What started as a way for college kids to connect has grown to a 1.44 billion person social media mega-network and is now an integral part of how everyone does business — especially small businesses.

I'd look into cheaper housing, cheaper vehicle and I agree w / the point about the college being one son needs to step up on and making even small savings, shelter, food and transportation the main focus of the budget.

Only a small percentage of employees hold college or university degrees and are ill - prepared to adapt to change.

Small and independent, nonprofit private colleges — in search of ways to improve the retirement outlook for...

A September study published by the Brookings Institution found that a large share of the growth in the number of students struggling to pay off their loans over the past several years is tied to students borrowing to go to for - profit schools and to a smaller extent two - year community college.

Do what you love... Rick Hendrick turned his love of cars into a business right after college when he opened a small used - car lot and became its general sales manager.

Launching his career as an entrepreneur straight out of college, Lee's company was the first company in Arkansas to build mobile banking applications for small to medium - sized banks.

One year I went over the limit by just a few dollars because the college paid a small stipend when I developed an online course; the penalty for that was loss of an entire month's SS benefit, right at Christmastime when I really needed the money.

««Feeling what the other person feels,» said senior Napoleon Sykes, one of the team captains, a small but solid wide receiver and hard - hitting defensive back who had already accepted a scholarship to play college football at Wake Forest.»

A small part of the college experience, and many go through without ever joining one.

Catholic colleges and universities, only a small proportion of the faculty (those teaching theology) would seem to be covered by the ministerial exception.

The federal government now swept past all the barriers that once had put up resistance — as in extending controls on local schools or bringing under the review of federal courts the decisions made on hiring and firing in private businesses, even small colleges.

After college, Johnson opened a small record store and music venue in Birmingham, Alabama, despite a total lack of business or music experience.

Say I am talking about baseball, and different leagues in different countries and I'm comparing and contrasting various types of equipment used in those leagues (aluminum bats in college, only wood in the pros, etc.) and the topic of baseball size comes up, and it's noted that the baseballs in Japan are smaller than the balls used in Major League Baseball.