Sentences with phrase «academic offerings as»

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For students who already have an academic background in business or commerce, Saint Mary's offers an accelerated MBA program that takes 12 months to complete as a full — time student, or 28 months as a part — time student.

It offers free online courses taught by academics at leading global institutions such as Yale, Princeton and Edinburgh.

As an employer, the Bancroft Library offers volunteer, student, staff, and academic job opportunities in a range of specializations.

UPEI's Faculty of Business has up to seven (7) EMBA Entrance Awards valued from $ 3,500 to $ 5,000, which are offered each year to incoming EMBA students based on academic and professional achievements, as well as leadership skills or potential.

I feel commodities have offered a reasonable rate of return, but it seems there is a lot of academic debate as to why.

In order to get as much advanced standing as possible, I shamelessly bypassed the Yale admissions office, accepting the offer of Henri Peyre, the chairman of Yale's French department, that he accompany me on a visit to Dean De Vane, who presided over the academic affairs of the college.

One might be described as academic or, better, scholarly, in purpose: that is to say, offering up» to» date information and guidance on the state of knowledge and opinion among specialists in the field.

It's hard to imagine a modern - day academic, under pressure to produce, leaving such a volume of work unpublished, but Oakeshott never felt compelled to bow to worldly pressures or pursue worldly gains — going so far as to decline, graciously, an offer of a knighthood.

His interest in educational equity has motivated his work as a tutor / mentor and coordinator for Barrio Assistance, which offers weekly academic support for youth from the East Palo Alto community.

Camps with certain academic programming offer the intensive weeklong (or longer) experience as the best way to foment deep learning.

food manufacturers have managed to invade what should be a commercial - free zone through vending machines and «pouring rights»; branded foods (like Pizza Hut pizzas) sold in the national school lunch program; the sale of a la carte foods; the use of Channel One television in the classroom; the creation of textbooks replete with math problems that use the products» names; give - aways of branded items like textbook covers; offering their products as rewards for academic performance (read X number of books over the summer and earn a gift certificate to McDonald's); and much more.

This effort is intended to offer an alternative to the prevailing notion in so many schools of success as high academic performance, often at the cost of children's mental and physical health, character and integrity.

As high school students mull which classes to take next fall, many are hoping to get a leg up in the college admissions race by choosing «dual enrollment» courses — university - level academics offered at their schools that earn them actual college credit.

Meanwhile, polytechnics seeking to be converted into Technical Universities should have the following requirements: a) satisfy the existing norms, guidelines and requirements of the National Council for Tertiary Education and the National Accreditation Board for accreditation as a Technical University, b) offer a minimum of four Bachelor of Technology degree programmes in Science and Technology based disciplines c) have academic departments headed by at least a Senior Lecturer with a PhD and professional experience; and d) have at least three full - time lecturers with relevant research master's degree, at least one of whom shall have industry experience.

We welcome submissions from academics and students in and outside the University of Oxford, from all disciplines and persuasions, as long as they offer evidence - based argumentation and academic rigour.

In addition, I was just offered and accepted a position with Williams College as a visiting lecturer on leadership beginning in February 2017, and anticipate accepting other academic positions shortly,» Gibson wrote in his announcement.

Project BOOST offers our students innovative cultural and academic enrichment opportunities that will greatly influence their educational paths and helps students grow and learn as they move forward in school.

This will come about as a result of a cultural change whereby the university is not only seen as «a marginal phenomenon», a place to practice skills, but instead as an academic meeting place which offers a stimulating and pleasant working climate for everybody who works there.

More recently, as part of its response to the Roberts Review, the Government has proposed the introduction of new Academic Fellowships that will offer a more stable environment in which researchers can build their expertise and reputation, providing career - related training and, importantly, a permanent position at the end of the 5 - year awards.

«Academic field» is defined by INS as «a body of specialized knowledge offered for study at an accredited United States university or institution of higher education.»

However, when I was offered my first academic clinical position with a mandate to obtain «peer - reviewed external funding from agencies such as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) within a 3 - year span,» it was soon evident that, despite my solid training, I had a lot to learn if I was to be able to be seen as a competent scientist and be able to survive the tough peer - reviewed grant process.

Because most faculty members were cloned from their graduate advisers and academic research is all they know, as a group they can offer little help to someone with «alternative» interests.

«They basically said that I could have a position as a research scientist and maintain a very academic research program,» Goosney explains, so she accepted the offer.

«To compete in the current academic system, young scientists need to be strategic in where they send their work, so as long as Registered Reports are offered only within specialist journals it places a ceiling on their desirability,» Chambers writes in his email.

«The CET type offers both men and women the opportunity to contribute as academic faculty without the demanding timetable for research and publication that is typically associated with TTT appointments,» the authors write.

Although he received offers from industry, he desired a career as an academic researcher.

But the real dearth — the lack of clear pathways into careers that could enable today's generation of gifted young Americans to become the researchers who make tomorrow's great discoveries — is convincing more and more of the nation's best students not to seek careers in fields such as law, finance, medicine and other fields that offer much better short - and long - term career prospects instead of dedicating an average of seven years to PhD study plus an additional five years or more of postdoctoral training now considered necessary to compete for an academic career in many scientific fields.

While it doesn't specifically focus on industry, the international Synthetic Biology Leadership Excellence Accelerator Program offers fellowships to entrepreneurs (as well as academics, artists, and policymakers) who want to become leaders and change - makers in the field.

Meanwhile, teamwork between academics and companies offers the potential for cross-fertilization, especially on costly research proposals that won't win funding from traditional sources such as NIH.

However, only a few teachers adjusted academic activities such as offering additional opportunities to review course material, or providing extensions on assignments, and only one third mentioned available counselling services.

After 29 years of fulfilling the responsibilities of a science faculty member, administrator, and mentor to younger scientists, Johnson describes his experiences, from his early days as an assistant professor to his transition to administration, and offers advice to academic scientists who are just starting out.

The team concludes that because online social networking appears to be an efficient tool for business networking, hubs, mentoring organizations and other networks should fully integrate their online presence into their offering in order to support network building between entrepreneurs and academics as part of their so - called mission statement.

Kilgus said the student version, which was given to middle school students in the study, is available through Fastbridge Learning, a software company that works with schools to offer online academic and behavioral screening, as well as other assessment services.

And, as usual, we provided practical tips for training in and practicing academic and industrial science, offered up by fellow young scientists and more experienced hands.

As a part of the Wake Forest Baptist family, Wilkes Medical Center offers the resources of a nationally recognized academic medical center, enabling the facility to provide world - class health care here, close to home.

It will offer responsible product developers — including individual providers working in clinics and academic hospitals and advancing their own products as part of regenerative medicine procedures — a way to more efficiently gain FDA approval for their products through a process that is minimally burdensome and less costly.

McLean offers an expanded array of specialized academic and clinical programs for children and adolescents, as well as dedicated services for older adults with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

As such, collaboration is at the heart of our operations and we offer access to advanced technologies and services for all aspects of society, ranging from academic research groups, health care providers, industry, governmental authorities, teachers and students throughout Sweden.

During the cohort's two - year term, the WEF offers support through its academic and expert networks as well as engagement opportunities with its projects and initiatives.

You may reapply for the following academic year, but there are no guarantees that you will be offered a position as many of our programs are already filled for several years out.

As part of an academic medical center, our hospitals consolidate their expertise to offer the most advanced and highest quality medical care in centers of excellence that include cardiology, orthopedics, cancer care, women's medicine, emergency services, and the neurosciences, among others.

Lipotype offers high quality lipid analysis services with its Lipotype Shotgun Lipidomics Technology for a wide range of customers and applications including biomarker identification for clinical researchers, pharma and biotech companies, functional food development for the food industry, claim support for the cosmetics industry, as well as for the small - scale profiling needs of academic researchers.

Co-sponsored by the German - American Fulbright Commission and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) the Summer Academy aims to offer professional development in areas relevant to the teaching of German including German language, literature and culture as well as in professional and higher education.

She regularly reviews for academic journals and offers supervision for new and existing Psychologists as well as students.

In the past, she has offered academic terms such as post-colonial theory, formalism and polyrhythmic frequencies as references.

Segel and Blunt star as Tom and Violet, an engaged couple who have to push back their wedding date when Violet is offered an amazing academic position in Michigan.

These fans (ordinary folk as opposed to industry - insiders, authors, academics or other experts) offer extensive and elaborate arguments for their interpretations, which range from the movie being a metaphor for genocide to proof that Kubrick faked the Apollo moon landings footage.

These courses do not offer academic credit, though they are the same as university courses.

In place of academic achievement, progressives offer self - esteem and racial harmony as the principal prizes, though there are others, especially for the bloated education establishment itself.

Schwartz accepted the offer and served as academic dean for five years while helping to get the fledgling Ed.L.D.