Sentence examples for pressure colleges from inspiring English sources

Students who have signed on see it as a conscious imitation of the successful effort in the 1980s to pressure colleges and other institutions to divest themselves of the stocks of companies doing business in South Africa under apartheid.

In Tampa, Richmond and Cleveland on Thursday, he said he wants to recruit 100,000 math and science teachers, train two million workers at community colleges in the skills needed for employment, and pressure colleges to restrain tuition growth.

But under public pressure, colleges, universities and other bodies slowly began financially divesting from the South African economy, helping raise awareness, bring global attention to the issue, and lead to over $1 billion dollars in loss of American investment.

Regardless of what the federal government can and can't do on the policy side to make college easier for students to attend, some say using public forum to pressure colleges to contain costs is a good thing.

And the test is packed with pressure: college acceptances hang on the results, not to mention the approval of parents, peers and teachers.

Increased student activism could successfully pressure college administrations to improve the working conditions of their low-wage workers.

A group that pressures colleges not to sell apparel made with sweatshop labor had similar experiences.

In some ways, social networking sites like Facebook have pressured colleges to cede control of the roommate process.

One reason is that the Department of Education has pressured colleges and universities to deal swiftly with rape allegations in order to comply with civil-rights law and to make campuses safe for women students.

It's a rare sanctuary at one of the most high-pressure colleges in the country.

The governance problem must be addressed more directly given the growing pressures colleges and universities face.