Sentences with phrase «ideals of academic excellence»

Founded in 1948, Brandeis University is named for the late Louis D. Brandeis, the distinguished associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, and reflects his ideals of academic excellence and social justice.

The tension between ideals of academic excellence and universal access to education has been an enduring theme in American public education all the way back to Horace Mann and the «common school» movement in the early 19th century.

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For example, a college student's relentless pursuit of academic excellence in order to become a very successful professional may, in considerable part, be an unconscious performance before his or her parents, teachers, or others who embody an important cultural ideal.

Ross was identified as an ideal candidate because of his commitment to transparency as it relates to student success and academic excellence and his deep understanding of the transformative power of higher education.