The phrase "awards students" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of giving recognition or prizes to students for their achievements or accomplishments.
Example: "The school hosts an annual ceremony where it awards students for their academic excellence and extracurricular contributions."
Alternatives: "recognizes students" or "honors students".
These unintended consequences are worsened by Accelerated Reader, which awards students points for books based on length and difficulty alone, and is used in more than 75,000 schools from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.
That "A+ status" refers to a program that awards students two tuition-free years at a junior college.
While the Dean's List at most schools begin at a 3.5 GPA, Saint Anselm awards students with the honor at a 3.0 GPA.
But that all changed when a fellow student at Westminster College, Sneha Bhandari (also from Nepal), told Rai about the Clinton Global Initiative -- a challenge that, in partnership with the Resolution Project Inc., awards students the funding needed for innovative solutions to the World's most pressing problems.
Mr. Walcott upped the ante on that approach this summer, asking the public to e-mail him with any accusation, after The New York Post published a series of anonymous complaints of high schools' awarding students credit they did not deserve.
The university's financial aid officers automatically award students all federal, state and institutional grants for which they qualify.
After calculating the raw number of each award students from an individual institution won over the examined period, each award was given a weight.
They met staff and Duke of Edinburgh Award students at the centre before the queen unveiled a plaque to mark the occasion.
Instead, this approach tends to award students who are good at memorization and therefore may perform well on tests, but who may not have a basic understanding of the topic (Alberts 2009; Lord 1998; Powell 2003; Walker et al. 2008).
After calculating the raw number of each award students from an institution won over the examined period, each award is weighted to reflect the award's competitiveness and prestige.
Aside from Villanueva's award, students earned superlatives like "most likely to cry for every little thing" and "most likely to become homeless".
