A major
academic objective of the degree program is to help create and define a new academic discipline, judicial studies.
The students themselves may be ignored in favor of
the academic objectives of the institution which is not concerned with them as whole persons.
Not exact matches
One likely reason for the GMAT or GRE's outsized importance is that it is a recent
objective measure
of an applicant's ability to tackle the
academics of an MBA program.
Though savvy investors, like Shakespeare's Antonio, have long understood the benefits
of diversification, it was not until the 1950s when an
academic named Harry Markowitz introduced research on what he called modern portfolio theory that people were able to understand diversification in an
objective, mathematical sense.
Parents, students and society should require
objective measures
of academic success to make informed decisions.
Ironically, since the time Wiebe began his crusade the kind
of intellectual agenda that worries him most — calling into question the very canons
of objective science — has entered the
academic scene not through theologians but through postmodern philosophy and radical forms
of cultural criticism.
Despite
academic pretensions
of rational discourse and
objective standards, mythmaking is alive and well in American colleges and universities.
These events will probably have little more than
academic interest to non-believers, and the latter will often cast doubt on the
objective historicity
of some occurrences such as the Exodus or the resurrection
of Christ.
I suppose this is a matter
of being a responsible
academic historian in the modern university, but I would rather Eire wrote history from an
objective, Catholic perspective, instead
of relativizing all the elements
of faith to «what people believed.»
While religious perspectives have nothing to do with the technical content
of a lecture, they are relevant to a number
of aspects
of the
academic situation.1 Where appropriate to the
objectives of the course and closely connected with the subject matter, some
of the questions which we have raised about the effects
of an invention on society or the ethical dilemmas faced by the scientist can legitimately be mentioned in the classroom.
At the heart
of the issue, as ever, is the question
of the
objective existence
of God and that is no mere
academic issue.
We cherish the commitment
of academics to
objective research, and this provides a special authority to the university.
The task
of a non-Muslim scholar writing about Islam is that
of constructing an exposition that will do justice to the Western
academic tradition, by growing directly out
of the
objective evidence and by being rationally coherent both within itself and with all other knowledge, and at the same time will do justice to the faith in men's hearts by commanding their assent once it is formulated.
ASB's Student Task Force will select Scholarship recipients on the basis
of academic record, educational and career
objectives and commitment to wholesale baking industry.
Its
objectives are to increase the amount
of interdisciplinary cooperation between law and political science in the field
of constitutional studies and to raise the profile
of the
academic study
of constitutional law and politics.
The
objectives of the Erie County Fire Chiefs» Mutual Aid Organization's Memorial Scholarship is to enhance
academic achievement at the college level for all firefighters
of Erie County and their immediate family.
An initial
academic assessment
of the coalition government, relating implementation to policy
objectives, is brought together by Simon Lee and Matt Beech in The Cameron - Clegg Government: Coalition Politics in an Age
of Austerity (Palgrave Macmillan, # 19.99).
This information will provide background on CASE, and will have as its
objective the enhancement
of cooperative and fruitful relations with scientific societies and
academic institutions.
Many postgraduates in astronomy have a long - term career goal
of acquiring a teaching and / or research position in an
academic setting and, traditionally, the astronomy curricula and training at the graduate level has reflected that
objective.
Despite its initially rather forbidding weightiness, and its overall
academic tone, this work has already generated much discussion among deaf people and students
of deaf language, so achieving one
of its primary
objectives.
The
objective of the group is straightforward, says Tate: to encourage women graduate students, who are interested in pursuing an
academic career, «to take time to think about where we are going, ask questions we're afraid to ask, and discuss the many paths that a successful
academic career can follow.»
His picks for the councils were guided by «
objective and quantifiable criteria,» Valeca wrote, and «will have a beneficial impact on the
academic and economic development
of the country.»
Its
objectives are to facilitate enhanced understanding
of issues in the Chemical & Materials Sciences and technologies that affect government, industry,
academic, national laboratories, and nonprofit sectors, and the interactions among them.
Ottersen leads a broad - based team whose
objective is to promote the quality
of research and tuition at all faculties, and his team aims to develop the University
of Oslo into an internationally leading university with
academic breadth centred around research.
The Brain Balance Personalized Assessment is an
objective and quantifiable measurement
of each area
of function — motor, sensory, behavioral, social, emotional, and
academic — allowing us to better understand your child's unique challenges.
Running for nearly 20 years, English School
of Canada has educated over 30,000 students from more than 50 countries.Students appreciate and are engaged with the multicultural student body they study with at our fully accredited school.Finally, the third class will illuminate how to write various
academic, business, professional, and functional compositions.In addition to these practical
objectives, this class will show students how to put themselves in the correct mindset to write, how to plan to write as well as how to implement editing and revision strategies.The program also teaches students the specific language skills and vocabulary needed in a health care workplace.It covers speaking, listening, and reading on a wide range
of topics from technical skills to ethical concerns, from communicating with patients to discussing issues with colleagues.
I found it sort
of dry, as a matter
of personal taste, but in terms
of objective craftsmanship it's thoughtful and
academic and a brilliant note for Orson Welles to close his career on.
According to NYLC, service - learning is defined as student programs organized in relation to a specific
academic course or curriculum, with clearly stated learning
objectives that address real community needs in a sustained manner over a period
of time.
These classes also frequently involve a real (if bounded) element
of choice; students need to produce an essay or documentary film that accomplishes certain
academic objectives, but they can choose the topic that interests them.
There must be high
academic standards,
objective measures
of student progress and accountability for providers.
It develops foundational knowledge across all core
academic areas and provides admissions officers with an
objective measure
of what the student has mastered in much the same way that matriculation exams do in other countries.
Recent government education policies seem to assume that
academic achievement as measured by test scores is the primary
objective of public education.
The hallmark
of the Pay for Performance pilot was paying teachers $ 1,500 bonuses for meeting measurable
objectives set collaboratively with their principals and based on the
academic growth
of the students they taught.
In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets
of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for
academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other
objective measures are coupled with a focus on character development).
At minimum — in the one - size - fits - all No Child Left Behind era — her tenure reminds us
of the real genius
of the federal system, the opportunity to try many different approaches to a shared
objective: increased
academic achievement for all students.
WIDA (World - class Instructional Design and Assessment), an organization that promotes
academic language
objectives for the benefit
of both educators and ELL students, classified
academic language along four lines, called Key Uses, that are based upon the purpose
of the communication:
Thousands
of schools for African American students across the Jim Crow South were built with the backing
of the Rosenwald Fund, one
of the earliest and most important foundations in education; philanthropist Grace Dodge founded Teachers College, now at Columbia University, in 1887, which led to training
of teachers in pedagogy; the Ford Foundation was involved in promoting the employment
of classroom aides, National Merit Scholarships, and the development
of Advanced Placement curricula and tests; the National Board
of Professional Teaching Standards grew out
of work funded by Carnegie Corporation
of New York, which also funded the Educational Testing Service to develop
objective ways
of measuring
academic merit, which led to the SAT.
New York State Commissioner
of Education Thomas Sobol has proposed doubling the number
of students who master three years
of high - school mathematics as one
of 12 strategic
objectives for the year 2000 designed to raise
academic expectations in the Empire State.
(Ironically, the author
of the article, Renee Nal, claims in her tag line that «her main
objectives are to expose media and
academic bias and to contribute to a positive shift in culture; where integrity, honesty and independent thought are held in high regard.»)
The
objective of the Common Core State Standards Initiative is to establish similar
academic standards and comparable tests across all states for students in grades K - 12.
(That cuts both ways; robbing «the system»
of your kid's test data robs you
of an
objective measure
of your child's
academic standing.)
The former is
objective,
academic study; the latter involves the teaching
of particular ethical viewpoints or standards
of behavior.
It says: «If PE is regarded as providing solutions for a variety
of objectives (eg increasing
academic attainment, improving behaviour), it should be valued as such.
Objectives The lesson plans incorporate a progression
of academic learning and personal development including self - esteem and confidence.
Service learning is student programming organized in relation to a specific
academic course or curriculum, with clearly stated learning
objectives that address real community needs in a sustained manner over a period
of time.
In this study, the EPE Research Center performed a systematic and
objective analysis
of state
academic standards in science education in order to characterize the extent to which these documents cover the theory
of biological evolution.
Last year he launched the Dreams Never Die Foundation in Vallejo with the
objective of providing the youth
of the city with the resources needed to reach their maximum potential — whether in
academics, athletics, or both.
Since ESSA requires the use
of proficiency rates, one design
objective is a combination
of measures on
academic achievement to reduce both the short - term gaming around «bubble kids» (both real and perceived) and also the long - term incentive to lowball cut - scores for various achievement bands on statewide tests.
We find that non-cognitive skills are associated with
academic subjective expectations
of college success and
objective performance in college, even after controlling for cognitive ability and time spent studying, but the relationship between specific non-cognitive skills,
academic subjective expectations and
academic objective performance varies across disciplines.
demonstrate competence in all the
academic subjects in which you teach based on a high,
objective, uniform state standard
of evaluation.