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Very few graduates have that combination of skills ... many students are shying away from language courses and travelling to places like Indonesia or Malaysia because of the terror warnings.

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VCE exams do not showcase students' abilities. By this, I mean that the system fails to recognise the diversity of skills, and most subjects do not allow students to demonstrate skills in a form other than a written exam.

As a student in London, I had seen so many shows, so many plays and had seen so many greats of the day.

When you act like a teacher, it's usually because you're afraid to be the student.

I consider myself a student, both in my work and my life, and I'm constantly learning and I'm constantly grateful for that.

It's the student who makes the teacher, not the other way around.

Women's studies needed a syllabus and so invented a canon overnight. It puffed up clunky, mundane contemporary women authors into Oz-like, skywriting dirigibles. Our best women students are being force-fed an appalling diet of cant, drivel and malarkey.

I went to school to be a psychiatrist. That's where I was going until I had a teacher-student conference with one of my teachers and there were film school pamphlets, and he said, "You don't belong here. Get out. Go to film school."

With tuition increases, students from the lower two-fifths of the income level are coming to university schools with less frequency. For this state to be competitive, we need our kids to get degrees.

With this job I get to cover three important areas ? community, clinical and food service. I get to work with students in the mornings and with doctors and the community in the evening. What more could I ask for?

We're still monitoring the Bunker Hill Road situation. We want to make sure Hereford students and motorists are safe.

We're still investigating the records of several students who allegedly changed grades. I'm using 'allegedly' because I don't know. The investigation has not been completed.

We're seeing a lot of kids coming into computer science but not making it through the first course, ... Students appear to have more interest than ability.

We're seeing a greater range of opportunities opening up for new college graduates. Employers said they plan to hire 9.8 percent more college students than they did last year.

We've got lights. We'd better use them. There's an atmosphere for the night games. It gives people a chance to do family things during the day. Hopefully, the students get cranked up for it. I know our kids enjoy it.

It's very hard to remain a student in life.

We want to provide these students with skills before they reach high school or are in a situation where they have to make financial decisions.

We want to provide an educational model where students can operate on a smaller scale and not fall between the cracks. We want to make sure the teachers know the students on a deeper level, their passions and the things they want to pursue in the future. That makes education relevant for them.

We have seen an increase in pregnant students coming into the university clinic. Our clinic also hands out free condoms, and we have seen an increase of students asking for them.

We have seen an explosion in our numbers. The industry came to us and asked us to develop a program. The feedback we get is that the students are learning and they know more of the why -- why they are doing their jobs and how it fits into the overall corporate mission. From the industry view, they save money hiring someone with a two year degree as opposed to off the street.

We have seen a huge gain in our (Illinois Standards Achievement Test) scores just because of these kids who have role models and good behaviors skills. Overall the students have helped the whole building.

We have to get students rising to that higher standard.

We have assessed our situation and are making adjustments as needed based on the crisis in the Gulf that has impacted our state and our nation. We are making every effort to ensure we continue our delivery of service to students without interruption, understanding that some measures may have to be taken given the daily status of the situation. We will keep staff, parents and students advised of any measures that will impact them directly.

We have never said this would be the cheapest, but who wants to give any of our students in the county the cheapest education? You want to give them the best education.

What the students didn't anticipate at the time is that interest rates in the last few years have gone way down. Now 6.8 percent as a fixed rate doesn't look so good.

We want parents to talk to kids. It's free speech. We can't stop students from participating. But if they do this, first of all, it's skipping school. And second, talk to them about safety. If you're walking across town, be careful.

We want our students to be A students and we know they can do it. There are special items for B students such as bracelets and things for boys like fire trucks and chess sets.

We want our students to be able to focus on their futures when they graduate without being saddled with huge amounts of student loan debt.

We want more students to join. We hope those numbers continue to increase.

We wanted to try something new this year. We had the students create a business to see just how economics evolves in our society.

When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.

The world is run by C students

I'm not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.

We want them to have a real-world experience, which means working with people from other schools and cultures, which gives them an experience of diversity. Some students never would have considered a career in international business and exportation without this kind of exposure.

We want to show the community that there are things happening at our college that are directly benefiting the community. This will also allow our students to interact directly with the public.

We want to show how the university feels and show how the students feel and see how much of that is really true.

We want to see the provincial government play more of a leadership role and not leaving the colleges, and the students especially, out to hang dry, and we need to see that action very quickly.

We want to see our Dublin students become entrepreneurs, to be the creators and innovators we know they can be. Giving them this active experience will hopefully encourage them to keep dreaming and remembering that they can take any idea, build on it, and make it work.

We want to see more students aiming for four-year colleges. I believe that with AVID, that will happen.

I liked being a kid. I liked being a student.

I taught. I lectured at universities. I spoke to my students. I spoke in certain public forums. But what I didn't do was respond to microphones being thrust in my face and saying, what is your relationship with Obama and are you an unrepentant terrorist?

We'll be looking at how well they've learned the material they should have learned as students. This has to do with the idea of accountability, and seeing what kind of job we have been doing as a university.

We'll be greeting the students and serving ice cream. The staff of Petrucci's will be given a little break for the evening. Maybe we'll get some good treats for ourselves.

We are already in full compliance because we have Level 2 screenings on all our employees and any persons under contract to provide direct services to students, ... As for other entities or contractors who go on school grounds when students are present, we expect them to comply with the law.

I feel like I am in turbo mode as a student of entertainment.

A good teacher creates an environment which allows the student to succeed.

There's been no poet, no great poet in the history of poetry who hasn't also been a great reader of poetry. This is sometimes distressing to my students when I tell them this.

The rule should be HS students should be allowed to pursue their career

States should not balance their budgets on the backs of students.

We accepted a higher proportion of English-learner students than any other state in the country, ... Our exclusion rate of English learners was 12%, while Texas' exclusion rate was 37.5% and New York's was 29%.

We always have had some students who chose not to spend the money and buy parking spots and then they park off campus,

We always encourage our students to get as much research time as they can. That's very important to further their career. It will give them more of a rich college experience.

We also want to give these students some opportunities for fun such as opening Riddle Elementary gymnasium and letting them play basketball or allowing them access to the school's library. We also want to make ourselves available to help them out.

We also try to work with local high schools to educate the students about the importance of proper footwear and training. More importantly, we try to educate their parents.

I've always loved being a student.

I should think I'm going to be a perpetual student.

I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.

I entered the classroom with the conviction that it was crucial for me and every other student to be an active participant, not a passive consumer...education as the practice of freedom.... education that connects the will to know with the will to become. Learning is a place where paradise can be created.

I didn't do improv in college, I never performed, I didn't do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major.

One wonders at the docility of the students who evidently must be satisfied enough with the credentials to be uncaring about the lack of education.

To the stern student of affairs, Beirut is a phenomenon, beguiling perhaps, but quite, quite impossible.

A student of James McNeill Whistler tells the great artist, 'I tend to paint what I see.' Whistler replies, 'Ah! The shock will come when you see what you paint!

This will not be a factor for Penn State medical students.

This was a struggling school, ... Test scores were down. Students were falling years behind their grade level. But the people here didn't give up on the kids.

We want the best and brightest students. I have a very inclusive definition of best and brightest. Of course that includes ACTs and test scores. But it also includes the character prospective students display. That shows there's a place for them at the university.

We want students working together, learning from each other. We have wonderful role models.

We want students to understand that they need to be careful on how to protect themselves.

We want students to think about how they schedule their classes on the campus where they live and park. We're hoping to get people on buses instead of driving, especially during peak times.

We want students to take these tests very seriously,

We want students to start to take control of their education.

We want students to know what they are getting into, ... The recruiters mention travel, but they don't mention the Middle East.

We want students to know we're ready for them as soon as possible, so they can make plans and prepare for a great university experience.

We want students to go on these trips. They are educational and valuable. For instance, one group is going to Venezuela, another to Mexico and another to help Hurricane Katrina victims in the south.

We want students to cross invisible boundaries of race, color, religion and ethnicity.

We want students to come to City Hall and voice their opinions, ... Students often think their opinions won't be heard, but with Sammy he's always ready to listen.

We want students to bring their parents and family members to see this. Everyone needs to know what can - and does - happen when people drink and drive, or let others drink and drive.

We are not as busy as we will be, because many of the new students have not discovered us yet.

We are not a legislative branch where we vote on items but rather a forum where students can voice their concerns.

We did not have much of a break. The teachers, faculty and I all worked to get our offices and classrooms set up before the students returned. I think the community will be proud of our new facility.

We did not anticipate the reaction would be so negative from graduate students and some faculty. That realization really impacted me emotionally. It was one of those things where you thought you were trying to do the right thing and you found out you were doing harm.

We'd especially like to see students from the hospitality program.

What we're envisioning now is developing a set of services that students, faculty and staff are asking for and that we can deliver efficiently. Bell Tower will serve as a blueprint for how to develop an infrastructure at Duke to support growth in emerging digital data, audio and video applications in new and existing buildings on campus.

What we're doing right now is working with our school officials, making sure students are isolated and stay out of school during the infectious period, which is nine days.

What we're concerned about is providing a Web site for students that's a reflection of everyday student life. If that means at times they're engaging in behavior that some people don't like, well that's an issue that can be talked about.

There is a situation at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette that public health is monitoring. Three students have contracted meningitis and one has died from a blood infection that has the same bacteria as meningitis. Our office is working with the university to address the situation.

There is a significant shortage of minority graduate business school students choosing hospital and health care management as a career. At HCA, we face this issue every day as we recruit young talent into our executive development program. Recognizing this growing problem, Barbara and I wanted to make a personal commitment to increasing minority leadership in health care. Given that Fuqua has the premier MBA Health Sector Management program in the country, a scholarship program aimed at minority students seemed to us the best way to fulfill this commitment.

There is a relationship between fast food consumption and being a student. Fast food is on campuses and students take classes all day.

There is a real historic opportunity to take what has obviously been just a terrible thing and create something good out of it. If the business-as-usual, adult-centered agenda rules the day, it would be a real tragedy for the students in New Orleans. People around the nation who are poised to help bring resources to the table might turn their attention to other places.

There is a program called Keeper of the Bridge; in the old days there was a keeper of the bridge who cared for the bridges, fixed things and watched over it. Keeper of the Bridge program encourages students to learn about and adopt covered bridges. It seems to help cut down on the vandalism because the students take a moral ownership of the bridge.

There are more college kids in IT-related programs, but universities still are not keeping up with industry demand. About 30,000 to 35,000 students will graduate this year in all computer science-related fields. But that represents a 10-1 spread between the supply of students and the shortage.

There are millions of eligible students who are not getting services. We have got to correct that. At its face value, it's wrong.

The only way to provide relief to the most students would be to do an administrative boundary change and move any new students into Halley Elementary School. It's the only thing we can think of that we can do and have changes in place for this school year.

There are fewer and fewer places teaching horticulture, so it's important for students to take this at the high school level and go on to college and study. It's a profession we need to keep going. Flowers are important in our lives today.

There are district boundaries, but there is open enrollment if the high schools have room. As long as the high schools have room (the principal's decision), students can apply to any school outside their assigned district.

We decided to make these changes as a result of input that we've gotten from graduate deans, ... They wanted us to see if we could improve the validity of the GRE scores. Specifically, they wanted us to revise the test so that the skills that we were measuring were closer in line with the skills students need for their graduate studies.

We decided the best way to go is to not target the students with the bad behavior, but the ones around them; work on more of a reverse peer pressure type campaign.

We decided that trust is very important when you are looking for things like babysitting services. People should determine who can see their classified ads. You might decide you only want to share them with your email contacts or other students if you are at a university.

We've been impressed and proud of the schools and students who have responded graciously and generously. Many students have spent their own lunch money and hard-earned savings to give to the victims of the storm.

We've been hugely successful in igniting debate. We've seen a number of chapters of Students for Academic Freedom formed, and there's more response in people standing up for rights they have on campus.