Sentences with phrase «increase academic competition»

Now, government officials want to reduce the in - house promotions in an effort to increase academic competition and spread around the scholarly talent.

Not exact matches

«Such gender differences may reflect the increased competition female scientists experience, old fashioned academic conventions with male exclusive networks, and / or our evolutionary history in which particularly male - male alliances were favoured,» says lead author Jorg Massen.

For instance, a decrease in teacher - student closeness or school safety, or an increase in academic competition among peers, may lead to lower self - esteem and higher anxiety and loneliness among students.

The role of local authorities is changing dramatically, increasing pressure on school based teams, and the free school programme (an off shoot of the academies programme) has introduced competition between schools which focuses attention not just on academic performance but on the image a school wants to project.

New academic games motivate students to achieve Coleman's early theories on competition increase student engagement

The program may have modestly increased academic performance in public schools, consistent with the theory behind school vouchers that they create competition between public and private schools.

If anything, public charter schools tend to increase the academic performance of students in traditional public, likely due to increased competition.

The funding from Title II, Part B from the U.S. Department of Education supports a competitive grant competition for projects that increase the academic achievement of students in mathematics and science by encouraging state education agencies, institutions of higher education, local education agencies, elementary schools, and secondary schools to participate in programs that improve instruction and upgrade the status and stature of mathematics and science teaching.

«We have worked to raise academic standards, promote accountability, and provide greater competition and choice within the public schools, including support for a dramatic increase in charter schools.»

School officials say rank increases an unhealthy competition among highly motivated students who tend to take courses most likely to boost their academic standing.

In 22 of 23 empirical studies, academic performance of public - school students improved in response to increased competition.