Protest leaders have claimed that an "unprecedented wave of student revolt is unfolding" - and they say they are following in the spirit of student protests of 1968.
The chaotic scenes in the lobby of 30 Millbank this afternoon, where brawling protesters overpowered thin lines of police, was unprecedented for a student protest, and considerably worse than the damage to an RBS building by activists at last year's G20 demonstration.
They are burdened by unprecedented levels of student debt, and as the publishing industry mutates, it's far from clear that when the music stops, most will be able to have the New York life with the job and the apartment and some minimal level of health insurance that, 30 years ago, they would have assumed was their right.
Unprecedented growth in student enrolment, rising from 337,000 in 1980 to an estimated 4,000,000 in 2004 and the expansion of training programs, especially at the undergraduate level, have occurred at a time when per capita funding for universities is being reduced [ 1].
Commenting on the findings, he said: "Today's students face an unprecedented financial burden with student loan and tuition fee debt higher than ever before".
With greater demand than ever before, pressure for clearing was unprecedented, with many students desperate to secure a place in the September 2011 entry before tuition fees treble next year.
In the case of Harvard, an unprecedented number of students were forced to withdraw, setting back their career plans for up to 2 years.
Unprecedented federal investments in student aid were pioneered in the original GI Bill and then bolstered in response to Sputnik and through the passage of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Under his leadership, the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind experienced "unprecedented success" and its student body began to grow due to Covell's initiatives.
Days after it was criticized by lawmakers for failing to make gains with students struggling with English, the city's Department of Education released a report on Tuesday showing that unprecedented numbers of those students became proficient in English last year and that more of them passed state tests in English and math.
