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faculty scholarship covers topics as diverse as «causal reasoning» and the brain; the study of black and Latino family engagement with schools; school reform and teacher leadership; the history of American education; using collaborative data inquiry to improve teaching and learning; and how an understanding of social psychology can improve teaching and learning in the classroom.
Predictably, the recent announcement of the U.S. News and World Report's law school rankings has generated observations about some of the factors underlying the rankings, from bar passage rates and
faculty scholarship to whether the rankings are at all meaningful.
From Loyola Law School in Los Angeles comes this blog, which will serve as a clearinghouse for faculty commentary on a range of issues and highlight
faculty scholarship.
On - line schools argue that legal education could be 50 % to 75 % cheaper if it didn't have to support multi-million dollar library collections, bricks and mortar school buildings, and
faculty scholarship.
Paul went on to argue that, while existing rankings based on
faculty scholarship are undoubtedly important, more metrics need to be developed to assess other aspects of a professor's value to the institution, particularly with regard to the student experience (the «missing ingredient» in existing rankings).
The Office of Admissions and
faculty scholarship committee select the recipient.
Not exact matches
Combined (including Dalhousie law and the soon - to - be-settled school of education), they comprise 15,000 students and more than 2,500
faculty, have annual spending of $ 270 million, occupy 1.6 million square feet and give out 6,000
scholarships.
In April 2016 it was the recipient of an additional $ 30 - million gift from the estate of Joseph Rotman (along with matching funding from the University of Toronto) that will support
scholarships,
faculty positions and new infrastructure.
The endowment value declined from $ 25.6 billion on June 30, 2015, to $ 25.4 billion on June 30, 2016, net of spending that supports
faculty salaries, student
scholarships, and other expenses.
Furnish equipment, systems, and user support to aid outstanding
faculty committed to teaching and
scholarship.
In general neither Oxford students nor
faculty expressed much interest in godliness — or, according to numerous critics, in
scholarship.
Amazingly, his fellow - Jew Alan Dershowitz, a law professor at Harvard and a prominent defender of Israel, has been emailing
faculty and administrators at DePaul with accusations of «shoddy
scholarship, lying, and anti-semitism».
Moderates, especially those on the Concordia
faculty, were convinced that their use of modern methods of biblical
scholarship in no way undermined their commitment to Christian faith and Lutheran orthodoxy.
My strong impression, based on these data, is that
faculty tend to spend too much rather than too little time in church activities, and that
scholarship and involvements beyond the church consequently sometimes suffer.
This apparent humility that is actually passivity is tempted to even greater extremes as our academic institutions become larger, cultivate more specialized
faculties, and thus make possible more accurate teaching and
scholarship and more penetrating specialized inquiry.
Even denominational seminaries often buy into criteria of «excellence» that serve the universities - which means
faculty members need to publish more distinguished specialized
scholarship.
One university divinity school dean told me that he himself values the writing his
faculty does for laypeople in the church, but tenure decisions are made by a universitywide committee, and chemists, economists and other scholars will dismiss more popular writing as «obviously not
scholarship.»
As seminaries expanded dramatically after World War II, their most distinguished and influential
faculty looked to German
scholarship.
Perhaps federal funding of research by
faculty and departments affiliated with these programs, along with federal funding of
scholarships etc. should be reviewed.
At a
faculty meeting at yet another university - related divinity school, a new
faculty member was accepted after he had made it emphatically clear that he would never let his personal faith impinge upon his teaching and
scholarship.
A portion of my
scholarship over the past two decades has been devoted to introducing the Orthodox tradition to evangelical students and
faculty in North America.
What every Christian academic institution needs is not merely
faculty members who are Christians in some minimal sense, but scholars who take their Christian faith so seriously that they believe it should be integrated with their
scholarship.
Typically the board of trustees was reconfigured to follow administrative leadership without let or hindrance, the
faculty was tamed with increased emoluments and funds for
scholarship, and the donors and public were won over by a rhetoric of assurance.
In labs, concert halls, studios, and theaters, our
faculty members make significant contributions to the world of
scholarship and creative activity.
At the same luncheon, Rodolfo Dirzo, the Bing Professor in Environmental Science, will receive the Miriam Aaron Roland Volunteer Service Prize, which recognizes Stanford
faculty who engage and involve students in integrating academic
scholarship with significant and meaningful volunteer service to society.
Further the EATA
scholarship recipients are selected based on their grade point average, a student essay,
faculty recommendations, athletic training clinical experiences, service, extracurricular activities, leadership and awards.
Contact info for your supervising athletic trainer,
faculty member, or other references required for your
scholarship category.
In fact, in addition to the
faculty union, skeptics of the program have included the CUNY Graduate Center's newspaper, the president of the SUNY Student Assembly, and SUNY's own trustees; an academic program coordinator at CUNY's Borough of Manhattan Community College offered a point - by - point evisceration of the
scholarship in an op - ed for Inside Higher Ed.
The United University Professions, the union that represents SUNY
faculty, has opened the application period for $ 3,000
scholarships for up to four SUNY undergraduates, and one graduate or professional student.
Under his leadership, the Foundation raised millions of dollars for
scholarships, student support, campus improvements and
faculty development.
He added that
faculty upgrade would also be done at the two Polytechnics through the offering of
scholarships so that lecturers could improve on their qualifications as part of the eligibility criteria for the conversion into technical universities.http: / / ghanapoliticsonline.com
Candidates for Astronaut
Scholarship Foundation
scholarships are nominated by department heads and
faculty members at 17 cooperating educational institutions.
Syracuse's
faculty manual says the university is «committed to longstanding traditions of
scholarship as well as evolving perspectives» and will continue to «support scholars in all of these traditions, including
faculty who choose to participate in engaged
scholarship.
In an increasingly interdisciplinary academy, many probationary
faculty note the ambiguity that arises from frequent changes in department chairs and differences of opinion within and among departments about what areas of
scholarship, what methodologies, and what publication outlets count the most toward promotion.
LaNessa Jackson, a sophomore majoring in computer science, says a
scholarship would reduce her debt and let her spend more time with
faculty members in preparation for graduate school.
Thus, we demand quite a lot of our new
faculty, and a job at HMC will appeal to people who respect and want the balance between
scholarship, teaching, and mentorship.»
According to Goel, the university is not attempting to raise the standards of tenure review; rather it wants to ensure that pretenure
faculty members have the best possible chance of developing their
scholarship and assembling the documentation they need to demonstrate that they have done so.
The remaining $ 60 million will help USC expand what will be renamed the Keck School of Medicine, strengthening the school's endowment,
scholarship funds, and
faculty.
The university is also incorporating responsible
scholarship and research — including safety - related activities — into
faculty annual reports and is discussing ways to consider safety in tenure and promotion decisions, Young tells C&EN.
In addition to a four - year full tuition
scholarship, the award will include admission to the UM Honors College, match with a
faculty mentor, and a research supply budget.
By now, however, she was becoming known on the MIT campus and her contacts smoothed the way to a visiting
faculty appointment to the electrical engineering department at MIT under the Abby Mauze Rockefeller Fund, set up to promote the
scholarship of women in science and engineering.
The director of the Initiative on Islam and Medicine and a
faculty member of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, Padela was honored for his
scholarship in the Islamic ethico - legal tradition and the ways it influences the health behaviors of Muslim patients and the lives of Muslim physicians.
This award recognizes
faculty members whose
scholarship, dedication, and leadership have greatly enriched the life of the Medical College, its
faculty and its students.
The
scholarships give
faculty members the opportunity to teach or conduct research abroad.
Dr. Sax serves as the chief academic officer and provides leadership for academic and clinical quality, assessment, and accreditation; research and
scholarship; continuing education;
faculty professional development; digital learning; and external academic and clinical outreach.
Your support enables
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TheFilmSchool
faculty member Rick Stevenson also awarded a full
scholarship to TheFilmSchool's Prodigy Camp to a FutureWave filmmaker in recognition of their outstanding storytelling.
Ellen Condliffe Lagemann announced today that she will step down as Dean of the Graduate School of Education at the close of the 2004 — 05 academic year and will refocus her energies on
scholarship and teaching as a member of the HGSE
faculty.
I vividly remember flying down to Atlanta, Georgia for a meeting with one college's
faculty to advocate on behalf of an Urban Prep alumnus when his grade point average dipped hundredths of a point below what was required in order for him to keep his
scholarship.
These separate measures of teaching excellence allow us to address empirically whether those
faculty who do particularly well in the classroom pay a price in terms of their
scholarship.