Sentences with phrase «broader academic development»

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Consider a partial list of developments since just World War II: a broad national decline in denominational loyalty, changes in ethnic identity as hyphenated Americans enter the third and subsequent generations after immigration, the great explosion in the number of competing secular colleges and universities, the professionalization of academic disciplines with concomitant professional formation of faculty members during graduate education, the dramatic rise in the percentage of the population who seek higher education, the sharp trend toward seeing education largely in vocational and economic terms, the rise in government regulation and financing, the great increase in the complexity and cost of higher education, the development of a more litigious society, the legal end of in loco parentis, an exponential and accelerating growth in human knowledge, and so on.

She assesses for challenges and disorders children might have in the areas of broad development, learning / academics, attention, speech / language, and social functioning with whole child treatment plans.

Like other big pharma companies, Pfizer is partnering with academic institutions to share the risk of drug development and take advantage of academic scientists» broad base of knowledge, says Boston - based Anthony Coyle, vice president of the Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI) at Pfizer.

Since the early 1990s, independent scientists in academic laboratories around the world have published hundreds of articles demonstrating how a broad selection of chemicals can interfere with the normal development of a baby at extremely low levels of exposure — in fact, levels similar to those experienced every day by people worldwide.

Over the course of several years, the CRI Cancer Immunotherapy Consortium (CIC), a group of 100 academic and industry partners in the cancer immunotherapy space, has worked with a broad and diverse network of immunologists, drug developers, and regulatory agency representatives to establish a new paradigm for clinical development and evaluation of cancer immunotherapies.

The fact that nearly half of the former high school dropouts who join ChalleNGe are white shows that a broad swath of America's teenagers would profit from a healthy dose of academic and social development.

Meghan has a broad range of client solutions for leadership development including corporate and academic institutions, addressing leadership and talent development and blended learning environments.

The Instructional Designer, working among a team of IDs, will be key in the design and development of online academic courses across Extension's broad portfolio of disciplines and audiences

Individual subject grades were collapsed into broader categories such as Academic Achievement and Academic Effort.The second evaluation (RealVisions, 2007) examined program delivery, both in terms of professional development for teachers and arts integrated instruction for students; outcomes for teachers and students; and the mechanisms that mediated between program delivery and outcomes.

These extended learning opportunities allow a balance of academics and co-curricular or extracurricular activities that are important to students» broader development.

Students will have an opportunity to display academic ability across a variety of contexts, and assessments can use material from science, art, and history courses to judge the development of broader analytical skills.

It focused not just on the academic goals of curriculum, but also on education's broader social dimensions, including the development of students» moral and creative capacities and an understanding of their diverse needs.

Texas ASCD's Whole Child approach is an effort to move from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement as measured by test scores in core subjects to a broader definition that promotes the long - term development and success of all children.

Bridges Academy is dedicated to understanding and educating gifted and highly gifted students with learning differences (twice - exceptional or 2e students) and fostering a successful academic and social experience for students and for the broader community through work of two divisions: Bridges Academy and The Center for Twice - Exceptional Research and Professional Development (The 2e Center).

This policy enhancement could effectuate (a) a broader accountability system for both academic performance and social - emotional development, and (b) a greater system of care for child mental health with schools as the focal point.

As researchers Catalano, Berglund, Ryan, Lonczak, and Hawkins (2004) explain in a broad article on the topic, positive youth development has the potential to increase students» academic performance and mitigate behaviors such as drug use, violence, and absenteeism.

http://store.elsevier.com/Global-Energy-Interconnection/Zhenya-Liu/isbn-9780128044063/ Global Energy Interconnection, 1st Edition, Author: Zhenya Liu Imprint: Academic Press eBook ISBN: 9780128044063 Print Book ISBN: 9780128044056 Pages: 396 Proposes a broad concept: global energy interconnection, filling the gap between, discrete technology development and global interconnection, proposing the interdependency of energy systems [end quote]

Depressive disorders experienced during adolescence have a broad impact on the young person's development, peer and family relationships, physical health and academic performance.

It is widely recognized that in addition to fostering children's academic development, schools play an important role in fulfilling a broader educational agenda that is concerned with enhancing students» social - emotional well - being, character, health and civic engagement [1].