Whereas a high percentage of the regular students can be expected to read other texts which more or less plow the same ground in a little different direction, the married students chose whole books on specific areas and went into much greater detail in their areas of interest.

It is interesting that, although the percentage of married students is not appreciably higher at Brooklyn than elsewhere -- about 30 per cent of the women and 25 per cent of the men in the graduating class -- the anxiety of the unmarried has puffed up the estimate.

Evolution of the percentage of students in bilingual education.

ROTC lost the vote ( which would not have been binding on the administration, and did not include graduate students, faculty, or alumni ) by a fraction of a percentage point.

* Removal of a certain percentage of students for improvisation of academics ( usually practiced in schools, after 10th grade )

Adjuncts teach a large percentage of undergraduate students and are often paid less than janitors.

A high percentage of Berea graduates go on to graduate and professional schools, and the college is also active in international programs, with about half of Berea students studying abroad before graduation.

Though the percentage of male students who obtained the scholarship for maths is higher than the percentage of female students who obtained that scholarship, and the percentage of male students who obtained the scholarship for physics is higher than the percentage of female students who obtained that scholarship, the percentage of male students who obtained a scholarship ( for maths or for physics ) is lower than the percentage of female students who obtained a scholarship.

Also, among the latter a large percentage soon acquire the prevalent Southern attitude on most social problems.

This action was rationalized on the basis of a small survey which indicated that a high percentage of married freshmen women on our campus never become sophomores.

She may not have been exact on this number, but others here feel quite certain that the percentage would be less than ten.

Being a dimensionless fraction, it may also be expressed as a percentage, and is measured on a scale from zero for no reflecting power of a perfectly black surface, to 1 for perfect reflection of a white surface.

Even though they had the advantage of fighting on the defensive, the Confederate forces had " almost as high a percentage of casualties as the Union forces ".

The publisher of a work might receive a percentage calculated on a wholesale or a specific price and or a fixed amount on each book that is sold.

Publishers would receive a percentage on the sale of every copy of a book, and the author would receive the rest of the money made.

Ghostwriters, technical writers, and textbooks writers are typically paid in a different way: usually a set fee or a per word rate rather than on a percentage of sales.

The novel is believed to be based on the cholera epidemic that killed a large percentage of Oran's population in 1849 following French colonization, but the novel is placed in the 1940s.

Architects ' fee structures are typically based on a percentage of construction value, hourly rates or a fixed lump sum fee.

The primary areas in which the charity is now carrying on programs to achieve its charitable purposes, ranked according to the percentage of time and resources devoted to each program area follow:

The primary areas in which the charity is now carrying on programs to achieve its charitable purposes, ranked according to the percentage of time and resources devoted to each program area follow:

* Ash ( analytical chemistry ), the compounds that remain after a scientific sample is burned ; commonly reported as a percentage on pet food labels

OPS adds the hitter's on base percentage ( number of times reached base by any means divided by total plate appearances ) to his slugging percentage ( total bases divided by at bats ).

Some argue that the OPS formula is flawed and that more weight should be shifted towards OBP ( on base percentage ).

* LOB %— Left on base percentage: LOB % represents the percentage of baserunners a pitcher does not allow to score.

* W — Win: number of games where pitcher was pitching while his team took the lead and went on to win, also the starter needs to pitch at least 5 innings of work ( also related: winning percentage )

* Pythagorean expectation: estimates a team's expected winning percentage based on runs scored and runs allowed.

In baseball, an at bat ( AB ) or time at bat is used to calculate certain statistics, including batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage.

Competitors came to receive higher percentage of General Motors business in later years, but it is `` likely '' that this trend stemmed `` at least in part '' from the needs of General Motors outstripping Du Pont's capacity.

Because of this, it would appear inevitable that an increasing percentage of strategic missiles will seek self-protection in mobility -- at least until missile defenses are perfected which have an exceedingly high kill probability.

One of the reasons for the high percentage of Jewish teen-agers in college is that a great many urban Jews are enabled to attend local colleges at modest cost.

Some contracts specify a scale of royalties payable ( for example, where royalties start at 10 % for the first 10, 000 sales, but then increase to a higher percentage rate at higher sale thresholds ).

The Falcons had the NFL's second best winning percentage at home during the period of 2008 to 2010 with a. 833 percentage.

However, the nickname is also factually accurate, as the city ’ s tree coverage percentage is at 36 %, the highest out of all major American cities, and above the national average of 27 %.

With an uneasy peace in place, output recovered in 1996-99 at high percentage rates from a low base ; but output growth slowed in 2000-02.

* OBP — On base percentage: times reached base ( H + BB + HBP ) divided by at bats plus walks plus hit by pitch plus sacrifice flies ( AB + BB + HBP + SF ).

This happens when a player has almost no walks or times hit by pitch, with a higher number of sacrifice flies ( e. g. if a player has 2 hits in 6 at bats plus a sacrifice fly, his batting average would be. 333, but his on-base percentage would be. 286 ).

Low levels of mobile penetration – which stand at 30 percent, a significantly lower percentage than in the rest of the continent – dampen the potential expansion of access to financial services through mobile technology.

Since a large percentage of the collisions between motor and pedal vehicles occur at night, bicycle lighting is recommended for safety when bicycling at night.

In that same span the Cardinals have had 45 seasons in which their winning percentage was over. 500, while the Cubs have finished over that mark 19 times ( they finished at an even. 500 twice ).

However: intake valve closure ( sealing the cylinder ) always takes place after BDC, which may cause some of the intake charge to be compressed backwards out of the cylinder by the rising piston at very low speeds ; only the percentage of the stroke after intake valve closure is compressed.

A study published in 2011 by the U. S. Department of Education found that " From 2000 to 2008, the percentage of undergraduates enrolled in at least one distance education class expanded from 8 percent to 20 percent, and the percentage enrolled in a distance education degree program increased from 2 percent to 4 percent.