The phrase "a shift of students" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a change in the number or distribution of students, such as in enrollment or attendance.
Example: "The school experienced a shift of students from the local area to neighboring districts, impacting its funding and resources."
Alternatives: "a change in student demographics" or "a movement of students".
The policy went into effect for the 2011 entering class at UT. 5Cohodes and Goodman (forthcoming) find that a scholarship program in Massachusetts led to a shifting of students into lower-quality public universities from higher-quality private universities.
We have had a huge shift of students from government to private schools.
A part-time business manager will also be hired who is able to instruct an afternoon shift of students in culinary arts and who will manage the Catering For Kids business.
"College Hill," which begins its sixth season on BET on Tuesday, revolves around a shifting group of students thrown together in a big house, in the tradition of MTV's "Real World".
Many schools have had to double up, with a quarter of all primary schools in Iraq running two or three shifts per day – meaning reduced classroom time for each shift of students.
(JG3) The students perceived a shift of emphasis from theoretical knowledge in the preclinical years to clinically oriented knowledge and reasoning in the hospital.
Although the students reported a shift of emphasis from theoretical knowledge to clinical knowledge, they also said this transition was a gradual and natural process and the encounters with real patients in the previous year had enabled them take the first steps in a protected environment.
At Mills she gives private lessons and coordinates a shifting array of student performing groups.
Perhaps the addition of an exploration into the differences between evolution and creationism may facilitate a shift in students' views of evolution.
This trend illustrates a shift from students using superficial location of taxa along the tips of the representation or ignoring the representation when forming conclusions about relationships among the taxa, to acknowledging scientific meaning in the representation and recognizing the mobile nature of trees.
