Sentences with phrase «higher education context»

[1] Rebecca Davies, «The Changing Higher Education Context» in Melling and Weaver Collaboration in Libraries and Learning Environments (2013), pp10 — 11.

Just as the collection of race - coded mortgage data through the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) enabled regulators and citizens to better assess whether mortgage providers were affirmatively furthering fair housing, data collection is needed in the higher education context to clarify how student loan servicers and collectors can affirmatively further the Department's racial justice goals.

This 8 - week course will help you engage deeply with the most relevant research on effective and engaging teaching methods in the higher education context, entirely online.

Amanda's research interests center around accountability in P12 and Higher Education context with specific interest in the idea of P20 policy and practices and the relationship between accountability demands and those that must make sense of them.

Students in this course will engage deeply with the most relevant research on effective teaching methods in the higher education context, while refining their own practices, portfolio, and teaching philosophy.

Shannon Giroir, a MCPER postdoctoral fellow, will lead a brown bag presentation titled «ESL Learning, Social Participation, and Negotiating the «Periphery»: Saudi ESL Students in U.S. Higher Education Contexts» from noon to 1 p.m. on March 25 in the Pittenger Room (SZB 418).

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It is best to see this conflict over the mandate in the larger historical context of Catholic higher education, both here and abroad.

Catholic universities adopt many of their practices from the general context of higher education in the United States and around the world; since they emerge from the Church and draw from the heritage and teaching of the Church, it should not be surprising to non «Catholics that the Catholic universities also relate features of Catholic heritage to the university.

Take the writings in their context and genre > If you don't think the average education level of individuals is higher now then in the dark ages, you're delusional.

I have nevertheless tried to discern here, by tacking back and forth between them and noting certain revealing points of intersection, the shape of the conversation that provides the current context for discussion about religion and higher education.

This call for more attention to «values» takes place in the context of a general structural revision in Indian higher education.

I find this development disturbingly problematic, but it does provide, I believe, the most relevant and urgent context for the consideration of questions that address the prospective relationships between religion and higher learning or spirituality and education today.

The effects of higher education on religious orientations can be interpreted entirely at the social - psychological level or within the context of American society by itself.

My first proposal for the reorganization of higher education accented the distinctive role of the professions and the importance of liberal arts in this context.

In that context, in the following two lectures, I will say something about the history of higher education and offer proposals as to the particular responsibility of colleges and universities.

A 2005 Sociology of Education study called «The Frog Pond Revisited: High School Academic Context, Class Rank and Elite College Admission,» suggests that when you control for scholastic ability, attending a school surrounded by fellow academic superstars actually has a negative effect on your admissions chances at an elite college.

This report details the context for the cuts — a decade of underinvestment — and makes the economic case for supporting public higher education: it helps families through the current crisis, stimulates growth in the local economy, narrows racial gaps in income and education, and helps build a solid middle class for New York's future.

«Referenda would be most effective in the context of boosting public engagement if it's accompanied by good high quality public education campaigns that address the issues in a way that engages the public interest and sufficiently explains the pros and cons of the issue before them that they're being asked to vote upon,» she says.

«Isolated changes should not be made outside of the context of broader discussions about higher education policy.

«The MOU provisions in current law were specifically negotiated in 2011 in the context of a larger higher education agenda,» Cuomo wrote in his veto message.

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Working group on International Openness - The European Higher Education Area in a Global Context 2009 - 2012

Advise / support the Working Group «International Openness: European Higher Education in a Global Context» in convening a round table (with the participation of the European Commission and other main actors in higher education promotion in Europe) to devise a «road map» and to identify opportunities and actions for enhancing European - level promHigher Education in a Global Context» in convening a round table (with the participation of the European Commission and other main actors in higher education promotion in Europe) to devise a «road map» and to identify opportunities and actions for enhancing European - level pEducation in a Global Context» in convening a round table (with the participation of the European Commission and other main actors in higher education promotion in Europe) to devise a «road map» and to identify opportunities and actions for enhancing European - level promhigher education promotion in Europe) to devise a «road map» and to identify opportunities and actions for enhancing European - level peducation promotion in Europe) to devise a «road map» and to identify opportunities and actions for enhancing European - level promotion.

Through research, the company discovered that in addition to religious background and education, social context is ranked high for many daters.

Although a varied and massive array of programs comprise the Harlem Children's Zone, its charter schools have garnered perhaps the most attention, particularly in the context of controversial New York City school reforms and the larger conversation in the education world about high - stakes tests, charters, and No Child Left Behind.

But, after working in Senegal for the past five years, and Cameroon for a year before that, mostly as a high school teacher, she also knows how challenging it is to make decisions in education in a culture and context that is not hers.

Lessons in Space Inside Higher Ed, 6/18/15 «Lecturer and Project Zero Director Daniel Wilson at the Harvard Graduate School of Education commented, «space is simply a context for human behavior,» it does not necessarily motivate particular kinds of behavior (learning or otherwise) on its own.»

Please join Education Week reporter Christina Samuels as she moderates a lively discussion with leading experts on the challenges of delivering high - quality special education services in the context of a reforming higEducation Week reporter Christina Samuels as she moderates a lively discussion with leading experts on the challenges of delivering high - quality special education services in the context of a reforming higeducation services in the context of a reforming high school.

Murphy imagines a hypothetical model program called Administrative Leaders for Learning — ALL for short — that would be organized to spotlight and connect three overlapping domains of knowledge: instructional practice and learning theory, with a particular focus on high achievement for all students; the education sector, with a particular focus on schooling in context; and matters of leadership and management.

Programme highlights From early years practice to high - level debates on the provision of music education for all, the programme aimed to provide a balance of practical, advice - led sessions, useful practice - sharing workshops and discussion to broaden thinking both on practice and the broader political context of musical and cultural education.

Over the last three years I have focused my instructional design efforts on a specific context: higher education courses delivered via a learning management system (LMS) by subject matter experts (SMEs).

Indeed, the whole point of Anchor Standards in ELA and the Practices in Mathematics is to establish the genres of performance (e.g., argumentation in writing and speaking, and solving problems set in real - world contexts) that must recur across the grades in order to develop the capacities needed for success in higher education and the workplace.

In my opinion though, they belong in the context of the conference — in which people have the opportunity to debate them — not at a closing awards dinner meant to cap a once - again successful and high - spirited conference on innovation in education.

«They share our commitment to create accessible high - quality education and teacher development across a range of socio - economic and cultural contexts.

«Within higher education's current turbulent context, the success of a college or university president is often measured by his or her ability to secure critical institutional resources through effective «friendraising» and fundraising activities,» said Lecturer Joe Zolner, faculty chair for the seminar.

Feixas, m. & zellweger, f. «faculty development in context: changing learning cultures in higher education».

The professional in - house facilities management team at Edge Hill University comprises almost 300 permanent members of staff, funded by the university and operating within the context of an extremely competitive and financially challenging higher education sector.

The research in this field has informed the literature on eLearner satisfaction and eLearners» intention to continue using eLearning in different contexts from higher education to corporate training.

Much has been written and studied regarding choice in education — on charter schools, vouchers, choice among district schools, and much more — but the idea, so powerful in our economy and in other enterprises, including higher education, has rarely been examined in the context of federalism and the appropriate roles of Washington and lower levels of government.

Students can investigate possible internships in diverse educational contexts (e.g., in schools and alternative educational settings, higher education, NGOs, research organizations and labs, public agencies and non-profits, museums, private corporations, technology, as well as other professional settings related to their academic studies.

«This review is a timely opportunity to demonstrate how the national reform agenda can be successfully tailored to the specific needs and context of high performing state education system.

Greg was known for his commitment to producing balanced, thorough, high - quality reporting that could improve American education, and for his keen eye on journalistic detail and big - picture context.

This increasing diversity of the school - aged population has occurred within the context of the standards - based education movement and its accompanying high - stakes accountability testing.

«A Time for Sight: The Debate over Color Blindness and Race - Consciousness in School Integration Policy,» Curriculum Connections In light of the 2007 Supreme Court decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, ADL offers this comprehensive lesson that examines the debate over school integration within the broader context of the Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 and the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AK in 1957.

Each of the applications will be subject to peer review in the context of five priority areas: supporting effective teachers and principals; promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics education; supporting the implementation of high academic content standards and high - quality assessments; turning around low - performing schools; and improving graduation rates in rural schools.

Founded in 2006 by East San Jose native and National Board Certified Teacher Frances Teso, Voices is a public charter school network with a mission to prepare all students for the challenges of higher education through the context of an academically rigorous dual - language program.

As Green (2004) explains, «[b] ecause the courts no longer legitimize race - conscious remedies as a means of correcting societal discrimination, a new camp surfaces and argues that within the context of higher education, racial diversity is important to educational excellence and a democratic society» (379).

The administration achieves this reduction by slashing or eliminating funding for scores of K - 12, higher education, and adult literacy programs by even more than $ 9.2 billion in order to finance massive increases in defense spending coupled with, in the education context, a more than $ 1 billion allocation for Title I portability programs and private school vouchers.25

You will complete coursework in one of three concentrations, Higher Education Administration, PreK - 12 Educational Leadership, or No Sub-Concentration, as you consider how personal and professional narratives, context, relationships, historical inequities, and contemporary issues affect and guide administration at any level.