The phrase "a graduate compared" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to compare a graduate to something else, but it lacks context and clarity.
Example: "In the study, a graduate compared to their peers showed significant improvement in critical thinking skills."
Alternatives: "a graduate in comparison" or "a graduate when compared".
The premium that employers pay to a college graduate compared with that to a high school graduate has soared since 1970, because of higher demand for technical and communication skills at the top of the scale and a collapse in demand for unskilled and semiskilled workers at the bottom.
Similarly, students who reported loss of at least one parent also presented higher frequency of clinical depressive symptoms (39.7% vs. 23.7%, p 0.017), as well as those from higher educational attainment family backgrounds (i.e. 35.5% vs. 30.5 vs. 23.4, p < 0.001 among those whose father was a University graduate compared to lower educational attainment.
If the mother is on social welfare or a house-wife, the student is less likely to graduate compared to students with an employed mother (the reference).
The American Enterprise Institute noted in a 2012 report that at community colleges only 1 in 4 students graduate, compared to 3 in 5 at four-year schools.
At James Madison University in Virginia, 80percentt of "native" freshmen graduate compared with 72percentt of transfers.
He said, O.K., how many more kids will these new schools graduate, compared with the schools they are replacing?
Eighty percent of seniors graduate, compared with 60percentt citywide, and 95percentt attend two- or four-year colleges, said Andrew Jacob, an Education Department spokesman.
Teachers spend two years in front of students before they graduate, compared with one semester or less in many programs.
An African American MBA graduate compared notes with her fellow classmates after interviews to learn that she was the only one being asked about diversity; her classmates, in contrast, received substantive case study questions.
A 2011 survey found that 61 percent of students who worked in a paid internship were offered a job when they graduated, compared with 38 percent of students who took an unpaid position.
