Sentences with phrase «of students who»

Rather than focusing solely on students who are gifted and talented, these schools recruit a broad swath of students who choose to attend a STEM high school.

«We see it as another opportunity to help a group of students who are grossly underrepresented in these areas,» adds Michael Forman, associate dean for science at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, another winner.

In 2010 only two - thirds of the students who took the course passed it — and of those who didn't, only a quarter ever retook and passed the class.

«What proportion of the students who start complete the program with a degree in hand?»

A few years earlier, when Tabor was a student at the University of Texas at Austin, he was part of a group of students who won a prize at the 2009 International Genetically Engineered Machine competition (iGEM) for their rudimentary E-coli camera.

Of the students who imagined a stranger in the tower, 66 percent found the solution — divide the rope lengthwise and tie the pieces together — compared with 48 percent of those who pictured themselves in the tower.

Of graduates who were employed — excluding the large proportion of students who already had jobs when they entered their PSM program — 39 % said they got their job because of their internship experience.

To cover the complete spectrum (or even a reasonable fraction) of biological sciences stretches resources, limits faculty time for fruitful interactions, and can lead to «burnout» of students who have more directed interests.

According to a 2012 report from the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the U.S. needs to produce approximately 1 million more STEM professionals during the next decade than is currently projected, yet «fewer than 40 percent of students who enter college intending to major in a STEM field complete a STEM degree.»

«The economic, social, and academic backgrounds of the students who attend segregated schools could be the cause of differences in achievement — and not aspects of the segregated settings themselves,» said Kainz.

Our classes, as a consequence, house a diversity of students who learn as much from each other as from the instructors.

More than 54 percent of students were depression - literate four months after the curriculum, compared with 36 percent of students who weren't exposed to the curriculum.

Joe Paterno is both a deified leader and the living symbol of Penn State, inextricably bound up with the identity of the students who reacted so emotionally last night.

You could be schooled in evolutionary theory and be able to communicate that very well in a classroom of students who are ready to learn it.

The percentage of students who complete their theses within 36 months is extremely low.

The IASOS has over 60 researchers from glaciology to biology and oceans policy, as well as the same number of students who are doing postgraduate courses, masters, or PhDs.

Although taking the GRE was a distant memory for most University of Michigan professors, it was still fresh in the minds of the students who attended the town hall meeting.

A third (33 %) of students who used bath salts reported using only once or twice, which suggests experimentation is most common among users; however, frequent use was also common among users with an alarming 18 % of users reporting using 40 or more times in the last year.

An intense poster - making session was underway early this morning in Arlington, Virginia — just across the Potomac River from the march — by a group of students who planned to attend.

The study also found that nearly two - thirds (64 percent) of the students who experienced cyberbullying stated that it really affected their ability to learn and feel safe at school.

• Notably, nearly two - thirds (64 percent) of the students who experienced cyberbullying said that it really affected their ability to learn and feel safe at school.

«For example, 83 percent of the students who had been cyberbullied within the last 30 days also had been bullied at school recently, and 69 percent of the students who admitted to bullying others at school also bullied others online.»

• 4 out of 5 of the students who were cyberbullied said that mean comments were posted about them online.

«The only group of students who improved in their acceptance of evolution was the group of students who were the least religious,» Rissler said.

The Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), aims to significantly increase the number of students who are U.S. citizens and permanent residents receiving post secondary degrees in the computing disciplines.

The number of students who opted out of the tests was roughly the same as the year before, at 21 percent.

It's a long - controversial process which blew up this year because of students who didn't want to take state tests but still wanted criteria admission.

I suggest that labour - uncut, goes off, thinks up a few sensible policies, that are relevant to a government of 2020, maybe has a few ideas on the EU referendum, and accepts that the Corbyn fans of Students who read a article about how, capitalism is bad, because there was enough money for everyone in the 80's, and the Tories only got in because people who voted for them were dumb and read the Daily mail, because you're not going to convince anyone that labour Will be destroyed in 2020 ′ because the Tories may implode over infighting like they did with Westland or ousting Thatcher, but win in 87 ′ and 92 ′ anyway

While most of the roundtable meeting was private, officials met with media and during the briefing revealed that four of the districts had significant numbers of students who opted out of standardized testing.

Attacking new teacher evaluation systems that are, for the first time, enabling district public schools to make decisions based on teacher quality, does violence to the cause of improving the quality of education for the overwhelming majority of students who don't attend charter schools.

The district - wide data is indicating an increase in the number of students who are sexually active.

President Nana Akufo - Addo has charged tertiary institutions across the country to produce more «graduate entrepreneurs» instead of students who depend solely on government for jobs.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says he doubts that there will be federal sanctions for schools that have high rates of students who boycotted standardized tests this spring.

Or that only half of the students who do graduate are prepared for college - level work, according to the standards of the City University of New York.

«With Black History Month coming this February, it is appropriate to provide support to a new generation of students who will soon be making history thanks to what are sure to be their many outstanding future accomplishments,» Borough President Katz said.

While the statewide high school graduation rate last year was 74 percent, only 35 percent of students who began high school in 2007 were considered ready to do entry - level college work four years later.

«Over the next several months we will work with individual schools and principals to ensure all schools can properly meet the needs of students who would like additional privacy,» said Deputy Chancellor Elizabeth Rose.

In an interview last week, Zimpher said the idea is one of many being considered by SUNY's Remediation Task Force, a panel created in May to find ways to stem the flow of students who arrive at community colleges unable to do basic work.

Before his speech, Biden took snapshots with dozens of students who crowded around him for a chance at a selfie with the former vice president.

And Lawson says not all of the students who worked on the invitations are Clinton backers; he says the main thing is they just wanted to be part of the process.

Hear what some candidates say they can bring to the table to help change schools and the lives of the students who attend them.

Former President John Mahama has extended his condolence to the bereaved families of students who lost their lives in Sunday's ghastly accident at the Kintampo Waterfalls in the Brong Ahafo Region.

«You're angry about this,» Adams said in an interview, referring to the passion of the students who came to the rally.

«It is not reasonable to give only 48 hours considering the number of students who have been affected by this particular exercise so our statement raises concerns about the time given for the selection of the available options by the students,» she said.

In Wake County, N.C., school and political leaders integrated the school system by putting a 40 percent limit on the percent of students who qualify for free or reduced priced lunch at each school.

Those critics condemned comments Trump reportedly made about various racial and ethnic groups, noting that the Buffalo Public Schools serve a diverse group of students who might take offense to his statements.

Her comments follow a 30 - day ultimatum issued to the Independent Examination Board (IEB) by the SRC of the Ghana School of Law to re-mark the scripts of students who failed the exams.

He said the records have shown the greater improvement in the examination results of those students who benefited in the first phase of distribution.

Statewide, the rate of students who graduated on time in June crept up 1.3 percentage points last year to 79.4 percent.

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