Sentences with phrase «significant numbers of minority students»

Some critics fear the change would have a disparate impact on law schools with significant numbers of minority students, whom studies have shown traditionally don't do as well on standardized tests, which is also a concern of the council.

Statistics provided by the American Association of Community Colleges (www.aacc.nche.edu) indicate that a significant number of minority students enroll in community colleges.

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Posselt writes that, in some cases, including astrophysics and biology, admissions committees made allowances for certain «specific «underrated» universities whose reputations for strong training in the field surpassed their college or university's relatively weak overall ranking,» but she provides no hints about which programs these may be, so it is not clear whether any are at institutions that enroll significant numbers of students from non-elite or minority backgrounds.

The AAAS Mentor Award honors AAAS members who have mentored significant numbers of underrepresented students, including women, minorities, and persons with disabilities, pursuing Ph.D.'s in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and who have demonstrated scholarship, activism, and community building on behalf of underrepresented groups in STEM fields.

There are a range of critical issues, such as: the implementation of the reauthorized ESEA (now called The Every Student Succeeds Act) which includes new flexibility for states in designing state standards and accountability systems as well as a hard cap on the number of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities taking alternate assessments on alternate standards; regulations on disproportionate identification of minority students to special education; and, the goal to transition more disadvantaged students into college and careers that will have a significant impact on some of the most vulnerable children.

We recruit diverse attorneys by participating in on - campus interviews at schools with significant numbers of students from underrepresented backgrounds and at various job fairs including the Southeastern Minority Job Fair and the Vault MCCA Legal Diversity Career Fair.