Sentences with phrase «higher education chiefs»
The PARCC Governing Board, made up of the K - 12 education chiefs from each PARCC state, and the Advisory Committee on College Readiness, made up of the higher education chiefs from the PARCC states, approved the PARCC College - and Career - Ready Determination Policy in October 2012, after input from nearly 800 K - 12 educators, higher education faculty, parents, and community members.
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As you've no doubt guessed, it's a digital revolution that calls into question the very principles of education, prompting Peter J. Wells, chief of higher education at UNESCO, to remark that: «Industry employers contend that half of what students learn in the first two years of a four - year technology degree will be out of date by the time they graduate.»
The Business / Higher Education Roundtable (BHER) welcomes Dave McKay, President and Chief Executive Officer of RBC, as their new industry co-chair.
The scholars who study Islamic culture today point out that the chief factors which have influenced contemporary Arab Muslim society are: the Western ideas which penetrated Arab society through education and increased contact with the West, socialist concepts which have spread throughout the world, communist doctrines which challenge religion in general, the expansion of university education, the admission of Muslim women to higher education, the study of ancient and modern philosophy in the universities, and the modern Muslim movements which have been so influential.
Professor Stephen Lee is chief executive of CentreForum and author of the report «Access and equity: positing alternative providers in higher education provision»
Among the signatories to the joint letter are former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson, President of the Accord Coalition for Inclusive Education Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain OBE, former government integration tsar Ted Cantle CBE, the General Secretaries of the National Education Union Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, as well as a number of high - profile authors, academics, and entertainers.
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«These figures are encouraging for all who believe the expansion of higher education is good for individuals and good for our society,» said Ucas chief executive Anthony McClaran.
But the review into higher - education funding, chaired by the former BP chief executive Lord (John) Browne and scheduled to publish its findings on 11 October, is expected to reject a graduate tax and instead propose a rise in fees to around # 7,000.
Also in attendance at the ceremony were the State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, the outgoing Vice Chancellor and newly appointed Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, the incoming Vice Chancellor, Professor Idowu Olayinka, the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council Dr. Umar Musa Mustapha, the Minister of Education Professor Anthony Anwukah, who was represented by the Executive Secretary of the National University Commission (NUC) Professor Julius Okojie, His Royal Majesty, Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade 1, who was represented by the Elerin Olubadan High Chief Abimbola Ajibola and the Owa Obokun of Ijesa land, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran.
Chief Obasanjo further stated that having a specialised University of Education showed «how serious we are in this country, on the issue of education, especially when the University Education is located in Ogun State, which has the highest number of Universities inEducation showed «how serious we are in this country, on the issue of education, especially when the University Education is located in Ogun State, which has the highest number of Universities ineducation, especially when the University Education is located in Ogun State, which has the highest number of Universities inEducation is located in Ogun State, which has the highest number of Universities in Nigeria.
Further moves to privatise post-16 education will undermine efforts to build strong further and higher education foundations in Britain, a union chief will warn today.
And the people from those states were the Chief State School Officers, the commissioners of education, a group of teachers, a group of higher education professors, a group of business people, and some national firms like Achieve Inc.,» said Bennett.
«We are excited to add free, full - day, high - quality pre-K for All seats at Ravenswood in District 30, one of our highest demand districts,» DOE Division of Early Childhood Education Chief Executive Officer SOPHIA PAPPAS said.
Among the signatories to the joint letter are former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, President of the Accord Coalition for Inclusive Education Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain OBE, former government integration tsar Ted Cantle CBE, the General Secretaries of the National Education Union Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson, and a number of high - profile authors, academics, and entertainers.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Telecommunications Chamber, Ken Ashigbey, has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES), to reconsider its stance against the use of mobile phones in Senior High Schools.
A full review of the Obama science policy legacy would have to cover many things, including scientific integrity, open data, STEM education, the creation of high - level positions like the Chief Technology Officer, and an embrace of climate science and the R&D tax credit.
Rush Holt, the chief executive officer of AAAS, thanked each of the House members, representing both parties, for signing letters to their respective leadership, urging them to resist efforts that would limit access to higher education by eliminating graduate tuition waivers.
«What this paper essentially tells us is that we have important, fundamental and basic forces working in the academic hiring system that are working against diversity, and that should be troubling to everyone in higher education,» said Marcia McNutt, the editor - in - chief of Science Advances.
Previously, he directed technology and science coverage for The Chronicle of Higher Education as a senior editor, was a senior writer and editor at U.S News & World Report, editor - in - chief at Earth, deputy news editor at Science, and a senior editor at Discover.
«At the moment, there are more higher education systems than there are countries in Europe,» says Guy Haug, the chief adviser to the European University Association, a newly formed organization that represents both European universities and their rectors.
An article in The Chronicle of Higher Education points out that the editors - in - chief of two other prominent scientific publishers, Nature Publishing Group and Elsevier, declined to sign the letter, although they agreed that journal impact factors shouldn't be used to evaluate individual scientists.
Higher education is also suffering, says Belinda Robinson, chief executive of Universities Australia, an advocacy group based in Canberra.
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Strategic Adviser, Ministry of Science, Innovation & Higher Education; Bid Coordinator ESOF 2014 CopenhagenAssistant Chief Science Adviser to President Barroso, Former Assistant to the Director - General, European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Martin Doel, Association of Colleges chief executive, said: «The country needs strong, resilient and locally responsive colleges to provide high quality technical and professional education.
He has been called «the intellectual father of the economic integration movement» in K - 12 schooling, and «arguably the nation's chief proponent of class - based affirmative action in higher education admissions.»
The seminar is designed to help presidents, chancellors and chief institutional advancement officers from all sectors of U.S. higher education and abroad gain valuable insights about effective leadership of the institutional advancement function.
John Larmer, Editor in Chief at the Buck Institute for Education, looks at how to get high - quality work from students engaged in project - based learning.
David Deming, professor of education and economics at HGSE, accompanied by Andrew Kelly, senior vice president for strategy and policy at the University of North Carolina System; Deborah Santiago, chief operating officer and vice president for policy at Excelencia in Education; and Josh Wyner, founder and executive director of the College of Excellence President and vice president at the Aspen Institute, will debate different viewpoints on the future of higher education, specifically for community education and economics at HGSE, accompanied by Andrew Kelly, senior vice president for strategy and policy at the University of North Carolina System; Deborah Santiago, chief operating officer and vice president for policy at Excelencia in Education; and Josh Wyner, founder and executive director of the College of Excellence President and vice president at the Aspen Institute, will debate different viewpoints on the future of higher education, specifically for community Education; and Josh Wyner, founder and executive director of the College of Excellence President and vice president at the Aspen Institute, will debate different viewpoints on the future of higher education, specifically for community education, specifically for community colleges.
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Another motivational session was delivered by Rob Tarn, the regional chief executive and national leader of education at the high - performing Outwood Grange Academy Trust.
Last week, Gates Foundation education chief Vicki Phillips wrote a «letter to our partners» urging that states give students and teachers time to adjust to the new Common Core standards before using those standards as factors «in high - stakes decisions on teacher evaluation or student promotion for the next two years, during this transition.»
Maryland's chief state school officer last week asked his board of education to establish a new kind of statewide graduation requirement for high - school students — 100 hours of community service.
We have talked about our program with higher education officials, chief state school officers, state boards of education, and individual community college and no one has raised a legal objection to the program.
«You can't just tinker around the edges with high - level things,» says Kim Benton, chief academic officer (CAO) in Mississippi's Department of Education.
In the Gallup poll of business leaders done for Lumina, only a third agreed that «higher education institutions in this country are graduating students with the skills and competencies my business needs,» compared to 96 percent of chief academic officers who thought so.
The Chief Scientist's report also highlights work in South Korea — where the Korean Creative Economy initiative includes entrepreneurship education for primary, secondary, high school and tertiary students.
Chooses Law School Alumnus, Harvard Dean as Its Next President (The Washington Post) University of Virginia's Next President Has Five Essential Questions for You (The Washington Post) U. of Virginia's Next Chief Inherits a Wearied Institution (The Chronicle of Higher Education) Harvard Education Dean Named University of Virginia President (Harvard Magazine) Education School Dean Ryan to Depart for UVA (The Harvard Crimson) Harvard Dean James E. Ryan Named as U.Va.
The recent report of the Council of Chief State School Officers found that state program - approval policies for preparation programs, both those for «traditional higher education programs and for new pathways, suffer from weak and inconsistent regulation.»
In response to the policy pamphlet, the Church of England's chief education officer Reverend Nigel Genders said: «The Church of England continues to be committed to the provision of high quality RE in schools, which is vital for a balanced understanding of the world today where more than 80 per cent of the population are people of faith.
Before rejoining the firm, she was Chief of Membership, Governance, and Higher Education at the College Board.
Ericka was also President and Chief Operating Officer of the McKenzie Group (now part of American Institutes for Research), a comprehensive education consulting firm with a 20 - year history of providing evaluation and technical assistance services to school districts, institutions of higher education, federal agencies, foundations, and other public and private organizations.
Join literacy curriculum experts Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., professor of educational leadership at San Diego State University, and Shawn Mahoney, Ph.D., chief academic officer at McGraw - Hill Education, to discover proven methods and high - impact solutions to enrich school and district literacy initiatives.
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NBC News Chief Education Correspondent Rehema Ellis hosted a dynamic live town hall on the issues facing young adults after high school, and solutions to ensure their success.
«The Wallace Foundation grant will enable us to provide the kind of high - quality training for district superintendents, state education chiefs and their senior teams that corporate and governmental leaders receive in other Harvard executive education programs.
Before rejoining the firm, she was chief of membership, governance, and higher education at the College Board.
I went on to become an English teacher, a high school principal, an assistant superintendent, a chief academic officer, a deputy director of education at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now part of the faculty at Harvard.