The students did much of the hard work of bringing out voters and watching over ballot boxes.

ECONOMIST: Defeat for Hugo Ch��vez

It happened thanks to the hard work of students here at Forsyth, the commitment of local leaders, foresight of local business leaders -- most importantly, it happened because there was a decision made to invest in the collective future of this community.

WHITEHOUSE: Education, Innovation & The Economy

It is very gratifying to receive recognition for all the hard work done by students, families, teachers, staff, school board members, administrative leadership and the community as a whole.

WHITEHOUSE: Providing Services for Success

If success in school is a function of intelligence and hard work, and less intelligent students have to work harder to achieve the same grades as their more intelligent counterparts, only hard work seems to matter in predicting career success.

FORBES: What Makes Some MBAs Wildly Successful?

Every day, I see my students work hard to overcome obstacles just to be in the classroom.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House Blog: Dr. Jill Biden

We must also eliminate barriers for those students who work hard to acquire STEM skills but lack the funds to attend four-year colleges by providing scholarship programs and support through organizations like NACME ( National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering), Society of Women Engineers (SWE), and Industry groups like the American Council of Engineering Companies.

FORBES: Do Americans Have 21st Century Job Skills?

Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa in their great book Academically Adrift have taken data from a respectable indicator of critical thinking and problem solving skills, the Collegiate Learning Assessment, as well as the National Survey of Student Engagement and have concluded, roughly, that typically students neither work very hard nor learn very much.

FORBES: The Three "I's" of Higher Ed Reform