Sentences with phrase «which admits students»

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They must either score high on the end - of - school exam (which only half of students typically pass) so that they can get admitted to a university and get a reputable job like a teacher or a doctor — or they must marry right away.

The Institute of International Education found that US universities admitted more than 1 million international students in the 2015 - 16 school year, nearly 329,000 of which were Chinese students.

Our admissions committee considers applications on a rolling basis, which means we review applications and admit students on a first - come - first - served basis.

Emory's program, which begins this fall, will admit up to eight additional doctoral students a year for five years.

Carnegie Mellon University offers students the option of joining its «Priority Waitlist,» which means students pledge to attend if admitted.

to the housing request form, which is completed by all admitted students.

These included not allowing students with no religion to be admitted, if the school was undersubscribed — something the school has now changed; and having a «Catholic service criterion», which gives priority to parents who, for at least three years, have carried out activities including «Assisting in the Liturgy: for example by reading, singing in the choir or playing an instrument, altar serving, flower arranging.»

According to Carl Diehl, approximately 10 000 US students studied in Germany from 1815 to 1914, 5500 from Yale and Harvard alone, including Charles Eliot who reformed the Harvard education (I invite to read the Wikipedia article which quite frankly admits that US education during this point was... suboptimal).

Somide disclosed that 125 students were admitted but only 123 of them have commenced training at the College which includes indigent students, who are beneficiaries of the scholarship provided by the Kwara State Government and drawn from the 16 local governments (LGs) of the state.

He said 816 direct jobs have been created from the University of Health and Allied Science in Ho which government has set up and has admitted over 800 students.

Millennium, which offers preference to students who live below Houston Street, admits only those with A averages, good attendance and top test scores.

Granted, in the case of the student who contacted me, some of the responsibility may fall on her, which she readily admits.

Despite «return to play» laws now in place in all 50 states, which typically mandate youth and high school athletes must leave the field if they are suspected of having a concussion and return only after a medical examination by a health professional, the incentive to keep playing — especially if students are trying to impress recruiters — remains strong, and players may not admit their concussion symptoms.

The survey asks students to report up to three colleges at the top of their choice set to which they were admitted, and which school they will attend that coming fall.

And the state of Hawaii, which challenged the revised ban, argued that the policy would harm the state by barring students who had been admitted to the University of Hawaii.

But, I must admit that this month also marked some pretty awesome accomplishments — I won a small grant to push forward a Teaching & Learning initiative I've been trying to get off the ground, I was able to help my two new masters students submit their research proposals without their heads exploding, I got to collaborate with one of my very favorite vintage shops Word from the Bird, and finally started bringing to life a new dress that I've been creating in my head for months (which I'm really excited to make a reality).

Using NSC data, we track whether students were enrolled in any graduate program as of fall 2016, well beyond the point at which all spring 2014 applicants would have had to enroll if admitted or would have had time to apply to and enroll in other institutions if rejected.

Admit and exit slips are small pieces of paper on which students respond to a thought - provoking question or statement.

The schools that agreed to participate in the study included 22 open - enrollment district schools, five oversubscribed charter schools, two exam schools to which students are admitted based on their grades and standardized test scores, and three charter schools that were not oversubscribed at the time the 8th - grade students in our study were admitted.

Because these schools were popular, applicants exceeded space available and lotteries were held to determine which students were admitted.

Cohen has hit a bull's - eye in describing the lengths to which parents (and sometimes students) will go to gain entry to the best colleges, where applicants often have only a 10 percent chance of being admitted as freshmen.

Also like district schools, they may not charge tuition and must admit all students who apply, unless they are oversubscribed, in which case they must hold an admissions lottery.

As a result, the district uses lotteries to determine which students will be admitted as 6th graders.

Students admitted to both types of G&T programs suffer a large drop in their relative rank in terms of grades within their classes, which could have adverse consequences that offset any benefits of improvements in their educational environment.

«I had never seen poverty like that,» Dabrieo says of the community in which he was placed, admitting he often questioned his students for not doing their homework only to learn they had been working or that their families» generators ran out of oil.

In fact, Miller v. Skumanick (eventually Miller v. Mitchell in the appeals court) got even more interesting because the prosecutor told the dozen students caught up in the affair, that he would not prosecute them if they accepted school suspension, submitted to drug tests, wrote an essay about their infractions, and attended a five - week re-education program in which they would admit that what they did was wrong and — for the girls — had learned what it meant to be a girl in today's society.

This is leading to an increase in negative behaviour such as eating badly, which almost half (49 per cent) of students admitted they do more of during exam time, pulling all - nighters (35 per cent) and drinking alcohol (16 per cent).

The survey of 2,750 pupils aged 11 - 18 found that 45 per cent of students admit to checking their mobile device after going to bed, of which 68 per cent said they think it is affecting their school work and 25 per cent said they felt tired during the day because of how often they checked their mobile device at night.

In a sealed room, to which no - one was admitted, exam papers were printed andpacked for each student by name using computer - linked equipment.

We find that randomization does ensure comparable groups in grades at which quite a few students are admitted.

As Susan Harrison admits, working on bar charts indicated her students» limited understanding, at which point she decided to use motion graphs, a decision that at first glance seems counterintuitive as motion graphs are surely harder to understand than bar charts.

Meanwhile, the university's school of education, which housed the nation's 6th - ranked educational administration program, accepted 48 percent of its doctoral applicants, and the admitted students had a mean verbal GRE score of 480.

A Boston lawyer has challenged the city school system's use of racial quotas in determining which students get admitted to its most prestigious schools.

Schools in Louisiana accepting large numbers of vouchers, which are worth up to the equivalent of the state's per capita public school funding, must admit all students assigned to their schools.

Even though you might not want students to play them during class, you have to admit that some of the games really are beneficial in helping students not only learn to use the technology, but also are useful in developing analytical and critical thinking skills (which are different, by the way).

Students are expected to enroll in the program to which they were admitted.

Much of Higgins instruction is carefully thought through and choreographed, even though she admitted that the nature of this method can be unpredictable, which allows students to raise new thoughts and ideas that shift the discussions.

Unlike charter schools, which usually must admit students by lottery if they are over-subscribed, many magnet schools have admission standards.

Of the 6,000 fifth -, sixth -, and seventh - graders nominated by NYC public schools, 225 are admitted into Prep for Prep's rigorous 14 - month academic program, which is designed to help prepare students for success in independent schools.

Many districts also operate magnet or exam schools for gifted students, some of which admit disproportionately fewer low - income and minority students.

KIPP schools, which begin in 5th grade, admit a considerable number of new students in grade 6 (the time when most public middle schools begin) but «the number of new enrollees declines substantially» in 7th and 8th grade.

Kimberly Steadman, principal of the lower grades, tells inquiring parents that, unless they are applying for the new kindergarten class, which took in about 60 students this year, there is almost no chance of their child being admitted.

Students also spend about one hour a day on computers which, as Rocketship has admitted in the PBS special, is not currently effective in pushing student learning.

NCSECS also worked directly on the law's improved charter program which now requires that states applying for innovation funds include in their plan how they will recruit, admit and retain students with disabilities along with all other students among several other prerequisites.

Another important piece of research is this work from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which found in 2013 that grammar schools were disproportionately unlikely to admit bright students who were eligible for free school meals or from poorer neighbourhoods and disproportionately likely to admit children from private primary schools.

It does not include applications that came in after the end of the spring lottery period, in which students are either admitted or wait - listed for the next school year.

Enrollment at out - of - boundary schools is higher in high schools in part because 20 percent of all public high school students attend DCPS application high schools, which require students to submit an application and admit students based on specific criteria or eligibility requirements.

Second, refusing to admit students with other disabilities raises serious concerns under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, which forbid exclusion from a public entity such as a charter school based solely on a disability for individuals otherwise qualified to take part.

She also dragged out the tired argument that the gap between rich and poor will be exacerbated by «giving a public subsidy to affluent families that choose elite private schools, which are unlikely to admit students who struggle academically or can not afford tuition even with a voucher.»

Rather worryingly, almost a third of the teachers admitted that they are asked to predict GCSE outcomes for students currently in year 7, which is five years away from the actual exams.