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  • More generally, on the rising educational and class levels among evangelicals, see Rebekah Peeples Massengil, “Educational Attainment and Cohort Change Among Conservative Protestants,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 47, no.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • The study, titled "Persistence and Attainment of 2003-04 Beginning Postsecondary Students: After 6 Years" PDF looked at the behavior of students who enrolled in an institution of higher education for the first time in the 2003-04 school year and reflects data collected over the past six years.

    Less Than Half Of College Students Attained Degrees In The Last 6 Years, New Study Shows Danielle Wiener-Bronner 2010

  • Attainment rose during the 1950s and 1960s when standards were constant but then stagnated in the 1970s.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • The study, titled "Persistence and Attainment of 2003-04 Beginning Postsecondary Students: After 6 Years" PDF looked at the behavior of students who enrolled in an institution of higher education for the first time in the 2003-04 school year and reflects data collected over the past six years.

    Less Than Half Of College Students Attained Degrees In The Last 6 Years, New Study Shows Danielle Wiener-Bronner 2010

  • Attainment of a good life next time around is possible due to other sentient beings, as is the attainment of liberation from cyclic existence.

    Becoming Enlightened Dalai Lama 2009

  • Attainment of Buddhahood relies on others, since the distinctive practices for achieving that state are love, compassion, and the altruistic intention to become enlightened, which come from taking notice of suffering beings and being moved from the depths of your heart to bring help and happiness to them.

    Becoming Enlightened Dalai Lama 2009

  • Attainment of a good future life is based on moral actions performed in relation to sentient beings.

    Becoming Enlightened Dalai Lama 2009

  • The image of the Ferengi ship was replaced by that of its young commander, a boy barely past the Age of Attainment.

    Star Trek: TNG: Losing the Peace William Leisner 2009

  • Attainment of a good future life is based on moral actions performed in relation to sentient beings.

    Becoming Enlightened Dalai Lama 2009

  • Attainment of Buddhahood relies on others, since the distinctive practices for achieving that state are love, compassion, and the altruistic intention to become enlightened, which come from taking notice of suffering beings and being moved from the depths of your heart to bring help and happiness to them.

    Becoming Enlightened Dalai Lama 2009

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