Sentences with phrase «education institutions take»

The third convention of European Higher Education Institutions took place in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on 31 March - 2 April 2005.

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«An excise tax on the endowments of some private colleges and universities, regardless of how many or how few institutions it affects, is a remarkably bad idea that takes money that would otherwise be used for student aid, research, and faculty salaries and sends it to the Department of the Treasury to finance corporate tax cuts,» said Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, a higher education traEducation, a higher education traeducation trade group.

His questioning of the presumed superiority of prestigious schools — students may fare better at less - elite institutions where their self - esteem takes less of a beating — adds a provocative wrinkle to the hot debate over education.

In fact, if nothing else, you could say that the story of Andy Grove — a busboy who fled a life lived under Fascists, Nazis, and Communists to get an education at an institution free to all, including refugees, then taking that knowledge and using it to help invent an entire industry — illustrates exactly what makes America great.

Such ideas call to question entrepreneurial education as an institution and put forth the specter of business schools taking DNA cheek swabs along with application packets.

Public libraries and other institutions in the District of Columbia and five states — Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska — will participate in the DASH for the STASH investor education / protection program and contest taking place April 15 - May 15, 2015 as part of Financial Literacy Month.

Not only is it rarely given, but the Holy See is looking to the United States, with its large array of Catholic institutions of higher education, to take the lead in implementing ECE.

He laid the foundation of the Nadva, a rival educational institution at Lucknow, because he felt that Sir Sayyid was taking the Muslims much too far from their proper religious outlook, and because he felt that religious education should be combined with secular education.

The Algerians have taken the initiative in spreading Muslim education through the establishment of modern nongovernmental institutions which are found in most towns and villages.

This will involve taking or freezing assets directly when they can be identified, but also destroying drug crops and blocking the transfers of funding to al - Qaeda and the religious «education» institutions that provide its recruiting base.

Rather, it's that Catholic groups and individuals have decided to establish schools and institutions of higher education that take this philosophy seriously and seek to apply it in practice.

It is useful to recall a simple fact: in years past, much Christian education, including the teaching of the catechism, took place in a wide range of institutions: the home, common school, congregation and university.

It has also brought education to such a level of strength that scholars, programs and institutions are able and willing to take more responsibility and be more autonomous in shaping what gets taught.

Before dismissing Augustine as being ancient, his dilemma as being archaic and his solutions as being irrelevant, it is well that we take a close look at what has been happening in secular education and also at the relationship between human / social studies in secular institutions on the one hand and Christian institutions on the other.

But, pace Scruton, neither St. John's nor Thomas Aquinas practices «the old curriculum» nor takes a simply «traditional» approach to education; they are distinctly American institutions, and therefore democratic.

However, general further education (FE) colleges, sixth - form colleges, non-maintained special schools (NMSS), approved special post-16 institutions (SPIs) and 16 to 19 academies (including free schools) have taken on significant new legal duties.

The justice and education departments said in a joint statement late on Wednesday that they «withdrew guidance for educational institutions, issued in 2015 and 2016, that took the position that the prohibitions in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and implementing regulations against discrimination on the basis of sex require access to sex - segregated facilities on the basis of gender identity rather than biological seeducation departments said in a joint statement late on Wednesday that they «withdrew guidance for educational institutions, issued in 2015 and 2016, that took the position that the prohibitions in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and implementing regulations against discrimination on the basis of sex require access to sex - segregated facilities on the basis of gender identity rather than biological seEducation Amendments of 1972 and implementing regulations against discrimination on the basis of sex require access to sex - segregated facilities on the basis of gender identity rather than biological sex.»

Even more perversely, the money being earmarked toward rehabilitation and diversion programs has started to spawn less than effective private entities to take that money (much in the same way the huge infusion of money into higher education caused questionable institutions to pop into existence to consume that surplus).

He subsequently appealed to stakeholders in the education sector to look into the country's education curriculum and ensure seriousness in the taking of courses like entrepreneurship that would assist graduates from our institutions to address unemployment scourge.

The vice chancellor appealed to the lawmakers to mobilise their constituents through awareness visits to take advantage of the university education the institution is providing to ensure that each local government area fills its quota.

Higher education institutions should take the lead on ending discrimination — and on the ESPY awards just a few night's ago Carmelo Anthony stated that athletes have to get involved in promoting desirable change.

The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education explained that, in selecting Bunso, government took into consideration a pre-existing hub of agriculture related institutions that could network and transform the location into a formidable research triangle and a centre of excellence.

According to the president the decision was taken in the interest of many a student who wished to pursue higher education to become a trained teacher or a trained nurse in the countries tertiary institutions.

Tisch says that only slightly more than one third, or 37.2 percent, of today's ninth graders will graduate high school college or career ready, and most of those who attend higher education institutions will have to take costly remedial classes.

Research and education institutions on both sides of the Atlantic are taking on the challenge of training a new generation of scientists.

Rather than dwelling on shortcomings, she encourages students to take advantage of the Bologna Process to bring about changes at their institutions and in their national governments: «If you want to fight for more quality in higher education, you can use Bologna.

As in Massachusetts and Maryland / Washington, DC, higher education institutions in North Carolina have taken notice of these opportunities.

«We now had the technology to take a world - class education that had only been available to a tiny handful of students who were privileged to attend an institution like Stanford, and make it available to such a broad group of people.»

There is a mental health crisis in graduate education, and research institutions need to take action to address it.

According to the study, postsecondary institutions, STEM departments, accrediting entities, and state and federal education policies — grounded on the STEM pipeline metaphor that there is only one linear route to a bachelor's STEM degree — have largely ignored the various pathways taken by students today to earn a STEM degree.

«These numbers are evidence that the Center has taken major steps toward our goal of forming a community of faculty and students from diverse institutions in Atlanta and supporting their research and education in behavioral neuroscience,» said CBN Director Elliott Albers.

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In its latest round of decisions, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education granted accreditation to a larger proportion of teacher - education institutions than had been customary since tougher ncate standards took effectEducation granted accreditation to a larger proportion of teacher - education institutions than had been customary since tougher ncate standards took effecteducation institutions than had been customary since tougher ncate standards took effect in 1988.

Federal Pell Grants, for instance, can be used for remedial education; institutions are more than happy to take the money, even if they are terrible at remediating students» deficits, which is why I've proposed making remedial education ineligible for Pell financing.

Lastly, if you're an edTech startup looking to seriously change the institution of education — first off, I applaud you — but it's time to take a serious look at how you can gain an honest understanding from the inside out.

This disarray is not surprising, given that the training takes place at 1,450 higher - education institutions in the United States, each of which houses anywhere from three to seven teacher - preparation programs.

Many would benefit from a community college education or taking an associate degree at a for - profit institution.»

An example of such a risk could include a failure to take account of emerging competition from other education providers that could potentially threaten the sustainability of the institution in the longer term.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

Taken together, these results suggest that employers are still wary about the skills of those with online higher education credentials (at least those from for - profit institutions).

And once the program takes hold at Harvard, the aspiration is that other higher education institutions will offer similar fellowships for their most talented students, not unlike the Master of Arts in Teaching Programs, which started at the Ed School in 1936 and is now offered nationwide.

McLaughlin speculates that higher education's pipeline to the presidency is also expanding as more women take on roles as deans and faculty, and as more institutions consider leaders from outside organizations.

We also included information from the Common Core of Data (CCD) and the Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which include data about the size, demographics, and geographic location of the high school attended when each student took the PSAT / NMSQT, as well as the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), which includes the characteristics of postsecondary institutions.

Minority students from low - income families who take part in early - intervention programs in high school have a better chance than comparable nonparticipants of enrolling in a postsecondary institution, concludes a report by the Washington - based Institute for Higher Education Policy and the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation.

Under the recommendation, the Education Department would require Middle States to submit annual reports on any actions taken against postsecondary institutions because of the diversity standard.

«As the Internet and social media are profoundly affecting both thinking and learning in ways that are not always beneficial, education institutions should take steps to encourage students to reduce their reliance on them.»

«Adding two additional universities to the institutions that offer Initial Teacher Education, supported by # 1.3 million investment from the Scottish Government, means we can not only recruit additional teachers to take up post within the next two years but build capacity within teacher educatioEducation, supported by # 1.3 million investment from the Scottish Government, means we can not only recruit additional teachers to take up post within the next two years but build capacity within teacher educationeducation.»

It used to be that character education was the prerogative of parents / families, governments, and religious institutions, but over time all of these have weakened, and so now schools are the best place where this education can take place.

Most modern college presidents adhere to the school of thought that says institutions should only take a stance on public issues that could impact the core mission of the university, says Julie Reuben, a historian at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

It is at the secondary level that they introduce the high stakes exams for students, with Japanese students required to take an entrance exam for upper secondary school and students in both countries required to take tests at the end of upper secondary school that will determine what kind of higher education institution they can enter.