Sentences with phrase «as academic merit»

A grant is a sum of money awarded to you based on financial need or other criteria, such as academic merit or athletic ability.

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This fall, a new scholarship from the video game retailer KontrolFreek will award 10 students merit - based scholarships based on their academic accomplishments and collegiate participation in competitive online video games, commonly known as eSports.

The scholarship is awarded to the applicant showing the greatest merit, as demonstrated by academic achievement in previous studies, Asian language capability, leadership and / or community service achievements, and potential for future success in international business.

As most professors will tell you, today's student culture is fixated on identity politics and is terrified of anything less than an «A.» In sum: diversity and academic achievement, with «merit» defined as the maximization of botAs most professors will tell you, today's student culture is fixated on identity politics and is terrified of anything less than an «A.» In sum: diversity and academic achievement, with «merit» defined as the maximization of botas the maximization of both.

At least two of those schools (Mich, Stan) have very high academic standards and can't recruit players who can't make it into the university on their own merits, I am personally not sure about Southern Cal, but wouldn't be surprised if they can't recruit someone without the academic bona fides as well.

It elicits the best ideas and best work from highly motivated scientists because it chooses the grantees through a competitive system of merit rankings done by peer committees composed of academic experts in each field who serve as part - time judges.

Candidates for the Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program are assessed based on their academic and research achievements, as well as on personal merit and leadership qualities, without regard to race, religion, gender, ethnicity, or age.

The final activity was a Structured Academic Controversy (SAC)(based on the work of Johnson and Johnson) where students assumed roles as different interest groups and then debated the merits of this issue, using the skills and rhetorical strategies we had learned about along the way.

Students in the United States, she notes, are more open to the concept of «collective merit» admissions — where a person contributes something to the collective merit of the cohort — taking into consideration factors beyond pure academic performance, such as athletic prowess, race, or legacy status that adds to the overall diversity of the group.

The selection of reviewers is the responsibility of the editors of the magazine, who will take into account academic and scientific merits as well as their professional experiences.

To assess public support for this policy, commonly known as merit pay, the survey asked respondents in 2009 whether they favored «basing a teacher's salary, in part, on students» academic progress on state tests.»

As we consider the merits of private - school choice and what it would take to make it succeed, this initiative deserves particular attention: it is the nation's largest voucher program, accounting for nearly 20 percent of all voucher students nationwide, with 34,299 students receiving vouchers and 313 private schools participating during the 2016 — 17 academic year.

Other questions covered teacher merit pay, national academic standards (also known as the «Common Core»), immigration and English immersion in school, computers in school and Muslim students and after school clubs.

The authors found that even in districts that were identified by NCPI as having merit pay plans, «most were so weak that they represented no meaningful change from traditional compensation systems,» which typically are based on the number of years on the job and academic credentials.

Merit - Based Aid: This includes financial awards to a student based primarily on special talents he or she exhibits such as above - average academic achievement, art, music or athletic aptitude.

Scholarships are awards that are typically based on merit such as a student's academic, athletic, music or acting skills.

The strategy to which Litterman refers is «HML» or «High Book - to - Price Minus Low Book - to - Price,» which is particularly interesting given our recent consideration of the merits of price - to - book value as an investment strategy and the various methods discussed in the academic literature for improving returns from a low P / B strategy.

Selection of scholarship recipients is usually based on a set of criteria, such as academic, athletic, or artistic merit.

As an undergraduate at Penn State, she was a recipient of the Bill Gates Millennium Scholarship — a full scholarship for minorities based on academic merit.

In 2013, Victoria Sobel was elected and served as the Alumni Association's Art Representative on The Working Group to propose alternative strategies to establish financial sustainability while retaining Cooper Union's unique heritage of academic excellence, merit - based admissions, and full - tuition scholarships for all admitted undergraduate students.

Brulle was so appalled by his fellow environmentalist Nisbet's work that he had his own name removed as a reviewer of Nisbet's paper «because I felt my role was being used to create a veneer of academic legitimacy that I do not believe the report merits» 23 Brulle also returned the $ 500 reviewer's fee, according to Congressional Quarterly Weekly.

Someone would do an almost as useful service by beginning to compile a list of the academic papers that call into question the merits of the emission reduction policies now being promoted — the endless list of regulations, subsidies, taxes, product mandates, and government - imposed «information programs» that all seek to alter energy supply and demand decisions.

Over the course of his collegiate career, he distinguished himself as the recipient of numerous academic honors and merit - based scholarships.

As policymakers debate the merits of the best approach to improve children's academic success, they would be well served by reading an op - ed published today in the News Observer.