Concerns have been raised over attempts to "no platform" speakers with views deemed unacceptable to segments of the student body, as well as attempts to create safe spaces within universities where criticism is discouraged.
The anguish comes from faculty who already felt too familiar, by experience and by expertise, with the taxing terms and conditions of campus life for many segments of our student body.
"Social studies will alienate a large segment of the student body, including its own concentrators, if it does not reverse its decision," Mr. Rashid said.
Another city investigation — also led by the superintendent's office — determined in May that a significant segment of the student body at the renowned Duke Ellington School of the Arts appeared to live outside the District without paying the tuition required of suburbanites.
Many of the teachers say it is the Chinese, as the most rapidly expanding segment of the student body, who are beginning to lend the school an extra fillip.
Their recommendations could reasonably be distilled to: (1) host more events that appeal to particular residences or constituencies and (2) implement policies that benefit a broad segment of the student body.
Indiana University had used VR in research and creative endeavors for years, but the greater accessibility of VR hardware and apps has made the technology available to a wider segment of the student body.
At Horace Mann high school in affluent Riverdale, New York, one of the top schools in the country, those who receive double time on tests are plentiful enough to qualify as their own segment of the student body.
For the small segment of the student body engaged in these, they have the pleasure of hours-long concentration aimed at mastery, and of the psychic rewards that come from both.
There are millions of others like Mariela – children with at least one immigrant parent are a growing segment of the US student body today, and will be a large share of the US workforce in the future.
Predominantly female student body.
