Sentences with phrase «as on academic excellence»

The Catholic academic tradition places as much emphasis on community building as on academic excellence, and sports are important for building community.

Not exact matches

Workshops on time management, listening and note taking, test preparation, test - taking, and other topics will be quite helpful as you develop the learning strategies that will enable you to achieve academic excellence.

The discussions will focus on how greater collaboration and research can better position the region as a transnational hub for academic excellence, and ensure the leadership, financing and reputation required to deliver competitive, innovative institutions across the region.

Above all, we need a new policy regime that gives teachers and schools ample incentive to press for academic growth in all their students, just as we need a culture that embraces excellence as well as equity and demands that its education system raise the ceiling on achievement even as it also lifts the floor.

Four Connecticut schools were designated as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2014 based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing the achievement gaps.U.S.

Nonetheless, absent a more perfect method for identifying teacher excellence (e.g., teacher effectiveness indices as measured by teachers» effects on student academic growth), the research team chose to accept the risk of equating national teacher awards with teacher excellence.

Committed to the same mission, core values and educational philosophy as Chadwick School, located in Palos Verdes, Calif., it differentiates itself with a «one school, two campuses» model, focusing on academic excellence, development of exemplary characters and self - discovery through experience.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today recognized 337 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2014 based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.

We provide these schools with full back - office support, which means we provide a CFO - level resource and a team of specialists to perform payroll, accounts payable, and accounting functions, as well as to support financial reporting and compliance requirements, enabling school leaders to focus on academic excellence.

Through our core service — back - office — we provide a CFO - level resource and a team of specialists to perform payroll, AP, and accounting functions, as well as to support financial reporting and compliance requirements, enabling school leaders to focus on academic excellence.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced 286 schools as the 2013 cohort of National Blue Ribbon Schools, based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in improving student academic achievement.

The U.S. Department of Education today named 305 schools as 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools based on their overall academic excellence or for their success in closing achievement gaps.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today recognized 269 schools as 2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools based on their overall academic excellence, or for making progress in improving student academic achievement levels.

The legislation recognizes that achieving excellence in American education depends on providing access to opportunity for all children, and that increasing inequality within external social, economic, health and community factors — traditionally viewed as outside of the domain of schools — have a significant influence on academic outcomes and a persistent achievement gap.

That said this criticism leads us to question whether Success Academy's laser - like focus on academic excellence comes at the expense of other student outcomes, such as their socio - emotional and behavioral health.

Scholarship recipients will be selected based on traditional scholarship selection criteria, such as academic excellence and financial need.

In addition to traditional selection criteria of academic excellence and financial need, the scholarship will focus on meeting ongoing needs of the veterinary profession such as diversity, sustainability, leadership and fostering diverse careers paths in veterinary medicine.

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.

Anna graduated magna cum laude and Order of the Coif from the University of Tennessee College of Law, where she was the recipient of The Herbert L. Davis Memorial Trust Fund Award for academic excellence and served as an Articles Editor on the Tennessee Law Review.

A letter published by the Canadian Council of Law Deans in November 2016 countered that «any decision to approve and fund such a program must be based on an accurate picture of the dynamism and innovation at existing law schools, as well as their long - standing commitment to academic and educational excellence, not the caricature of Canadian legal education that Ryerson has advanced.»

I am a senior graduating in May with a bba in finance seeking an entry level position as an analyst at a major investment bank.EDUCATION2004 — 2008 — SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Washington, DC • Bachelor of Business Administration with concentration in Finance, May 2008 • Overall GPA: 3.503 • Beta Gamma Sigma, National Society of Collegiate Scholars • DW Scholarship — Awarded annual scholarship based on academic excellence • Recipient of University and Alumni Award, 2005 - 2008 • Member of Finance Club, intramural football and basketball teamsWORK EXPERIENCE04 / 07 — 09/07 Bulge Bracket Investment Bank New York, NYANALYST, EQUITY RESEARCH — II - RANKED LATIN AMERICA TEAM • Evaluated various equity strategies in South America and Mexico in the energy, basic manufacturing, transportation & technology sectors.

• Awarded Head of Student Peroblems, a student group formed to handle communication needs of the students • Achieved success in assisting the public relations staff of Nestle in developing an ongoing communication program for students as part of their college interaction project • Attained the Dean's Honor List for three years following exceptional academic excellence • Wrote a paper on student relations and communication needs which was published in PR Weekly magazine