Sentences with phrase «of students every year»

In exploring the student life of the young Gorbachev at Moscow State University, Medvedev shares Mlynár s account of his student years in the Soviet Union, where for five years his roommate, study partner and friend was an ambitious young law student named Mikhail Gorbachev.

Our goal is to assist the School Nutrition Association and its members by providing the resources that are needed to serve nutritious meals to millions of students every year.

Homeschooling is a growing phenomenon and trend that continues to snowball into a larger group of students each year.

Higher education facilities in Chautauqua County are teaching thousands of students each year in virtually every field.

[De Blasio] has assembled a leadership team with the potential to develop policies that will benefit thousands of students a year,» she said in a statement.

«We were surprised by the range of improvements, and we were even more surprised when we tested a few of the students a year later and found that the gains they made were stable,» said Nyquist.

One of my students years ago cut himself deeply with glass and accidentally inoculated himself with at least 10 million spirochetes.

«That is welcome news to the community of scientists who have been deeply involved in NIH - funded diversity programs that serve a relative handful of students each year,» Mervis wrote.

Sometimes I miss the bright colours and sequins of my student years, but I like growing into a more classic style.

Keys to Success Burdette and Smethurst believe that one of the reasons that some of these students each year have struggled in their traditional classrooms was that they may have had learning difficulties that had not been detected or addressed in earlier years, letting the students fall further and further behind.

We end up retaining 10 to 15 percent of our students each year because they started so far behind that even after extended day, extended week, and extended year, they are still not ready for the rigor of the next grade level.»

The new assessments, offered mostly online, will replace the current state tests given to millions of students each year in reading and math.

They are admirably aligned with rigorous research (on early reading instruction, for example); explicit about the quality and complexity of reading and writing that should be expected of students every year; very solid on arithmetic as a clear priority in the elementary grades; ambitious in aiming for college and career readiness by the end of twelfth grade; and relatively jargon - free.

We prepare hundreds of students each year to make their own marks, and we reach thousands of educators and leaders through professional education.

Kenneth Grover founded Innovations Early College High School, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to boost the district's graduation rate — its three high schools were losing 10 percent of their students every year.

The project certainly makes an impact on students; more turn in slave narratives than any other project during the year, according to Lefkowitz (close to 75 percent of her students this year turned the narratives in on time).

Typically set at a C average (2.0), close to the mean grade - point average (GPA) of Pell recipients, that standard revokes funding from tens of thousands of students every year.

According to the Court, the laws in question — laws that govern teacher tenure, dismissal, and layoffs — impose substantial harm on California's students by forcing administrators to push passionate, inspiring teachers out of the school system and keep grossly ineffective teachers in front of students year after year.

Instead, to make AYP, schools must meet statewide targets for the percentage of students each year who are proficient.

Donors can't be expected to provide thousands of dollars per pupil for millions of students every year.

We still have an educational system that fails thousands of students every year, most of them students of color.

Our education system is already failing huge numbers of students each year — over half a million dropped out of high school during school year 2008 - 2009 alone — and is slipping in international rankings.

Not exact matches

Students have the option of undertaking a six - month part - time internship, or a four - month full - time placement at the end of the intensive one - year program.

He's proud of having achieved success with no degree and, instead of paying off student debt, he is now living a life his other 34 - year - old friends could only imagine.

«We found that our students are happy with Lululemon clothing they bought maybe four or five years ago, but they aren't as happy with the selection or quality of what they bought in the last year or two.»

Students with less than two years of professional work experience are required to complete an internship over 16 weeks during the summer in order to graduate.

The investigation is the latest problem for a six - year - old company, known until last year as Trump University, that already faces a string of consumer complaints, reprimands from state regulators and a lawsuit from dissatisfied former students.

At the University of Southern California this year, Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments and chairwoman on several boards, not only spurred students to find someone to be passionate about — but also to expand their bandwidth of diversity by getting to know people with whom they have seemingly nothing in common.

As you've no doubt guessed, it's a digital revolution that calls into question the very principles of education, prompting Peter J. Wells, chief of higher education at UNESCO, to remark that: «Industry employers contend that half of what students learn in the first two years of a four - year technology degree will be out of date by the time they graduate.»

For the last seven years he has served full - time as president of Cristo Rey Brooklyn HS, which educates minority students, mostly immigrants or first - generation Americans of modest means.

But the former dominatrix says the very premise all of her trainings is based on — the idea that hidden power dynamics often impact minorities and women in unfair ways — seemed totally foreign to so many would - be students five years ago when she started teaching.

One, Preston Breedon - Glen, a 20 - year - old student, said that he'd spent more than $ 1,300 on champions and skins in the past couple of years.

According to a recent Google Consumer Survey, conducted for the education company Upromise by its financial services parent, Sallie Mae, the majority of students expect to continue receiving financial support from their parents for up to two years after their college graduation.

In a meeting with his boss, Maynard, who will graduate from St. Mary's University this spring, learned that the company where he had been working part - time for nearly a year wanted to help him pay off his student loan — if he had no objections, of course.

The University of Toronto Master's of Public Policy (MPP) program allows second - year students to spend a semester at leading partner schools, like the Paris School of International Affairs, the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore.

Students have two options when it comes to an EMBA at Rotman — a one - year program in the heart of downtown Toronto, or an 18 - month global stream that takes place in cities around the world.

In fact, last year the government added one such credit — for teachers» classroom supplies — while dropping four as of Jan. 1 2017, including the children's fitness and arts credits, as well as the education and textbook credits for students.

In fact, it's resonated for me for at least 28 years, going back to a bit of hubris I demonstrated as a medical student watching a distinguished Harvard surgeon perform surgery to remove a patient's gall bladder (back before laparoscopic surgery and keyhole incisions became the norm).

Fees for the 2017 - 2018 year vary between $ 36,390 and $ 48,992 depending on a year of study and whether an individual is a foreign or domestic student.

More locally, students of this program participate in mandatory summer policy internships between their first and second year.

Daunted by the expense of a four - year program, students are focusing on learning the skills they need for the jobs they want.

It's only less than two years old and has graduated just 125 students from individual courses, which are usually 12 weeks long and cost a maximum of $ 12,000.

The cash will help D2L rebuild its platform as a data and analytics powerhouse, and take advantage of its biggest secret weapon: 15 years of student data.

With more MBA programs than ever before serving a record number of students — about 10,000 students are registered in Canadian MBA programs this year, up from 4,800 in 1998 — specialization has become a defining trend, helping schools compete for the best students, and graduates compete for the best jobs.

The Global Energy Executive MBA program at the Haskayne School of Business has 25 % more students this year.

While a number of institutions offer joint law and management degrees, this year Odette launched an MBA / Dual JD degree, which allows students to earn legal qualifications in both Canada (with Windsor) and the U.S. (with University of Detroit - Mercy).

edu email and haven't yet become a member with it, you can get a six - month trial of Prime Student at no - cost and then pay 50 % less than other Prime users ($ 6.49 per month) after the trial ends for four years or until your indicated graduation date — whichever comes first.

It makes little sense to award executives on a biased short - term basis when the effects of their actions can last for years, or to award directors on the basis of time — or, as one of my students put it, «showing up.»

But for all the big talk, Ivey has a lot of walk.MBA graduates, according to the school's owndata, can expect an average starting salaryof over $ 98,000 a year upon graduation.Every class evolves from students tacklingreal - world problems on their own, to doing so in groups, then as an entire class.Outside the classroom, the school offersscores of special projects, internationalinternships and one - of - a-kind programs, like the Ivey Consulting Project, the largestand longest - running Canadian programpairing MBA students with real - world businessesin need of help.

Needless to say, it has truly been an honor to be a part of the Cassini mission and a privilege to work with colleagues, postdocs and students through the years.