Sentences with phrase «concerns issues of access»

The first concerns issues of access, persistence, and success, with an emphasis on institution effects — such as 2 - year versus 4 - year college and distance from home — on students» outcomes.

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What's become known as the «Group of 46» letter to Stanford Provost John Etchemendy was filed in the Phills suit, and accuses the dean of presiding over «reprimands, censures, curtailing of responsibilities, demotions, retribution for expressing concerns or raising issues, offensive behavior and decisions that have led directly to tangible employment actions such as dismissals, undesirable reassignments, forced resignations, and inequitable access to promotion opportunities.»

These data provoke concern in terms of economic justice, but another real issue is that media owners and players are «gatekeepers,» with the power to define who has access to information.

It has been a matter of great concern among public health activists who work on child health and nutrition that the issue of malnutrition was being converted into a marketing opportunity to be addressed through products that big corporations could sell as the answer, instead of being seen as a basic lack of access to food caused by structural inequities in food distribution.

For some dads, legal issues make up the main area of concern for their fathering since they don't have full access to their kids.

The second point is that mutualism in the public sector raises issues concerning equity similar to those posed by localism: how can equal access and quality of service be maintained nationally if there is much greater variation in how services are delivered locally.

He also raised concerns the government could use the debate to side step the «real issue» of a lack of access to NHS dentistry.

He has also expressed his concern about the limited access for students with disabilities at some CUNY campuses as well as the gap between recognition of mental health issues versus physical disabilities.

She is knowledgeable and strongly supportive of our issues and access concerns.

He said he understands the history of the community and the issues that concern people living here: a desire to get good jobs, protect the environment and have access to affordable healthcare.

The majority of Onondaga County residents that came out to a public hearing Tuesday in Liverpool on government consolidation in the county were concerned about two issues: their taxes going up and having less access to public officials.

In a statement on November 2, 2015, Borough President first outlined her concerns, stating: «While public events of any scale that enhance our borough are encouraged, I take issue when it is at the expense of cutting off public access to our treasured parks like Flushing Meadows - Corona Park, which is enjoyed by thousands of families and residents every week in the summer months.

The House and Senate are composed of 535 small businesses each with their own issue priorities, office culture, level of staff autonomy, access to resources, re-election concerns, party seniority, committee assignments, strength of political ideology, and stakeholder and constituent relationships.

Another key finding concerns the issue of student access to STEM.

IT managers have a laundry list of concerns and issues about training in the cloud including integration, single sign - on, security, database access, content access and storage.

One such challenge is that of censorship; in a lot of developing countries, or even in some developed countries — especially in Asia, censorship is a big issue; the government is very involved in what citizens can access, and this especially concerns what information their citizens can consume and learn.

GCSA members have access to a password - protected bank of resources that can assist school leaders and boards with finance questions, governing concerns, HR and compliance issues and much more.

The only other concern is that for any work to be done to the transmission, the entire engine must be dropped out of the vehicle for access and repair, though this is not an issue specific to this vehicle as many cars are built in this manner now a days.

The two issues cited most often were equity concerns about lack of Internet access at home and the fear of teachers not wanting to go digital, including teachers not comfortable or effective with digital learning.

A judge's recent decision brought an end — for now — to the Authors Guild v. Google court case concerning copyright issues as they pertained to Google's attempts to preserve and provide access to millions of global titles, most of them locked away in far - reaching international and academic libraries.

The first concern when there is discussion of free access to ebooks and DRM - free content always comes back to piracy, an issue that Hellman explained will no longer be an issue with Unglue.it's CCL model.

After OverDrive's announcement that Penguin had decided to restore access to older titles for library lending via Kindle, Penguin released a statement that this will only be in effect through the end of the year, unless concerns about unnamed security issues are resolved (see last line)

Parents have reason to be uncomfortable with the idea of their children being handed anything with unrestricted internet access, teachers have plenty of reason to wonder if that same internet access would be abused during school hours while also having doubts that it would be possible to ensure uniform content across entire classes, and the issue of potential theft is an ever - present concern in as poorly funded an organization as your average public school.

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I asked on Climate Dialogue whether the loss of Arctic was ice was an issue for concern or something to be celebrated, because of the shipping and resource access.

*... To refresh the raison d'être of the EPA & UN...... To move environmentalism from the fringes to the center of social concern...... To justify increased media coverage of environmental issues...... To give enviro - groups a powerful fund - raising and consciousness - raising tool...... and allow them access to the levers of national and international power...... To give activist & green parties a vote - getting wedge issue...... and a case - study justification for their habitual «hammer» (increased regulation and taxation)...... To provide at - a-loss «engagé / enragé» types with a new stick with which to bash the beastly bourgeoise...... To transfer wealth from the West to the South...... To fund alternative energy developers and researchers...

These numbers could suggest that when the issue of global warming is discussed in an environmental / public health framework, people are more likely to access their feelings of concern about potential impacts on public welfare, and may consider the issue outside of a political framework.

One threshold concern is that issues of digital literacy and access to technology mean that the people who need innovative solutions the most may not be able to access them due to educational, financial or other access constraints.

In relation to Scottish Speculative Agreements it is clear again from Lord Gill's Review that there is a significant issue relating to Access to Justice; this is discussed on pages 98 and 99 and para 107 «as far as Access to Justice is concerned, speculative fee arrangements were said to have been responsible for a reduction in the number of firms taking on personal injury litigation, resulting in less choice for consumers but a concentration of expertise in those firms dealing with such cases... Another respondent was of the view that speculative fee arrangements were being entered into where there was little risk».

Perhaps the most fundamental issue concerning access by a disabled traveller is the right to make a personal assessment of one's self - reliance.

Advising on market access issues, including product and establishment licensing, and obtaining registered vendor status with provincially funded assistive device programs and on matters concerning manufacturing, distribution, packaging and labeling of drugs, medical devices, natural health products and consumer health products.

They meay deal with a broad range of matters, including the ownership or division of property, support obligations, matters concerning the education and «moral training» of children (but not issues concerning custody of or access to children) and «any other matter.»

«The choice of such a hot - button issue, which will attract a great deal of attention but won't actually have I would think that much of an impact at the end of the day, risks being a distraction from the more important and pressing access - to - justice challenges that we as Ontario lawyers ought to be concerned about,» says Adam Goldenberg, a lawyer with McCarthy Tétrault LLP.

He says the whole issue also falls into the context of access to justice and a concern about small companies using lawyers who «dabble» when they actually need specialized expertise.

You raise the concern that the projected users of the technology may be deterred by literacy issues or confusion on how to access / use a computer or their degree of comfort in finding a place where they can feel private.

So far as multiple SaaS application integration is concerned, the issue is not one of access — no question this is solved through any multi-tab browser as you rightly point out — but rather data and document sharing among them, as well as unified authentication.

Yet, until now, there has been no identifiable, central platform in Canada where a wide range of justice stakeholders can exchange research and resources, raise questions and share ideas and concerns about access to justice issues.

The central issue at the core of the judicial review claim concerned the human defendant's lawyers seeking access to the full first account interviews provided by senior company employees to the company's lawyers, and which were undertaken as part of that investigation.

penalizes the defendant for engaging in public participation «plaintiff» means a person who initiates or maintains a proceeding against a defendant; «proceeding» means any action, suit, matter, cause, counterclaim, appeal, or originating application that is brought in the Supreme Court or the Provincial Court, but does not include a prosecution for an offence or a crime; «public interest» means the whole of the subject matter invites public attention, or a matter in which the public has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper purpose.

This seems to be just the sort of structure the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission warned against in its 2003 «Diversity In Law Firms» report which stated, «In large, national law firms, the most pressing issues have probably shifted from hiring and initial access to problems concerning the terms and conditions of employment, especially promotion to partnership.»

With respect, I strongly disagree that the issues concerning client discontent and access to justice lie within the litigation element of our profession alone.

This one hundred plus page document provides an interesting overview of the legal private practice as we know it today, covering many issues which are ongoing concerns for many in the legal profession: the impact of information technology, questions of access to justice, the ever - growing global village and billable hours.

The mobile and web environments give rise to distinct privacy and security issues, and, although the availability of wireless and internet access is at an all - time high, concerns about uneven or unequal access persist.

The lack of communication between consumers and consumer protection agencies represents a serious issue for access to justice concerns.

In light of this crisis, it seems worthwhile to look at a snapshot of cases involving issues concerning access to justice, the impact of self - represented litigants on the courts» resources, and how the courts have been handling such issues.

If the parties settle the dispute outside of court, it will be the separation agreement that deals with the substantive issues that people are usually concerned about, for example, custody, access, child support, spousal support, their home and property division.

The remaining holdouts, encumbered by a sense of foreboding, are concerned about security issues regarding their sensitive data and access to physical documents — and understandably so.

It is designed to provide quick access to each state's laws on the expanding number of issues and concerns facing business executives and their advisors.

Attention given to the issue of access to family justice often focuses on self - represented litigants, whose number and experiences are very concerning.

He was involved in the law centre movement and especially concerned with issues of access to advice and to the courts, and extra judicial means of dispute resolution by means of negotiation and mediation.