Sentence examples for vie for students from inspiring English sources

Columbia Law School and New York University Law School may vie for students and professors, but today their deans, DAVID LEEBRON of Columbia and RICHARD REVESZ of N.Y.U., will announce a pilot program to allow their students to take courses at each other's schools.

That format means teachers or courses are pitted against each other in a sense, vying for students' attention and money.

As overseas study has become a prized credential of the undergraduate experience, a competitive, even cutthroat, industry has emerged, with an army of vendors vying for student money and universities moving to profit from the boom.

Facebook is a highly competitive information space, where entertainment, commerce, games, and non-academic interests vie for a student's (and everyone else's) attention.

Nor should we expect schools to vie with one another for students, as businesses vie for customers, advertising their wares and marketing their services.

He was concerned that the department might become less competitive in vying for top students.

It will also offer competitions for students to  vie for awards and help pay for college tuition.

For Interns, It's Nice to Feel Wanted Again By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT Every spring, college students vie for coveted summer internship spots at the top investment banks.

51 EDUCATION New Challenges for Applicants A growing number of students vie for a static number of slots at the nation's 3,500 colleges and universities, perhaps 50 the focus of feverish interest.

A challenge is to vie for the attention of students who are exposed to a steady stream of brilliant audio and visual stimulation.

As that small number suggests, these institutions educate India's academic elite; more than 300,000 students vie for this small number of entry-level seats.