Sentences with phrase «while students from»

«While students from low - income families are more likely to be chronically absent, the ill effects of missing too much school hold true for all socio - economic groups.»

While students from the majority of the states analyzed posted achievement gains and narrowed gaps, the gaps for students of different races, ethnicities, and income levels remain large.

While students from more advantaged backgrounds might be able to connect a detail in a book to something they learned at a museum or on a family vacation, many lower - income students only have access to that knowledge at school.

Data from the top 146 U.S. colleges (10 % of all 4 - year colleges) demonstrate that students from the highest economic bracket take up 74 % of available slots while students from the lowest economic bracket only fill 3 %.

While a student from a poor family or community in the United States is more likely to fall behind academically than his or her peers, the same isn't true of poor students in Shanghai.

Not exact matches

While teaching traditional jazz dance classes in Evanston, Illinois, in 1969, Judi Sheppard Missett turned her students away from the mirrors and started a «just for fun» class that incorporated dance moves to provide aerobic exercise.

He notes that while universities have been crying poor for some time, the truth is that between 1992 and 2010, total inflation - adjusted per - student university funding in Canada has steadily risen, from about $ 24,000 to $ 33,000.

While he could be described as an above average student, Einstein was quiet and often withdrawn from his peers.

Upon graduation, Lidington saw a need to facilitate students» career starts; so he created a marketplace to match businesses to young talent, while allowing students to benefit from the attractive wages and flexible scheduling freelancing allows.

«While they wanted to focus on distribution methods and details, I began explaining my vision for a whole host of new Student enterprises, from magazines to travel companies to banks.

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

Roig - Debellis was just one classroom away from the gunfire, and she locked her own students in a 4x3 bathroom, urging them to be quiet while «the good guys came to help them from the bad guys.»

«We decided to sell not the technology, but the benefits,» says Raviv, who started the company in 2008 with backing from a Philadelphia incubator while an undergraduate engineering student at University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in May.

While overall pay held steady from last year, MBA students who ventured into some of the hottest fields experienced healthy increases in starting salaries.

While some are clamoring for an Intern Bill of Rights, and other interns are filing lawsuits, which prompted Reuters to declare that a wave of intern lawsuits was just beginning, I'm saying, why should we prevent students from exchanging 20 hours a week of their time for some experience and a reference?

They fully divulged the pay information to some students, while keeping it secret from others.

By leveraging the collective will and sociability of the student demographic — while remaining aligned with universities by collecting data and encouraging department collaboration — the jointly reformed Koofers.com gained enough momentum to grow from a one - campus beta trial in 2006 to a 400 - campus platform in 2009 — and a soon - to - be 1,000 - campus platform this year.

While this course could be seriously useful for those going into the wine or restaurant business, there's an added bonus for those who take it: All students are exempt from 21 - year - old age requirement under Section 65 of New York State law.

Families with kids in kindergarten through 12th grade will spend an average $ 634.78, versus $ 688.62 in 2012, while families of college students will spend $ 836.83, down from $ 907.22 last year.

The takeaway for millennials is that while they are facing difficult financial situations, be it from student debt or living paycheck to paycheck, it's important that they recognize where their money is being spent and allocating anything they can to their retirement funds.

Just an hour away from Los Angeles, Claremont McKenna College belongs to the Claremont College Consortium, which allows students to attend small, close - knit classes while also having the option to take courses across seven colleges.

Gregory, who worked at a Lexington liquor store while a student at the University of Kentucky, recalled that the only people buying Blanton's were Japanese executives passing through on their way home from the nearby Toyota plant.

While college remains an excellent investment for most students, debt may discourage some potential students from enrolling, keeping them from getting the skills they need to compete in the global economy.

«At no time have we said students can not make a statement peacefully while staying in school,» Gray said, adding that he had not gotten requests to participate from any students or student groups.

Student loans will relieve you from the burden of finances while you're in school, and taking responsibility now to account for your loan balances will reward you in the long - run.

Often referred to as the «Wizard of Omaha,» Buffett is chairman, CEO, and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway, where he has largely made his fortune by remaining true to the principles of value investing he first learned from Professors David Dodd ’21 and Benjamin Graham while a Columbia Business School student.

In April, China's Banking Regulatory Commission banned online lenders from offering services to students, while state banks were permitted to resume offering loans to students after an 18 - year prohibition.

The annual quota includes 65,000 visas for foreign workers applying for the first time, while the remaining 20,000 are for foreign students graduating with advanced degrees from American universities.

While students graduating from college are told that the job market is tough and there is -LSB-...]

Service members Civil Relief Act Interest Cap: This program was created to help keep the interest rate on student loans from skyrocketing while a service member is away on active duty.

And a new report finds that while many low - income students fall behind and fail to graduate on time from U.S. colleges, the University of California system supports them significantly better than other schools do.

As students streamed away from the school building, some ran while others walked quickly in orderly lines with their hands on or above their heads.

While a shortage of workers is pushing wages higher in the skilled trades, the financial return from a bachelor's degree is softening, even as the price — and the average debt into which it plunges students — keeps going up.

While this isn't a huge bonus, it's still a nice touch that's absent from other student cards we've seen.

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While student loan borrowers may think bankruptcy is an answer to getting out from under the weight of federal or private student loans, rarely is bankruptcy an option to discharge student loan balances.

While at d same time knowing that the course is just graduating from mere elective to become a core in business students curriculum.

This is particularly the case with student loans, which typically offer many repayment options, ranging from deferring payments until after you've graduated, to making full, partial or interest - only payments while still in school.

While Parent PLUS Loans offer the same terms to all borrowers, private lenders provide a wider range of student loan terms from which to choose.

Program Director, Eli Chmouni said, «The incubator is the chance for every student to interact with top entrepreneurs from around the world, learn from experienced mentors, and transform their life forever, all while earning ASU credits.»

The day after the Muscogee County School District conducted an alternative activity while prohibiting students from participating in the National School Walkout, an online petition calls the video conference with state legislators a «sham.»

A few of the many things that jump off of the pages for me are that it doesn't seem to support working families with kids (it REPEALS the up to $ 5,000 exclusion from gross income for dependent care assistance that many working parents use to subsidize the skyrocketing costs of child care while they work) or even those who (like my fantastic law students at UNLV) are pursuing and paying for higher education.

While students who graduate from all - women colleges may later be exposed to gender biases, a rigorous undergraduate education unencumbered by common cultural stereotypes fosters lasting confidence.

While the number of students from India is small by comparison, the increase has been remarkable, with a rise of more than four-fold in just three years.

While the situation is improving, many Georgians are carrying debt from multiple lenders in the form of credit cards, student loans, auto loans, mortgages, and more.

Several Twitter users identifying themselves as Douglas students offered similar accounts, saying Feis was wounded while trying to protect people from the gunfire.

While ambitious, it is in line with the expectation of growth from international students and the limited available housing.

PARKLAND, Fla. — A heavily armed 19 - year - old who had been expelled from a South Florida high school opened fire on campus shortly before classes let out Wednesday, killing 17 people while terrified students barricaded themselves inside classrooms, police said.

Sam Citty: From Nobody to Somebody — Five years later, I work for the same university as a quality assurance analyst while paying off an incredible amount of student loan debt.

Even though they are still banned from consuming beer while students, many recent graduates of evangelical colleges are starting to make an impact in the craft beer industry.