Sentences with phrase «academic program in the country»

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While Canada has emphasized unbridled academic research, some other countries have adopted more «applied» research programs in direct support of strategic industrial initiatives.

After being an academic director for two of these programs, however, I am acutely aware of how appealing a religiously aligned state is for Muslims, especially for those who live in countries where Muslims are the majority.

Through the tremendous support of our donors, the ADDF has invested more than $ 70 million to over 450 Alzheimer's drug discovery programs and clinical trials in academic centers and biotechnology companies in 18 countries.

It's a hunger - fighting, participation - building, academics - enhancing program that has been underutilized for too long in schools across the country.

JSPS administers a number of bilateral programs for scientific cooperation and exchange with various academic institutions in 38 countries.

The program — which was run in collaboration with the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) and the German Academic Exchange Service, a funding organization that supports the international exchange of students and researchers — involved joint supervision by advisers in the two countries and research stays in Germany.

He spearheaded the launch of a Science presence in China, for example, and he developed an International Collaboration program for Science Publishing that encompasses Science Careers outreach as well as Editorial presentations to academic institutions in developed and developing countries.

The trouble is, she writes in a new article in Academic Medicine, that too many of these programs — called STEGH, or short - term experiences in global health — focus on the needs of the student trainees and not on what's best for their patients or for overall health care in the countries they visit.

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center currently sponsors 61 - ACGME accredited residency / fellowship programs training over 670 residents and fellows in multiple specialties making us one of the largest academic medical centers in the country.

With this community input in mind, the goal of the American Competitiveness in Chemistry - Fellowship program is to support the training of beginning, independent chemical scientists who are proficient at research that straddles the academic - industrial - national laboratory interfaces and at developing untapped pools of scientific talent that exist in this country.

In my book, The Collapse of Parenting, I share data from many sources — including the National Institutes of Health, international databases such as the PISA program, scholarly papers by researchers such as Professor Jean Twenge, and many other sources — showing that American kids are indeed more likely to be obese, less likely to be physically fit, more likely to be anxious and depressed, compared with American kids 30 years ago — and in the case of academic achievement, doing much less well compared with kids in other countries, again a big change compared with American kids 30 years agIn my book, The Collapse of Parenting, I share data from many sources — including the National Institutes of Health, international databases such as the PISA program, scholarly papers by researchers such as Professor Jean Twenge, and many other sources — showing that American kids are indeed more likely to be obese, less likely to be physically fit, more likely to be anxious and depressed, compared with American kids 30 years ago — and in the case of academic achievement, doing much less well compared with kids in other countries, again a big change compared with American kids 30 years agin the case of academic achievement, doing much less well compared with kids in other countries, again a big change compared with American kids 30 years agin other countries, again a big change compared with American kids 30 years ago.

In a growing number of high schools around the country, however, ninth and tenth graders are being organized into interdisciplinary academic teams, with advisory programs not unlike middle schools.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

These favorable decisions and new programs, plus overwhelming academic proof documenting the effectiveness of school choice, have bolstered efforts to secure greater parental choice in Pennsylvania and across the country.

These learners are typically found in grades 6 — 12, speak a language other than English (usually Spanish), are often orally bilingual but less adept at academic language, have often moved back and forth between their home countries and the United States, have typically received inconsistent language programming, perform below grade level in reading and writing, and have different needs from those of newly arrived language learners.

«We want to make schools across the country our campus,» Ted Magder, vice dean for academic affairs at NYU's Steinhardt School, told me shortly after the program was announced last month during National Education Week in New York City.

U.S. policymakers and researchers also study the teaching methods, curricula, and academic programs of high - performing countries for lessons that can be applied to American schools — and the influence of those foreign - born ideas can be seen in many nationwide, state, and district policies.

Some of University of Illinois» other academic programs are among the most celebrated in the country, ranking consistently among the United States» Top 50 schools for several decades.

A meta - study of after - school programs around the country concluded that afterschool improves social, emotional and academic outcomes.7 Closing the achievement gap in STEM is critical for the children and youth of Massachusetts,

The campaign, which seeks to focus on homeless students at every stage of academic development, set three goals for the country: young children experiencing homelessness will participate in quality early childhood programs at the same rate as their housed peers by 2026, high school students will reach a graduation rate of 90 percent by 2030, and post-secondary students will reach an attainment rate of 60 percent by 2034.

With an eye toward building the skills, knowledge and behaviors that promote academic success and healthy development of young people, NSLA's experts in Programs and Systems Quality have worked with school districts, summer learning providers and funders across the country to help shape smarter summers, brighter futures for young people.

He cofounded SuperCamp, the first and largest brain - compatible academic enrichment program, held in sixteen countries with more than 65,000 graduates.

Though StudyPoint was originally founded as a study skills program for students in the Boston area, it quickly emerged as the academic and test prep tutoring leader in 25 major cities across the country, specializing in ACT and SAT tutoring.

More than 50,000 public schools across the country use Title X funds to provide transportation services, educational services for which the child or youth meets the eligibility criteria, programs in vocational and technical education, school nutrition programs, and to prepare teachers to deal with the unique challenges the homeless student must confront to attain academic achievement.

By cultivating a community of learning and academic excellence, STEM Prep will bolster the number of underrepresented students who graduate from the most competitive postsecondary programs and universities in the country and lead the discoveries and innovations of the future.

Libraries across the country are gearing up for their own summer reading programs, and along with B&N, Scholastic, and some other mainstays in kids» books, the goal is to fight the dreaded summer slide that results in a drop in measurable academic gains from the previous school year.

He added that it would enhance academic opportunities for all students, providing access to the MFA's collections and staff while making Tufts one of the few universities in the country to offer an arts program affiliated with a major museum.

Earlier this month, the International Labour Organization and a group of academic partners that includes the Yale and Cornell law school libraries launched GOALI (Global Online Access to Legal Information), a program that will give users in more than 115 developing countries free access to a wide range of essential legal information.

According to the National Center for Educational Statistics survey of the states in 2011 - 2012 academic year, North Carolina had just over 3,000 students enrolled in undergraduate degree programs in psychology, which put it an ninth in the country.