Sentences with phrase «balancing academic demands»

Balancing academic demands and service projects is tricky, but well - worth the time and effort, according to Vincent.

Not exact matches

Our kids are facing significantly more challenging academic demands, and they're expected to balance that with a schedule full of extracurriculars.

Genuinely acknowledging and rewarding these other key impact factors, such as societal engagement, teaching excellence, and input and deliberation at key meetings and conference participation could go a long way toward balancing the demands of academic output to publish alone, thus lessening the pressure to spend endless weekends and vacation time writing for quantity rather than quality.

Enter the world of the U.S. Naval Academy, where student - athletes must not only balance the rigorous demands of an elite academic institution with top - tier collegiate football, but must also prepare themselves for naval service.

In our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parents.

Tensions around operational efficiency and academic program will demand compromise; balancing the needs of teachers vs. the needs of front office and support staff are a constant give - and - take.

The secretary, a former Harvard forward who shoots hoops with President Obama, is demanding a healthier balance between academics and athletics in the nation's universities.

Juggling undergraduate study with a part - time job is demanding, so how do you set about getting the right balance between your work, academic and social commitments?