Sentences with phrase «students in college focus»

Often times, students in college focus solely on getting internships, training, and gaining real - life experience in their respective fields.

Not exact matches

Earlier this week, my 29 «Foundations of Entrepreneurial Management» students at Babson College participated in a focus group that led one of my students to remark that she had always thought they were a waste of time until she saw one in action.

Maybe focusing on one particular course that teaches video production at the college makes way more sense, mimicking what you see in the Wix ad, because then a potential student can imagine what it is like to take that course.

In his role at Blackboard, and formerly at MyEdu, a startup focused on helping students get jobs, which Blackboard acquired, he spent a «ton of time with college students in dorm rooms, looking through their bookbags and apartments [with their permission],» he told Inc. in a recent phone intervieIn his role at Blackboard, and formerly at MyEdu, a startup focused on helping students get jobs, which Blackboard acquired, he spent a «ton of time with college students in dorm rooms, looking through their bookbags and apartments [with their permission],» he told Inc. in a recent phone interviein dorm rooms, looking through their bookbags and apartments [with their permission],» he told Inc. in a recent phone interviein a recent phone interview.

Business Insider recently released it annual list of the best colleges in America, which focused on graduation rate, post-graduation salary, and overall student life experience.

Students who graduated from my program last year have founded ventures focused on healthy, affordable frozen meals, college preparedness in inner cities, and carbon footprint management software for energy consumers.

He founded FOCUS after his own experience: brought up in a Catholic family, he lost his faith in his teenage years — and rediscovered it through Evangelical students at college, who helped him to encounter Christ in the Scriptures.

I once taught a Great Books course to freshmen honor students at Boston College in which I tried to focus the class on exposing common misconceptions about the classics by going back to the data.

Cooking lessons occurred on two lovely Saturday afternoons last Summer, focusing on the most important staple in a college student's life: pasta!

In high school, this can be very important as students must focus on specific subjects that will fit their needs best for college preparation.

In this Focus on Education report, WBFO's Eileen Buckley reports on students who have been attending a five - week summer school program to gain skills necessary to head to college this fall.

It also supports 10th - grade college tours for city students, and a website focused on Rochester students interested in college: RochesterCan.org

Maxwell said he will look to achieve that goal by focusing efforts on Say Yes to Education — a local, community - wide partnership that supports Syracuse students in school and through college — and career and technical programs.

«The commissioner remains focused on improving our school to ensure sure every student can build the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in college and a career,» Tompkins said.

«Joel misses the essence of teacher - student interactions, and the extent to which teachers focus on students» physical and emotional well - being, in addition to their academic learning,» said Eric Nadelstern, the former New York City deputy schools chancellor and visiting professor of practice at Columbia University's Teachers College.

Like he did at the University of Buffalo and at a local high school in Syracuse, the conversation focused on making college affordable to students.

The trips are part of the White House's «It's On Us» week of action focused on engaging college students in a discussion about sexual assaults on campus.

Dr. Tisch said that among the things she was proudest of was creating alternative pathways to graduation for students who wanted to focus on the arts or a career - related skill, advocating for undocumented students to receive tuition assistance at city and state colleges, and pushing for state oversight of the troubled East Ramapo school district in Rockland County.

Universities, colleges, and their students in Canada were not anticipating much in the way of increased funding for postsecondary education initiatives because much of the talk leading up to this year's federal budget focused on health care..

That, says Lucy Wenham, formerly an Imperial College physicist and now a secondary maths teacher in central London, is the difference between research and teaching: In teaching, the students — not the subject — are the main focuin central London, is the difference between research and teaching: In teaching, the students — not the subject — are the main focuIn teaching, the students — not the subject — are the main focus.

These schools included «early college» high schools with a STEM focus (that offered both college and high school credits to students); tech - savvy schools that relied entirely on project - based learning (an instructional practice emphasizing student production of knowledge via projects and research); and career / technical education high schools that prepared students for careers such as agriculture or medicine through early experiences in those fields.

The 1 - year MRes program in systems and synthetic biology at Imperial College London offers a stronger research focus, supporting students in the life sciences, engineering, and physical sciences for collaborative work.

As immigration increases the number of non-English speaking «culturally and linguistically diverse» students, schools will need to band together in networks focused on the challenges of educating what has been called «the new mainstream,» according to a Boston College professor.

About 25 years ago, a young postdoctoral student at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in Manhattan named Joseph LeDoux was casting about for a research focus.

A 2 - year - old program in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) called the Alliance for Earth Sciences, Engineering and Development in Africa (AESEDA), which focuses on solving some of Africa's most pressing problems by engaging students, particularly minority students, in the study of earth sciences.

By providing student - focused services to students in treatment throughout McLean Hospital, the College Mental Health Program is prepared to work closely with students and with institutions of higher education to support both mental health and academic goals.

While at NYU, Brennan has been actively involved in youth development through Arts in the Community, which attempts to bring college students together with local NYC arts education nonprofits, and through Peer Health Exchange, which focuses on teaching health to ninth graders around NYC.

We also have a major new educational initiative underway, First Two, which works to increase retention of STEM students in their first two years of college, with a particular focus on first generation college students.

Initially focused on print media, Paringaux, who is half Japanese and half French, moved to London to pursue a graphic design course in the London College of Communication where, alongside budding photographer Matt Irwin, he produced and released five issues of a student fanzine.

I am a college student trying to enjoy the finer things in life a little while focusing on my future!

The Circus: Inside the Wildest Political Show on Earth, Season 2, Episode 3: In Concord, New Hampshire, co-host Mark Halperin stopped by Saint Anselm College in Manchester for an impromptu focus group with students and local residents who were attending an event at the collegIn Concord, New Hampshire, co-host Mark Halperin stopped by Saint Anselm College in Manchester for an impromptu focus group with students and local residents who were attending an event at the cCollege in Manchester for an impromptu focus group with students and local residents who were attending an event at the collegin Manchester for an impromptu focus group with students and local residents who were attending an event at the collegecollege.

Step focuses on three high - school seniors in the inaugural class of the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women, whose mandate is to send every student to college.

The movie is written and directed by Ti West, whose «The House of the Devil» finds a college student about to be used in a satanic ritual and whose «Trigger Man» focuses on three hunters who are about to be hunted.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

Her research focuses on access and choice in higher education, the outcomes for college students, and the behavior of postsecondary institutions.

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).

Foundation degrees designed in association with employers and focussed on a particular profession are continuing to grow in popularity and students of Buxton & Leek College such as Julie Davies can vouch for their success.

Rather, policymakers should focus on the net cost that students actually pay for higher education — this figure would factor in the aid that many students receive from colleges and universities.

Current discussions of grit in education focus on the need for students to pursue long - term goals — such as going to college or becoming a nurse — and to hang in there when trying to learn challenging material in school.

Everything that Mayes learned at HGSE will come in handy as she focuses her future on college access for first - generation, low - income students.

Brandon Wiley is the Director of Asia Society's International Studies Schools Network, a design - driven network of 34 public and charter schools, located in eight states, focused on nurturing students to be globally competent and college and career ready.

This past year, while a student in the Education Policy Management Program, Cotignola was also an intern with I'm First, a nonprofit organization based in Washington D.C. that focuses on helping first - generation college students get to and through college.

The top - line finding alone — that just 12 percent of high school graduates do not enroll in college within eight years of graduation — provides additional evidence that schools need to continue to focus on preparing all students to be ready for a college environment, whether or not they go right away (or ever).

My guess is that if you focus in an intentional way on creating a college - going culture for all your students, even those students who were on the fence about higher education may eventually consider the possibilities and opportunities that a college education can provide.

The authors of the study, Lindsay Daugherty, Paco Martorell, and Isaac McFarlin Jr., focus their analysis on 17,057 graduates from the 2002 through 2008 graduating classes in a large urban school district in Texas that historically has sent few students to college.

Since joining Harvard College Library in 2007, Fliss has achieved closer collaboration and partnerships between its libraries and in supporting the academic mission of the FAS with focus on curricular support programs and partnerships that support teaching, learning and research through direct services to faculty and students.

The sweet spot for Rosetta Stone Korea is in serving students who are in Grades 1 to 4 because they are young enough that the parents are less focused on how the language learning will prepare students for the suneung, or the College Scholastic Aptitude Test.

For the most part, the Gates early - college initiative focuses on the motivation of students, hoping that greater autonomy and more challenging material will help keep them engaged and interested in school.

Out in the redesign will be SAT words that have long prompted anxious students to cram with flashcards, as the test will now focus on vocabulary words that are widely used in college and career.

Early graduation is focused on higher performing students, many of whom will receive scholarships, etc. and use the last year or two of high school to take A.P. classes that they can receive credit for in college.