Sentences with phrase «by challenging academic»

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Castleberry and her colleagues are a part of an academic network created by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to assess challenges in commercial spaceflight.

The «students» tend to be scientists and academics who are working on big science challenges — hairy problems in biotech and pure technology — funded by the NSF.

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[6] At the academic level, the field of New Testament studies has shown its sensitivity to various theories emerging from diverse fields by wrestling with the challenges issuing from such theories.

The group also challenged her to take the leap — at the risk of possible failure — by enrolling in one course to test and toughen flabby academic muscles.

Pusillanimous academics who have been intimidated by radical shuffles must find the courage to challenge the racial separatism now so deeply entrenched at most major universities.

They are going to face academic challenges at school; you can help them by tutoring them at night time or just making an effort to see and check if they can handle their assignments is something that they would appreciate.

He called on the nation's English scholars to address the academic challenges by embarking on projects to encourage serious innovative scholarship on English language.

The report draws on government and trade statistics, academic evidence and economic theory to challenge arguments that the health and social benefits of reducing alcohol consumption are likely to come at a cost to the economy, finding: · Any reduction in employment and income resulting from lower spending on alcohol would be offset by spending on other goods · Econometric analysis of US states suggests that a 10 % decrease in alcohol consumption is associated with a 0.4 % increase in per capita income growth · Lower alcohol consumption could also reduce the economic costs of impaired workplace productivity, alcohol - related sickness, unemployment and premature death, which are estimated to cost the UK # 8 - 11 billion a year The analysis comes at a timely moment, with health groups urging the Chancellor to raise alcohol duty in next month's Budget.

► «[T] he process of offering admission at selective Ph.D. programs is chock - full of assumptions that are seldom made explicit or challenged,» wrote Sian Beilock, vice provost for academic initiatives at the University of Chicago in Illinois, in her review of the book Inside Graduate Admissions: Merit, Diversity, and Faculty Gatekeeping, by Julie Posselt.

AAAS, joined by other scientific, engineering and academic organizations, spoke out against the Jan. 27 executive order that sparked confusion, prompted protests at international airports and led to legal challenges.

The so - called «human challenge model» has a long and checkered past that began with 18th century experiments by smallpox vaccine developer Edward Jenner and later fell under intense scrutiny when they were conducted by Nazi doctors, military researchers, and academic scientists working with prisoners.

Bouyed by her success in the innovation challenge, Pray has her sights set on graduate school and an academic career.

I have a few grants under review at the moment to build on my research identifying the challenges faced by disabled academics in the workplace and develop training for line managers and universities on how to best support their disabled colleagues.

As for the challenges I face through my job, they often have to do with the discrepancy between the interests of industrialists and academics, the first being preoccupied with short - term issues while the others are turned on by longer - term problems.

One can tell easily about a professor's academic standing and scientific merits through his publications and achievements by simple online search, but building trust between researchers in different parts of the world and sustaining it throughout the project is undoubtedly the biggest challenge facing global collaboration.

The new methodology is already challenging widely held beliefs by finding that teachers can not be judged solely on the basis of their academic credentials, that classroom size is not always paramount and that students may actually be more engaged if they struggle to complete a classroom assignment.

For the first edition of the challenge, their research project was selected as one in three from a total of 130 scientific proposals submitted by academic teams, R&D departments, and start - ups from 25 countries.

The University of Colorado Boulder also is among five universities selected by NASA for the 2015 X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge.

On the other hand, there will be a few who are motivated by the academic challenge and, in addition, want to improve the system from within.

This outlook, the team argues, causes students to respond to challenges by trying harder and has a greater impact on Asian - Americans» academic achievement than does cognitive ability or socioeconomic status.

Its popularity has extended to academic researchers, who are intrigued by the challenges of probabilities and decis... More...

A group of academic researchers, led by cognitive and computer scientists from Brown University, is teaming up with a cross-functional team from global play and entertainment leader Hasbro to design a smart robotic companion capable of assisting older people with simple but sometimes challenging tasks of everyday living.

Along with academic rigors, the boys» talents and hearts are challenged when they meet «The Chipettes» (voiced by Anna Faris, Christina Applegate and Amy Poehler).

Realizing everyone is out to profit off him, the teenaged phenomenon decides to remain faithful to Medfield, and heads off the school's team (with the friends he appoints) in a series of academic challenges sponsored by an encyclopedia company.

By this point, the Omega school was facing serious academic as well as financial challenges.

But improving academic performance is especially challenging in the Silver State, where the number of public school students increased by more than 50 percent between 1994 and...

The report, funded by the Commercial Education Trust, revealed that the negative perceptions around apprenticeships among students, teachers and parents hampers take - up and highlights how more needs to be done to ensure equal guidance for both academic and vocational pathways and challenge views about the suitability of different apprenticeships across genders.

Your learners probably think revision is the last stage of a study programme before exams — this resource will challenge that notion by encouraging them to build in small scale revision activities every week from the start of an academic year and embed good revision habits as part of a continuous study plan.

One possibility that has been embraced by many advocates is some type of measurement of student soft skills, which include social skills, self - management abilities, academic soft skills such as listening carefully to instructions, and approaches to learning such as willingness to take on challenging tasks.

Led by Academic Dean Robert Schwartz and Ferguson, the Pathways to Prosperity project launched in late 2008 to explore promising solutions to these immense challenges, including developing a range of «multiple pathways» to help more adolescents successfully complete the journey to entering the adult workforce.

We have seen examples of chess clubs, sports teams, academic Olympiads, spelling bees, and science clubs organized by virtual schools, but rarely without logistical challenges.

By designing groups based on need and not achievement, students who once never interacted with each other during the core day are now sitting side by side with the understanding that, no matter their differences, they share a common academic challengBy designing groups based on need and not achievement, students who once never interacted with each other during the core day are now sitting side by side with the understanding that, no matter their differences, they share a common academic challengby side with the understanding that, no matter their differences, they share a common academic challenge.

If this approach sounds like a daunting challenge for already overworked teachers whose first order of business, after all, is teaching academics, Ungar says he's encouraged by some of the inventive programs he's encountered in U.S. and Canadian schools.

Insofar as students benefit from peer effects in classrooms, corridors, and clubs, and insofar as being surrounded by other smart kids challenges these students (and wards off allegations of «nerdiness»), schools with overall cultures of high academic attainment are apt to yield more such benefits.

Add to this nebulous college entrance environment the challenge presented by the proliferation of four - year high schools, whose numbers skyrocketed from 2,526 in 1890 to 10,213 in 1910, and it is easy to see why the trustees of the Carnegie Foundation felt the need to define college: «An institution to be ranked a college must have at least six (6) professors giving their entire time to college and university work, a course of four full years in liberal arts and sciences, and should require for admission not less than the usual four years of academic or high school preparation, or its equivalent, in addition to the preacademic or grammar school studies.»

The proposal being designed by the panel's Republican leaders would share a central feature of the Clinton Administration's Goals 2000 strategy — a requirement that states and school districts adopt challenging academic - performance standards and assessments with which to measure students» progress toward meeting them.

Independent Thinking founder Ian Gilbert's increasing frustration with educational policies that favour «no excuses» and «compliance», and that ignore the broader issues of poverty and inequality, is shared by many others across the sphere of education — and this widespread disaffection has led to the assembly of a diverse cast of teachers, school leaders, academics and poets who unite in this book to challenge the status quo.

The ChalleNGe Program addresses the needs of the whole adolescent, as evidenced by its eight core components: leadership / followership; academic excellence (i.e., high school diplomas or GED certificates); responsible citizenship; service to the community; life coping skills; physical fitness; health and hygiene; and job skills.

But it is also evident that these schools remain steadfast, largely undaunted by their financial and academic challenges.

This «academic care» is influenced by: personal qualities of teachers and their relationships with students; the curriculum and its ability to promote meaningful participation and positive learning experiences; the school's organisational structure and its ability to offer safety, support, trust, guidance and challenge; and links with the broader community.

Further, these curricular experiences should be accompanied by supports for students and their teachers, to ensure that learners are challenged and successful at a high academic level.

Fall - Hamilton Elementary, in Nashville, does so by working to understand the adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) so many of the students bring with them to school — and the holistic impact that challenging life contexts have on a student's academic performance.

He thinks they «have considerable academic potential and are not always being challenged by their schools.»

«Knowledge Matters» by TNTP Chris Hayes had been teaching for 20 years before she discovered that her second graders could handle — and would enjoy — far more challenging academic content.

This commentary argues that we must understand and respond to the emotional issues posed for students by violent school environments so that all students can begin to prepare for the academic challenges envisioned by the No Child Left Behind Act.

(a) In grades kindergarten through five, the program shall be designed by a certified school counselor in coordination with the teaching staff, and any appropriate pupil personnel service providers, for the purpose of preparing students to participate effectively in their current and future educational programs, to provide information related to college and careers, and to assist students who may exhibit challenges to academic success, including but not limited to attendance or behavioral concerns, and where appropriate make a referral to a properly licensed professional and / or certified pupil personnel service provider, as appropriate, for more targeted supports.

Every state needs a coherent set of challenging academic standards and curricular guidelines, subject by subject and grade by grade, standards that are not confined to basic skills and the «3 R's» but that incorporate such other vital studies as history, science, geography, civics, and literature.

The Seminar on Leadership of the Faculty will gather Chief Academic Officers and others with institution - wide oversight of the faculty domain to examine and reconsider, under a new lens and informed by the latest research, the persistent challenges of developing and leading college faculty.

KIPP students might enjoy a more positive peer environment because students are surrounded by classmates whose families are attracted to the challenging academic program provided by KIPP schools.