Several educational change models inform the design of UFTTI and provide the impetus for our focus on partnership strategies.
Not exact matches
In the history of
educational enterprise of the Christian Church in India, there were
several articulations and re-articulations of the Christian identity in Higher Education as spiritual responses of the Christian Mission / Church to
changes in the cultural scenario of India.
The Chronicle of Higher Education and
Change have been much concerned about values recently, as have the American Association of Higher Education and the other Washington - based
educational agencies; the Danforth Foundation recently held a workshop on values in liberal arts education, and the whole issue has been given academic credibility by programs in moral development and in value analysis at
several universities.
Coalition, a group of
several local organizing factions, with plans to hold a forum and to create an
educational fund for Clark's kids, and try to «support transformational
change.»
In 1996, in response to these concerns, Varmus, then director of NIH, impaneled a group of experienced clinical investigators and academic health center administrators to make recommendations that might guide the NIH toward policy
changes to alleviate the concerns in the clinical research community.14
Several of the panel's recommendations have been implemented, including increased support of the General Clinical Research Center budget, expanded support of training in clinical research, and the establishment of NIH - sponsored
educational debt relief programs for clinical investigators.15 - 18 The panel also recommended restructuring of NIH peer review groups so that patient - oriented grant applications would be evaluated by study sections in which at least half the grant applications involve patient - oriented research.
Basili: While traditional thinking is that teachers shouldn't «teach to the test,» the
educational landscape has
changed during the past
several years.
Several of the articles in that issue take a close look at the impact of
changes in family structure on
educational attainment in the U.S. and in other countries.
Whether
change in
educational institutions is externally or internally driven, reaction to that
change passes through
several predictable stages.
The first results of testing on the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers tests — introduced as part of sweeping
educational changes begun
several years ago — showed only 31 percent of students met the standard for Algebra I and 40 percent of students met the standard for 10th - grade English.
Drawing on interviews and extensive research in
several archives in France, Germany and the United States, the study will tie the history of the IIEP to the development of the field of
educational planning from the early 1960s to the present time, examining its origins and ideological underpinnings and the
changing trends in the thinking about development in the context of the shifting political economy.
Ruth is also working in collaboration with
several disciplinary based
educational researchers from a variety of STEM disciplines at UNL to try
change and study the nature of the teaching of large enrollment undergraduate STEM courses and in the process influence the culture of STEM departments with regard to how effective teaching is valued, defined, and assessed.
She is also a peer reviewer for
several academic journals focused on
educational change, youth development, and school - community partnerships.
Several points that I felt were imperative: 1) Everyone at the federal level knows that the current law is disliked and must
change, 2) There is a recognized effort to make the language and details of the next ESEA reauthorization more user - friendly — all stakeholders of a school community should be able to understand the legislation and be vested in the success of schools, and 3) Legislators are seeking the right balance between formula funding and competitive grants — one area of consideration is the consolidation of
educational programs or initiatives, which will allow federal monies to be used more effectively to help schools and children.
In addition, he was a vital part of
several charities, including the Goddard - Riverside Community Center, an organization that works for social and economic
change for the poor in West Harlem and the Upper West side, Prep for Prep, which works with New York City's students of color to give them better
educational opportunities and the UJA.
Described by developer plethora - project as «both an
educational and research initiative,» Block» hood was recognized in
several competitions for games that are intended to make an impact and encourage
change.