Transnational families assert that they so value their children's education that they are willing to sacrifice their marital relationship and other social dimensions of family life in order to improve their children's English proficiency and to support their children to attain diplomas from prestigious colleges (Lee 2010a).
Barbara loved poetry, theatre and art, and attained a diploma in fine art in retirement.
It is recognised that the sampled HCPs for this study may have varying academic and professional education backgrounds; hence, no HCPs were excluded based on their academic history, especially for older medical practitioners who may have attained a Diploma in Medicine in the earlier years of medical education in China [ 51].
All principals must complete 1200 hours of a two-tier diploma training to attain a Diploma in Pre-school Education-Teaching (700 hours) and a Diploma in Pre-school Education-Leadership (500 hours) by January 2006.
My parents knew that their carefully forged careers and degrees and diplomas attained with pride in the Soviet Union would count for squat in our new homeland.
We must make college practical but not excessively so, lower its price without lowering its standards and increase the number of diplomas attained without diminishing not only their currency in the job market but also the fitness of the country's work force in a cutthroat world.
Following qualifications in Mass Communications, Ibukun worked as a broadcaster and journalist abroad, before returning to London to attain a Diploma of Distinction in Journalism and News writing from the London School of Journalism.
Of these, 57 percent were in the process of attaining their diploma while 25percentt were earning their baccalaureate.
Comparable results are obtained when the development of competencies is considered as a function of the school leaving certificate (school diploma) attained prior to enrolling in a transitional programme.
The alternative diploma, attained through the LEAP Alternate Assessment, Level 1 (LAA1) graduation pathway, allows students with severe disabilities to forgo typical academic expectations and requirements, and it doesn't end with the high school diploma.
