Sentence examples for mainstream university from inspiring English sources

Some institutions are said to take foreigners with weak qualifications because they can charge them more which irks well-heeled British parents who would happily pay more for a place at a mainstream university.In a country where education and privilege remain neurotically intertwined, that option is politically impossible.

Although their university enrollment has increased dramatically over the past two decades, deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) students face great challenges and a tremendous environmental adjustment when entering a mainstream university.

The goal of most IEPs is to provide students with the language skills and learning strategies they need to develop communicative competence in English, for the purpose of helping them to succeed in mainstream university classes (Hillyard et al., 2007).

The IEP in this study is located at a southwestern US university and was established to prepare international students for academic success in mainstream university classes by improving their English proficiency and academic skills.

Depending on their performance on the placement test, students could be unconditionally admitted to the university, or placed into an appropriate level at the IEP for English instruction before advancing to mainstream university classes.

Given the variety of speaking situations that ELLs will encounter, many North American universities have created intensive English programs (IEPs), which offer instruction to prepare ELLs for the language (and academic) demands required in mainstream university classes.

The quality of education will need to improve if CIDA's degree is to compare with that of mainstream universities.

"I've had offers from mainstream universities," he says, "but I've never had any problem turning them down.

But we are not merely an alternative; we are a direct challenge to the contemporary structure of mainstream universities.

Like Mr. McLendon, he moved across the coaching landscape, from black colleges to mainstream universities and back again.

"There's a perception among young people from less affluent backgrounds," says Gunnell, "that they're being priced out of mainstream universities.