The phrase "a university compared" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to introduce a comparison involving a university, but it lacks context and clarity.
Example: "In the study, a university compared to others showed significant improvements in student engagement."
Alternatives: "a university in comparison" or "a university when compared".
Our results showed that, even though siblings grew up in similar family environments, 2007 graduates (younger siblings) were less likely to attend college, be enrolled in a university compared to a community college, and reported working in lower quality jobs as compared to 2005 graduates (older siblings).
Out of 100 Germans, only 16 will graduate from a university, compared to an average of 27 in other industrialized countries, an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development study finds.
And because of differences in state tuition, Vermont families must spend nearly 40percentt of their annual income to send a child to a state university, compared with families in Utah, where the figure is 17percentt.
The IFS research showed August-born children were 20% more likely to study for vocational qualifications if they stayed on in education, and 20% less likely to be at a leading university compared with a September-born teenager.
And because college costs are rising so quickly, the maximum Pell grant now covers only about a third of the average cost of attending a public university, compared with three-quarters in the 1970s, when the program began.
Just 6% of black school leavers attended a Russell Group university compared with 12% of mixed and Asian students and 11% of white school leavers.
It is easier to get a UK visa than US and it is also easier to get admission to a top UK university compared to a top US university which requires students to take the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT).
They are also 20% less likely to be at a leading Russell Group university compared with a September-born teenager.
For example, previous research has reported that students educated at state grammar schools (that usually include some element of criterion-based selection for admission, in contrast to other types of state school) do not have poorer performance on the UKCAT, at A level, or in university compared to those receiving an independent (private) schooling [ 10].
Among better-off children, 39% had a positive attitude towards university compared with 27% of the disadvantaged, and poor white boys were the least interested group of all.
In parts of Barrow-in-Furness for example, less than 16% of school leavers go to university, compared with a national average of 31%.
