Sentences with phrase «equity goals in»

With regional access and equity goals in place, intra / inter-district transfer programs and regional magnet schools could be an effective way to do this.

Not exact matches

However, sustained engagement on issues of equity and inclusion, activities that place participants in the situations that oppressed people experience (what I call «addressing the empathy gap»), and setting goals — much like the one Starbucks envisioned a decade ago regarding pay equity — are some examples of evidence - based best practices.

In December of 2013, the OPES Impact Fund made an equity investment in AFRIpads that will help the company meet its goal of reaching 500,000 women and girls by 201In December of 2013, the OPES Impact Fund made an equity investment in AFRIpads that will help the company meet its goal of reaching 500,000 women and girls by 201in AFRIpads that will help the company meet its goal of reaching 500,000 women and girls by 2015.

A senior government official says Finance Minister Bill Morneau's budget will start laying the foundation for Ottawa to deliver on some long - awaited goals towards achieving pay equity in Canada.

The one element binding this diverse group of investors together is that they receive some type of equity or stock vehicle when they put money into a growth company; each group then has its own set of goals in regard to how much of an investment return its members hope to earn on that stock and how quickly they hope to earn it (usually when they cash out during an initial public offering or in a merger or acquisition deal).

In order to know whether or not you're achieving your employment equity goals, you need to know how many aboriginal Canadians, women, people with disabilities and members of a visible minority have a PhD in economicIn order to know whether or not you're achieving your employment equity goals, you need to know how many aboriginal Canadians, women, people with disabilities and members of a visible minority have a PhD in economicin economics.

In this mindset, fiscal policy should focus primarily on longer - run goals such as economic efficiency and equity.

With debt financing, the fixed repayment schedule and the high cost of loan repayment can make it difficult for a business to expand while with equity financing, money is invested in the business in exchange for equity - there is no fixed repayment schedule and investors generally have a long term goal of return on investment.

Earth Treks partnered with Tengram Capital Partners, a private equity firm specializing in consumer brands, with a goal of creating «a brand with a truly national footprint,» the company said in a news release.

Our Bonus Plan allows our compensation committee to provide incentive awards (payable in cash or grants of equity awards) to selected employees, including our named executive officers, based upon performance goals established by our compensation committee.

Under the Bonus Plan, our compensation committee, in its sole discretion, determines the performance goals applicable to awards, which goals may include, without limitation: attainment of research and development milestones, sales bookings, business divestitures and acquisitions, cash flow, cash position, earnings (which may include any calculation of earnings, including but not limited to earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before taxes, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and net earnings), earnings per share, net income, net profit, net sales, operating cash flow, operating expenses, operating income, operating margin, overhead or other expense reduction, product defect measures, product release timelines, productivity, profit, return on assets, return on capital, return on equity, return on investment, return on sales, revenue, revenue growth, sales results, sales growth, stock price, time to market, total stockholder return, working capital, and individual objectives such as MBOs, peer reviews, or other subjective or objective criteria.

The Creative Destruction Lab is a seed stage program for massively scalable science - based ventures that launched from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management in 2012 with a goal of $ 50 million in equity value creation in five years.

An earlier version of the column included a paragraph on some of the company's acts of good corporate behavior, including Starbucks» recent announcement that it had achieved 100 percent pay equity across gender and race for all of its U.S. employees and its goal of opening more stores in under - served neighborhoods.

We have already met with Sandy in person and feel confident that our goals remain aligned, and that the new ownership structure won't impede Edinburgh's ability to continue providing diligent, insightful management of our clients» international equities.

Additionally, in the fourth quarter of 2009, based on recommendations from our CEO to the Compensation Committee, the Compensation Committee reviewed certain officers» overall contribution and recommended additional equity option grants as a first step in modifying Executive Officer compensation — especially those with longer tenures with us — consistent with the goals above.

Quotes Colin Blaydon, dean emeritus, in an article about Daniel Rasmussen, founder of Verdad, and his goal of disrupting private equity.

My goal is to have investments in 50 different companies, and I currently have 49 equity positions in my equity portfolio.

February's volatility in the equities market was a reminder of how important it is to keep money for short - term goals out of the stock market.

Return on invested capital (ROIC) was added to Hurco Companies» executive compensation plan in 2014 as a target goal for performance - based equity awards.

When you invest with cash flow in mind, your investment goals generally don't take into account equity.

Plus, homeowners are starting to use home equity to accomplish financial goals, according to Black Knight Financial Services in its February Mortgage Monitor.

Also, consider how important that goal is from the perspective of your long retirement horizon where you need real continuous income along the way and the benefits of enjoying that income when you are relatively healthy and younger (< 70 years) while staying in an equity - heavy portfolio.

Morgan Stanley anticipates a $ 2.5 - billion equity raise in the third quarter to support bullish production and delivery goals.

Our goal is to ensure that your equity story is clearly understood, through professional management that results in an appropriate valuation.

As a reminder, the goal for the fixed income portion of the Fund, especially in this low - rate environment, is to provide a reasonable level of income, while dampening the volatility of the equity portfolio.

In the US, the Fed accomplished this goal as equities levitated despite lackluster economic and corporate earnings growth.

In our toy example with the goal of constructing a low volatility equity portfolio, our chosen allocation policy will be to weight the 30 DJIA stocks according to the ex-ante minimum variance portfolio, and rebalance the portfolio at the end of each month.

As the end goal of my research was to develop a prospect list of vendors (crowdfunding sites) that could help locate equity investors for for - profit projects in the US, I assumed this would be a simple, easy research project.

When one thinks about which investment is likely to achieve Buffett's goal of allowing an investor to consume more in the future, we think equities remain the easy choice.

She regrets the tendency of donors in the «70s «to emphasize redistributive goals while downgrading the importance of growth» (although in the preceding chapter she cites evidence that greater equity — the redistribution of assets and social services — tends to promote growth).

Affirmative action is always defended as a temporary departure from the principle of race - neutrality in the service of the larger goal of racial equity.

In concrete fashion the document advances three values against which energy policies and technologies may be measured for their consistency with the goal of ecological justice: sustainability, equity and participation.

For the Open Division in girls volleyball, competitive equity seeding made no difference for the goal of the top overall teams in the state playing each other.

Goal Five: Narrowing the gaps in breastfeeding disparities, create equity in knowledge, resources and support.

«The Board of Regents and I remain steadfast in our commitment to the goals of promoting school integration and fostering equity and culturally responsive practices in schools across the State,» Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa said.

Financial strength to pursue capital expenditure programme, forecast at U$ 9 billion in 2008 and 2009, while maintaining the goal of a single A credit rating and a commitment not to raise equity as part of the refinancing of the debt incurred in the Alcan transaction.

The goal was to educate and build the skills of fund managers and pension fund trustees on the two new sub-asset classes which had been created under the pension scheme to be invested in private equities.

$ 20 Million In Private Donations Raised For Mayor de Blasio's Computer Science For All Initiative The fundraising campaign is half - way toward meeting a $ 40 million goal that will ultimately be matched in public funding for one of the cornerstones of the Mayor's Equity and Excellence education reformIn Private Donations Raised For Mayor de Blasio's Computer Science For All Initiative The fundraising campaign is half - way toward meeting a $ 40 million goal that will ultimately be matched in public funding for one of the cornerstones of the Mayor's Equity and Excellence education reformin public funding for one of the cornerstones of the Mayor's Equity and Excellence education reforms.

«Many of the plans talk a lot about social - equity goals, but these goals are not translated into clearly specified objectives — and it's not at all clear how the goals are incorporated into decision - making,» says Kevin Manaugh, lead author of the paper and an assistant professor in McGill's Department of Geography and School of Environment.

At the same time, a few cities — notably Boston, San Francisco, San Diego and Chicago — have managed to build in clear, measurable indicators for achieving social - equity goals, says Prof. Manaugh, who co-authored the study with professors Madhav Badami and Ahmed El - Geneidy of McGill's School of Urban Planning.

NSF's goal is for these institutions to become role models for the many academic institutions in this country and abroad, making gender equity the norm.

In 2014, Rossi licensed his technology to a company called Industrial Heat, which was formed by private equity firm Cherokee, a company that focuses on buying real estate and has a goal of cleaning up old industrial sites for redevelopment.

The foundation hopes to reach its target goal of $ 5M in financial support by the end of 2010. Compute.org will have no ownership in any of the companies chosen to receive funding, nor will they receive any financial gain or equity as a result.

January 7, 2016 — When Congress, as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, called upon the U.S. Office of Education to commission a national survey of educational opportunity in the United States, its primary goal was to advance racial equity in education.

The Declaration outlines how technology can be used to achieve education targets for equity, access, quality and lifelong learning in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)-LSB-...]

Reducing the number of low - performing students is not only a goal in its own right but also an effective way to improve an education system's overall performance — and equity, since low performers are disproportionately from socio - economically disadvantaged families.

In fact, part of the overarching goal of RIDES and the courses is to provide insight into the journey educators face to achieve equity, and how it can be done in a variety of wayIn fact, part of the overarching goal of RIDES and the courses is to provide insight into the journey educators face to achieve equity, and how it can be done in a variety of wayin a variety of ways.

Addressing the design flaws we have identified in teacher evaluation systems will bring districts closer to achieving the primary goal of meaningful teacher evaluation: assuring greater equity in students» access to good teachers.

Washington — The excellence movement is «implicitly» ignoring or rejecting the goal of equity in education, speakers charged last week at a meeting held by an education coalition of 50 organizations representing 7 million women and minorities.

The Declaration outlines how technology can be used to achieve education targets for equity, access, quality and lifelong learning in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will be used to coordinate international development for the next 15 years.