Sentences with phrase «than students from»

Borrowing from federal loan sources for the first quarter of 2017 was $ 136.3 billion, about 3 % less than students from the 2016 year borrowed.

Loans from students at private schools for example have a much lower default rate than students from public schools.

«Studies have found that students from low - income families lose ground academically over the summer, and also are less likely than students from wealthier families to have access to enriching, non-academic experiences,» said Lucas Held of The Wallace Foundation, which released the guide in partnership with Crosby Marketing Communications of Annapolis, Md. «Many of these parents and students aren't used to thinking of summer as an opportunity for learning, so it was important to listen to them and to market voluntary summer learning opportunities in ways that would appeal to them and to their children.»

Over the long - term, students who attend diverse schools are more likely than students from homogeneous schools to choose diverse colleges, neighborhoods, and workplaces later in life.

Through our collective hard work and commitment, KIPP's four - year college graduation rate is above the national average for all students and four times higher than students from the same communities and economic backgrounds who did not attend a KIPP school.

Neighborhoods in low income areas with public libraries for student access to reading materials had significantly more gains in reading scores from spring to fall than students from high - income households with access to books as well as those from low - income households without access to books at all.

In short, the researchers found that students in districts with bigger windfalls did better, on average, than students from other districts in the same state that got less.

At one charter school in Arizona, BASIS, students scored higher on an international test called the PISA than students from anywhere in the world.

Likewise, the average student from a low - income family scores much lower on such tests than students from higher - income families.

Students in CAPE schools performed better in reading and mathematics than students from comparison schools, however, the difference was statistically significant only at the elementary school level and not at the high school level.

Across the nation, students from rural schools have lower college enrollment and persistence rates than students from nonrural schools.

Students from the lowest income groups have access to over # 7k worth of liquidity for living expenses per year, in addition to the tuition fee loan, roughly # 2k more than students from the highest income group.

Like students in many urban schools, BPS students have lower test scores, lower high school graduation rates, and are less likely to go to college than students from nearby suburban districts.

The study found that after multimedia technology was used to support project - based learning, eighth graders in Union City, New Jersey, scored 27 percentage points higher than students from other urban and special needs school districts on statewide tests in reading, math, and writing achievement.

One superintendent of a large, urban school district said that low - income high - school students in his district were beginning to take MOOCs in greater numbers than students from more privileged backgrounds.

In their report, Miron and Applegate conclude that Edison Schools do improve from year to year on norm - referenced tests, which measure gains in students knowledge over time, but on criterion - referenced tests, which measure whether or not students meet state standards, Edison students fared no better than students from surrounding public schools.

We find that online applicants come from colleges where the average student's SAT math score is 30 points or about 0.2 standard deviations lower than students from in - person applicants» colleges.

Students attending KIPP schools have higher rates of high - school graduation, college enrollment, and college completion than students from similarly disadvantaged backgrounds who attend other types of schools.

In addition, poor students are 25 times less likely to attend a highly prestigious college than students from rich families.

And they can point to the data here which show that students who attend higher income city high schools, on average, are 37 percent more likely to go straight to college than a student from a low income high school.

Not exact matches

When the application process opened, more than 100 startups expressed interest, with teams coming from all walks of life — from engineers to designers and MBA students applied.

Network, learn and be inspired: CEO.org is hosting their annual National Conference where more than 1,500 students from around the nation will come to «network, learn and be inspired to pursue their entrepreneurial pursuits.»

-- Calvin Sims, president and CEO of International House, a New York City residence and program center of graduate students from more than 100 countries.

More than 190 representing both Christian and Jewish denominations received the waivers from the mid-1970s through the late 1990s, seeking permission, for example, to only hire male teachers for certain positions or to sanction students or employees who had sex outside marriage.

Student - loan debt is a ticking time bomb for our economy: It's higher than ever before, and it may be preventing some of the best and brightest young graduates from making their mark in the world of entrepreneurship.

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.

Like Levene's Executive MBA program, this one emphasizes the value of international business, and more than 70 % of the current students are from abroad.

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.

Ivey's MBA program centres on case studies, providing students with more than 300 real - world business scenarios to learn from.

«When I graduated from Georgetown in 2012, I walked away with more than just a Master's degree — I also had about $ 20,000 in student loans and another $ 5,000 in credit card debt.

I currently teach more than 5,000 students from 80 countries about the stock market and about how to trade.

But rather than watch TV while they study, students today get a significant portion of their entertainment from web videos.

At Chicago, «Ted» Snyder oversaw the move to the school's new Hyde Park campus, brought in the largest donation to any business school in the world — a $ 300 million gift from alumnus David Booth and his family — tripled scholarship assistance to students, and more than doubled the school's endowment.

Established in 1949, it's home to more than 52,000 students from over 130 countries.

«Actions speak louder than words and from trebling tuition fees to scrapping the maintenance grant, the Tories» decisions have hugely increased student debt, with the most disadvantaged hit the hardest.

The study, conducted by Sameer B. Srivastava, Ph.D. and doctoral student Eliot Sherman at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business, found that low - performing women who switched from a male supervisor to a high - performing female supervisor earned substantially less than men who made a similar shift.

After purchasing the Android - powered devices for less than US$ 50 each from the web - services developer, the government would then sell them to Indian students for just $ 35 each.

Last month, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology won a competition among more than 1,000 college students who presented design concepts for how the Hyperloop might transport pods of people from city to city at high speeds.

You might get more of a cuddle from a marketing major than an accounting student, but that's all by the way.

Traction: Advyzr raised nearly $ 20,000 from business - plan competitions, acquired roughly 30 pre-launch letters of intent from higher - ed administrators, and gathered more than 500 student requests on its website in the past three months.

These are obvious questions to ask, but according to a massive new analysis of more than 45 million public school students nationwide from Stanford's Sean Reardon (hat tip to Business Insider for the pointer), they can actually be misleading cues to focus on.

You're not a straight - A student anymore, but you learned more from the tough classes than you ever would taking it easy.

Data from the National Student Clearinghouse backs up this assumption, estimating that more than 31 million adults have attended some college, without receiving a degree or certificate.

The brawling is about big salaries, offices, with soft leather chairs and jarrah - top tables, that overlook the Swan River, interstate and overseas trips, and the power to promote the next generation of young Laborites who, more often than not, hail from student union ranks on Perth's four publicly - owned tertiary campuses.

Because up until now, college students were willing to exchange 20 hours a week for three to six months in return for something on their resumes and a recommendation from someone other than a professor or the lady they used to babysit for.

Another possible problem provision is one that would exempt colleges from a new endowment tax if they have fewer than 500 students paying tuition.

Rather than poach a leading researcher and their students, as many tech companies do, Element AI has taken a «visiting researcher» approach, allowing university researchers to work at the company and even publish their research as long as it does not include proprietary information from clients.

Examination of data from the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances — the central bank's effort to examine the financial conditions of American families — by two Northeastern University scholars shows that households with more student debt are less likely to start businesses than other households.

More than US$ 500 trillion worth of contracts — everything from swaps and futures contracts, to home mortgages and student loans — were priced using LIBOR rates last year.

Students graduating from for - profit colleges end up making less money than before they walked down that stage to get their diplomas, according to a new study.