Sentences with phrase «increasing numbers of institutions»

Increasing numbers of institutions require all authors to sign a statement indicating the contribution of each author.

There is also an increasing number of institutions which are producing strong content about animal research for their own websites, however the article notes that many institutions fall short on the information they provide online.

Smarter Balanced continues to work with higher education to increase the number of institutions using the Grade 11 assessment.

Institutions like the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Pier 24 Photography both have dedicated spaces to view photography all year long and an increasing number of institutions are having photography or moving image exhibits here each year.

Facilities and support for arbitration in Africa are growing in scope and sophistication, as reflected by the increasing number of institutions active on the continent.

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Despite the increasing number of financial institutions servicing the cannabis industry, credit is still very rarely available for marijuana businesses.

The increase in small business optimism is a positive sign for financial institutions on a number of fronts.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

The number of financial and banking institutions that are beginning to use it has recently increased.

There are two wonderful things that give me a positive wow factor every day — the increasing number of people I discover doing fantastically brilliant stuff, quietly and without fuss, living out the Gospel of Christ in gentle, caring, loving ways, most of which the church institution hasn't got a clue about because it's too dam busy running itself.

An increasing number of world leaders and institutions are finally recognising ISIS atrocities as genocide....

A trend for «tribalisation» among evangelical Christians has led to increasing numbers of small theological training institutions opening in order to serve small niches of the market.

One trend is the increasing number of students in institutions of higher learning who return to school or enroll for the first time later in life — a far cry from the typical stereotype of undergraduates.

There are indications that an increasing number of seminary students are coming from larger private and state institutions of higher learning and also that the ministry is attracting a growing number of high caliber students.

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By the end of 2013, according to NYC & Company, the borough enjoyed a 14 percent increase in tourism, with some institutions reporting record - breaking numbers of visitors.

NIH examines indicators such as the track record of graduates in academic medicine positions, time to graduation, overall student happiness, how well the program integrates the medical and scientific training, and most importantly, the quality of the scientists and science available to the MD / PhD students; NIH manifests disapproval or approval of a program by decreasing, increasing, or maintaining the number of funded trainee positions at that institution.

The Athena Project, which is a UK - wide initiative that aims to increase the number of women working in science, engineering, and technology (SET) at all levels of higher education (HE), and to improve their career development, awards development grants to HE institutions for pilot projects that address those aims.

This phenomenon needs to be understood by individuals, academic institutions, companies, and federal agencies who claim that they want to see the numbers of women and minorities going into science and engineering careers increase, because unfortunately «stereotype threat» is alive and well in the scientific community.

Even though this was not directly tackled in the bill, the government promised an increase in the number and sometimes amount of the salary bonuses given for doctoral supervision and teaching, and for other duties that benefit the department and the institution.

said he wants to increase the number of PIOs from non-U.S. institutions (about 60 % of PIO registrants currently are from the United States).

In particular, they questioned why NSF would want to take such steps, fretted that any new requirements would increase the already heavy burden on institutions to comply with federal rules, and wondered whether greater scrutiny might be an overreaction to a problem that they said affects only a tiny number of researchers.

At some institutions, this translated into more tests; according to the EUA survey, 44 % of the institutions that have redesigned study programs based on study units or modules reported an increase in the number of examinations.

Collaborations, measured by the number of institutions involved in producing a given paper, are up, and might be imposing higher costs from increased communication.

The agreement increases the number of internships allowing MIT students to work in educational, academic, and R&D institutions and nongovernmental organizations in India.

«The project's priorities are to continue to work with HE institutions to develop, share, encourage, and disseminate good practice, to increase the number of women working in SET, and to improve the career development of those women,» she says.

According to «Staff in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2003, and Salaries of Full - Time Instructional Faculty, 2003 - 04,» which was issued by the U.S. Department of Education, the total number of postsecondary faculty grew by 26 percent from 1995 through 2003, but the number of full - time faculty on the tenure track increased by only 17 percent.

NPA chair Carol Manahan, for example, noted in her welcoming remarks to NPA the increasing number of postdoc offices and associations on campuses across the country, the spreading movement to limit postdoc appointments to about 5 years, improvements in compensation and benefits at a number of institutions, and the growth of NPA itself, which now has more than 40 institutional members, with a combined enrollment topping 27,000 postdocs as well as more than 300 individual members.

The AAAS Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement honors AAAS members who have mentored significant numbers of underrepresented students working toward completion of a Ph.D. in STEM and / or are significantly affecting the climate of a department, college or institution, or field in such a manner as to significantly increase the diversity of students pursuing and completing Ph.D. s in STEM fields.

Although increasing numbers of medical institutions have introduced electronic medical records, a variety of issues remain unresolved, such as the inconvenience of data recording and the high costs associated with data input.

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) teacher shortages are especially acute in physics, and the study points the way for institutions seeking to increase the number of STEM graduates prepared to teach.

The number of postdocs studying in science and engineering (S&E) fields at U.S. degree - granting institutions grew 18.6 %, from 36,158 to 42,889, between 1994 and 2001, respectively.1 Over the same interval the number of S&E doctorates holding tenure - track positions increased 6.1 % (from 36,830 to 39,080).

From their survey, the researchers found that officials at 37 per cent of the institutions expected the number of non-tenure-track instructors to increase by 2000; 51 per cent predicted that the ranks of the non-tenured would stay the same on their campuses.

One way of reducing the number of postdocs — and decreasing the intense competition for jobs — would be to increase postdoc salaries from $ 39,264 to $ 42,000 and provide benefits equal to those of employees at their institutions, the report says.

Even though there are more academic positions available, the increase in the number of foreign nationals recruited for these positions limits the number of positions that remain open for U.S. citizens at Ph.D. - granting institutions.

Most institutions responding to the survey expect the number of students seeking postgraduate study in England to plateau or even decline as a result of the high undergraduate fees introduced in recent years and increasing global competitiveness.

The NPA has been following bill HR 6429 that would increase eligibility for Green card applications for PhD and Master holders (from US institutions) in the STEM fields (this is done by decreasing the number of Green Cards gained through the «lottery» system).

To increase the number of certified laboratory animal technicians at Texas Biomed and other institutions, he has developed institution - wide training and certification programs.

Max Hollein takes over at a time of increased visitor numbers, but also as the institution deals with financial instability.

In fact, an increasing number of individuals, corporations, and institutions are turning to eLearning as they recognize its effectiveness and its convenience.

Rather, their deep - seated incentive structures focus them on either increasing their prestige by doing more academic research or on serving as cash cows for their parent institutions by enrolling large numbers of teachers and then serving them at a very low cost.

Technology is rapidly changing and an increasing number of organizations and private learning institutions are beginning to see the benefits of a blended learning approach.

Over the span of last five years, the number of pre-primary and childcare institutions has shown a remarkable increase owing to the growing number of centers of various private preschool chains.

With Africa's growing youth bulge, how will African countries cope with increasing numbers of tertiary student enrolments and high costs of expanding higher education institutions?

The EdTech space is picking up pace, as in increased number of global education institutions are now digitisingtheir campus environments to help to attract top students - physically or virtually.

The annual employment accountability plan shall also include an analysis and an assessment of the Florida College System institution's attainment of annual goals and of long - range goals for increasing the number of women and minorities in faculty and senior - level administrative positions, and a corrective action plan for addressing underrepresentation.

Famous institutions like Harrow, Marlborough, Shrewsbury and Brighton College − to name just a few − are clamouring to meet a growing demand for a «traditional» English education among the burgeoning middle classes of these countries as well as the increasing number of British ex-pats who have relocated there.

We should note that although the percentage of teachers from top colleges and universities has not changed much, the number of teachers from these institutions has increased (by 59 percent for females and by 29 percent for males) as the teaching force has ballooned.

As The National WWII Museum grows into a world class institution, the need to serve a rapidly increasing number of visitors, students, scholars, and educators also continues to grow.

Funded by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) STEM and Articulation Program, the LACC STEM Pathways Program seeks to increase the number and percentage of Hispanic and low - income students attaining degrees in the fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) and to develop transfer and articulation agreements with four - year institutions in Institutions (HSI) STEM and Articulation Program, the LACC STEM Pathways Program seeks to increase the number and percentage of Hispanic and low - income students attaining degrees in the fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) and to develop transfer and articulation agreements with four - year institutions in institutions in such fields.