By a vote of 1628 to 26, members of the statewide union of so -
called academic student employees ratified the 3 - year contract granting them an immediate and retroactive 1.5 % pay increase, future pay hikes tied to faculty raises, and continued complete remission of tuition and fees (including health care fees) despite recent, sharp increases in these charges.
Not exact matches
For BTN's 2016 Corporate Travel Index, the 32nd annual, BCD Travel's Advito provided the average hotel and car rental costs paid by BCD corporate clients, BTN collected hotel taxes and surcharges from hotels, and eight New York University School of Professional Studies Advanced Research Seminar
students, led by
academic chair and clinical assistant professor Lynn Minnaert,
called restaurants in October and November to gather meal prices.
Under the direction of Lynn Minnaert,
academic chair and clinical associate professor in the Jonathan M. Tisch Center for Hospitality and Tourism, part of the New York University School of Professional Studies, eight
students called restaurants in 200 cities from January 2018 to February 2018 to gather meal prices.
That is not the fault of liberal
academics who correct the grammar in black
students» term papers, and eventually the liberal establishment will
call off the witch - hunt.
In the «Christ and culture in paradox» approach, then, the Christian substance appears in the Christian
calling of faculty, staff and
students and in the Christian context surrounding the
academic enterprise — only rarely in the results of scholarly inquiry itself.
It will be much harder to do that in the future unless the college administration reverses its present course,
calls the faculty and
students who have been brutalizing Professor Esolen to order, and reaffirms Providence College's commitment to genuine
academic freedom and to a Catholic vision of the human person that challenges the tribalism and identity politics eroding our culture and our politics.
Recently a
student of mine, whom we shall call Student A, submitted a sermon outline «in partial fulfillment of course requirements» (as conventional academic phraseology so plaintively p
student of mine, whom we shall
call Student A, submitted a sermon outline «in partial fulfillment of course requirements» (as conventional academic phraseology so plaintively p
Student A, submitted a sermon outline «in partial fulfillment of course requirements» (as conventional
academic phraseology so plaintively puts it.
One more thing I did not anticipate: that 40 years later a well - meaning
student of a brand - new
academic subject
called «Holocaust Studies» would ask me: «Why didn't you leave Germany while there was still time?»
As a teacher Holmer was alert to the danger of theology becoming an
academic technique in his
students, and he
called their attention to the problem both indirectly and bluntly.
One of the fundamental beliefs of deeper - learning advocates is that these practices — revising work over and over, with frequent critiques; persisting at long - term projects; dealing with the frustrations of hands - on experimentation — develop not just
students» content knowledge and intellectual ability, but their noncognitive capacities as well: what Camille Farrington would
call academic perseverance and what others might
call grit or resilience.
Despite promises by the Mahama administration to champion what he
called a progressively free Senior High School initiative, no
student received a scholarship for the 2016/2017
academic year, according to the Minister for Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh.
The
students are therefore
calling on the government to desist from delays in payment of scholarship allowances in order to fast track the achievement of
academic goals.
Well over a third of these
students are not studying at universities but at colleges which have what I might politely
call varying levels of
academic rigour.
The
Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, kogi state polytechnics chapter has
called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai to institute a high powered investigation into the alleged invasion and brutalization of
students and staff of the institution by some soldiers on the order of the state government.
In spring 2015, the boycott grew so large — with parents pulling more than 200,000
students out of testing in English language arts and mathematics, about 20 percent of those eligible statewide — that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo
called for a sweeping review of the state's
academic standards and exams.
SUNY
students begin the
academic season this year with a promise from the state: they can transfer any general education requirements as well as some discipline - specific courses from one school to another in what Chancellor Nancy Zimpher
calls the «guaranteed seamless transfer of credits.»
The management of the University of Ibadan has said that it will expel about 328
students for what it
called «shameful
academic results» in the recently...
For
students who started classes before they were
called up for active duty, time spent in a combat zone, even if not under direct fire, disrupted
academic progress.
«The strikingly high rates of anxiety and depression support a
call to action to establish and / or expand mental health and career development resources for graduate
students through enhanced resources within career development offices, faculty training and a change in the
academic culture,» the paper concludes.
Given that support, program faculty and staff must then do two things: take a
student - centered approach to the delivery of services and give
students what Matsui
calls «system smarts» — tools to navigate a campus's
academic system and scientific community.
Calling the NLRB ruling «comprehensive and clear,» Elizabeth Bunn, vice president of the United Auto Workers (UAW)-- the union seeking to represent NYU graduate assistants — enthused in a press release that «this decision confirms what
academic student employees at campuses across the country know... they are workers and are treated as such by their employers.»
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.
We are
calling upon the medical and
academic community to support undocumented
students applying to medical school.
Google is
calling for applications to its 2012 Google Policy Fellowships, which offer undergraduate, graduate, and law
students interested in Internet and technology policy «the opportunity to spend the summer contributing to the public dialogue on these issues, and exploring future
academic and professional interests.»
The
academic & experiential DNA is expressed through the so -
called «italianness», the real Made in Italy heritage, synonymous with luxury, high - quality, beauty and craftsmanship, an important cultural influence enhancing
students» ability to create unique and innovative products, while encouraging their business acumen, and creative vision.
While the word «accountability» never appears in Risk, its
call for higher
academic standards and its focus on
student achievement as the main barometer of quality laid the intellectual groundwork for the rigorous curricula and tests envisioned by the promoters of standards - based -LSB-...]
This session —
called AIM (Aspire, Invest, Make the Grade)-- enables
students to work individually with team leaders on
academic areas in need of improvement.
In addition to actively seeking diversity of opinions, Valor incorporates social and emotional learning and
academic development through weekly community - enhancing Circle discussions — a model used by
students and by teachers — and through a character - building program
called Compass.
We were able to create «wins» for this
student in the weight room, cultivate his work ethic and dedication to his teammates, and provide an atmosphere where he could be disciplined without feeling like he was being
called out by another teacher who didn't understand him — this all lead to the embodiment of a more positive sense of self - worth, resulting in improved behavior and
academic performance.
But a truly integrated school focuses on creating a positive experience for all
students of all backgrounds, and supports what we
call the «ABCDs» of diverse and equitable schools: strong
academics, a strong sense of belonging, a commitment to dismantling racism, and an appreciation of diversity.
In her policy memo, outlined at a June 2014 conference
called Addressing America's Poverty Crisis, Long offers three recommendations for addressing the
academic preparation problem and thinking «much more deliberately about how to help
students.»
For example, advisory periods that are supposed to provide middle school
students with social and emotional support necessary for
academic achievement in school instead are likely to consist only of roll
call, school announcements, and social time for
students.
Piñeda, a
student at California State University, Chico, had been asked in early fall 2002 to mentor the academy's
students through his membership in a national organization called Students in Free Enterprise, which enlists mentors from the academic and business worlds to help university students create socially conscious, profitable bus
students through his membership in a national organization
called Students in Free Enterprise, which enlists mentors from the academic and business worlds to help university students create socially conscious, profitable bus
Students in Free Enterprise, which enlists mentors from the
academic and business worlds to help university
students create socially conscious, profitable bus
students create socially conscious, profitable businesses.
Many parents believe that so -
called «
academic redshirting,» or the act of delaying a
student's kindergarten entrance by one year, will give their children a leg up not only when they first enroll in school, but throughout their educational careers and later in life.
These
students can be helped by greeting them at the door before class,
calling on them more frequently, asking them to help perform
academic tasks, like solving a problem on the whiteboard, or generally making sure they feel appreciated.
For instance, a program
called RULER in the United States is designed to improve the classroom atmosphere by creating a sense of warmth and mutual respect, reducing hostility, and improving teacher sensitivity to
students» emotional and
academic needs.
Closing the
academic achievement gap between white
students and disadvantaged minorities has been repeatedly
called the «civil rights issue of our time.»
While reaffirming their commitment to admitting
students regardless of their
academic standing, the trustees of the City University of New York unanimously adopted the plan,
called the College Preparatory Initiative.
WIDA (World - class Instructional Design and Assessment), an organization that promotes
academic language objectives for the benefit of both educators and ELL
students, classified
academic language along four lines,
called Key Uses, that are based upon the purpose of the communication:
Disparities in so -
called «non-cognitive skills» appear to contribute to the
academic achievement gap separating rich from poor
students.
The new incentive,
called the Race to the Top Fund, aims «to reverse the pervasive dumbing - down of
academic standards and assessments by states,» the secretary said, and to punish states «that explicitly prohibit linking data on achievement or
student growth to principal and teacher evaluations.»
(Colorado's new evaluation system also
calls for half of a teacher's rating to be based on
student academic growth, but the state is still finalizing this process.)
Under this new system, teachers are evaluated on
student academic growth and classroom practice and receive a rating of Highly Effective, Effective, Needs Improvement (
called «Developing» if they are in their first three years of teaching), or Unsatisfactory.
In a review of the management of college athletics, the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics
calls on secondary - school officials to stress
academic preparation of
student - athletes.
After a meandering
academic path, Assistant Professor Karen Brennan finally found her
calling: helping
students and teachers become coders, creators, and learners, one Scratch at a time.
In a separate report, a council of 28 scientists
called on schools to focus on SEL, making the argument that
student success is tied not only to
academic ability and cognitive skills (such as working memory and self - regulation) but also to emotional skills (such as the ability to cope with frustration) and interpersonal skills (including empathy and the ability to resolve conflict).
Concerns over our educational system, fueled by our
students» poor performance in international comparisons of achievement, have reinvigorated the
call for early
academic instruction as a remedy for inadequate teaching later on.
Those with the highest «grit» scores, as she
calls them — with the most persistence — turned out to be the best teachers, based on the
academic gains of their
students.
On one of my visits to CBP's offices, Lettre and a group of staffers were reviewing a 22 - page lesson — they
called it a «tool» — designed to help schools develop a constantly updated report that charts
students»
academic progress.
The instructor creates cognitively demanding tasks and environments — a culture
called «
academic press» (PDF)-- and emphasizes that
students will need to work hard.