The phrase "a type of student" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when categorizing or describing a specific group or characteristic of students.
Example: "In our research, we identified a type of student who excels in collaborative learning environments."
Alternatives: "a category of student" or "a kind of student".
Both programs are an authorization to work and are a type of student aid.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the German nationalist movement, represented by the Freedom Party and its affiliated organisations, was very active in universities, where the Burschenschaften, a type of student fraternity, helped spread German nationalist and liberal views.
A fellowship is a type of graduate student financial support that is awarded to a graduate student to support them in their full-time course of study, without the obligation to teach or perform research.
Because the pull from the East to the West is strong, the apparent ease with which Chinese natives find their way into U.S. laboratories may have inadvertently "created a different type of student," suggests Caren Chang, an assistant professor in molecular biology at the University of Maryland, College Park.
In the previous post, we looked at a debate on the value of a certain type of student writing assignments.
Indeed, it may take a special type of student to successfully complete a three-year curriculum.
Q: When you have a state like Michigan in which you've got a lot of very poor charter schools, does that hurt a particular type of student more than others?
Traditional courses run at newer schools seem to attract a different type of student: older and more likely to be white and from a less affluent family background than students on traditional courses at established schools (table 1).
Each site appeals to a different type of student.
Some admissions officers are skeptical that ending traditional class rank improves acceptance rates; others acknowledge that a certain type of student benefits.
While the detonation of hydrogen balloons will no doubt excite a certain type of student, as Dr Mark Lorch notes, it does nothing for the individual with their hands over their ears.
