graduation

Teaching skills to be used right after graduation only.

A Hills dale teacher who became principal last year, remembers sitting with other teachers watching students file out of a graduation ceremony and asking one another in astonishment, "How did that student graduate?

Where did the man get his first job after graduation?

Graduation requirements specify the number of credits you must earn, the minimum grade point average you must achieve and the distribution of credits you must have from among different departments or fields of study.

In addition, it is necessary to apply for graduation when you're near the time that you will be completing your graduation requirements.

since graduation requirements vary among divisions of the university, you should consult the Bulletin of Information.

What Nijay didn't realize about his school—Tennessee State University — was its frighteningly low graduation rate: a mere 29 percent for its first-generation students.

The graduation rate of first-generation students at Nijay's university was incredibly low.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for instance, admits only that the graduation rate for its first-generation pupils is much lower than the percentage of all students who graduate within four years .

Tennessee State's overall graduation rate is a tiny 39 percent, but at least it has a smaller gap between the outcomes for first-generation students and those of their peers.

Still, Jones represents a small percentage of first-generation students who are able to gain entry into more elite universities, which are often known for robust financial aid packages and remarkably high graduation rates for first-generation students.

One needs the designers, and perhaps the regulators, before the builders and operators, and each group of workers in training has to know there is work waiting beyond graduation.

Many universities simply refuse to release their exact graduation rates for first-generation students.

Kids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education came on campus with little academic know- how and are much more likely than their peers to drop out before graduation.

Higher education institutions are, under federal law, required to report graduation rates, but these reports typically only include Pell recipient number—not necessarily rates specific to first-generation students.

A flagship university in the South, the school graduates just 16 percent of its first-generation students, despite its overall graduation rate of 71 percent.

Christian Vazquez, a first-generation Yale graduate, is another exception, his success story setting him far apart from students such as Nijay.

And that conclusion is based only on students nearing graduation.

kids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education came on campus with little academic know-how and are much more likely than their peers to drop out before graduation.

higher education institutions are, under federal law, required to report graduation rates, but these reports typically only include Pell recipient number — not necessarily rates specific to first-generation students.

Lower reading achievement scores and grades in fifth grade contributed to reduced grades in middle school and thereby contributed to a 40% lower high school graduation rate.

Harvard, for example, boasts a six-year graduation rate for underrepresented minority groups of 98 percent.

The average student's debt upon graduation now approaches $, 000, and as college becomes ever more expensive, calls to make it free are multiplying.

The average student's debt upon graduation now approaches $40, 000, and as college becomes ever more expensive, calls to make it "free" are multiplying.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel hill, for instance, admits only that the graduation rate for its first-generation pupils is "much lower" than the percentage of all students who graduate within four years 81 percent.

Adolescents enter high school with great excitement but are soon looking forward to graduation.

After my graduation, dad's business was getting back on track.

I learned that Freddy did several jobs after his graduation from high school and remained the same caring person I met forty years before.

In America, May and June are the traditional months for graduations.

In my 8th grade, I was told that I had to take an art class as a graduation requirement; so in the 9th grade I took studio and art.

The study also showed that just 20% of those who looked for jobs before graduation have found one by now.

College officials tend to emphasize that the goal of grade forgiveness is less about the grade itself and more about encouraging students to retake courses critical to their degree program and graduation without incurring a big penalty.

For public institutions, state funds are sometimes tied partly to their success on metrics such as graduation rates and student retention—so better grades can, by boosting figures like those, mean more money.

The use of this little-known practice has accelerated in recent years, as colleges continue to do their utmost to keep students in school and paying tuition and improve their graduation rates.