Sentence examples for commodity students from inspiring English sources

Back in the day, before the printing press made books a widely available commodity, students sat through class transcribing each and every word of a published work, as dictated by the teacher.

As with other commodities, students are looking for that magic combination of quality, affordability and convenience.

A 2008 study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that by the time many healthier commodities reach students, "they have about the same nutritional value as junk foods".

What's a lowly humanities professor to do? Join in! Students are commodities when they graduate.

As Christopher Ruemke, manager of the trading room, led a commodities workshop with his students, Mr. Bauml sat nearby, a telephone to each ear.

She noted, ?To be on the frontier of discovery and in the vanguard of innovation requires new capabilities and skills that are qualitatively different from production-line education that turns students into commodities in the global marketplace at the cheapest price.? Crawford emphasized the importance of broad training, calling a narrow focus on a single specialty a recipe for disaster.

Too many universities, it seems, are behaving more like commercial enterprises than academic institutions, with students treated as commodities needing to be processed with the minimum of effort, instead of being given a thorough education to help them navigate life's choices as thoughtful and compassionate adults.

When a university is more concerned with its image, its marketability and the 'added value' of its degrees, the student is no longer a student – they become a commodity and education becomes a service.

It's about branding as for any other commodities, "high touch" features to entice students, and, above all, tuition discounting.

The students and their debts are commodities.

Since Sept. 17, Jeff Bauml and two dozen other traders have been buying and selling crude oil, silver, sugar and other commodities just a few feet away from students.