Sentences with phrase «local academic community»

The local academic community might be a good repository of advice.

Enlist the local academic community.

These seminars are open to the local academic community.

Not exact matches

UCI's unyielding commitment to rigorous academics, cutting - edge research, and leadership and character development makes the campus a driving force for innovation and discovery that serves our local, national and global communities in many ways.

Contact community groups and local schools to see how you can work with students who could use extra academic support.

One man wrote from Zimbabwe, where as a social worker and academic he was engaged in community planning sponsored by the Disciples of Christ and a local nongovernmental agency.

They may need to discover and to re-tell a unifying story of the country Of course, this runs against the academic grain, which nurtures what it believes to be a healthy contempt for the nation (let alone its historic spiritual culture) and a self - protecting indifference to the local community In America, where unbalanced individuality and unbalanced diversity seem sacred, the wildness of history is blowing at cyclone force, and the ability to cope with it seems to be a dying art.

Other symptoms of this new spirit are to be found in the increased interest in the common worship of the academic community, though this is by no means universally evident; in the widespread and intensive discussions of faculties about the purpose and organization of the course of study; in the experiments that are being carried on to relate the work of the seminary more intimately to the work of other church agencies, particularly to the local churches.

We must work to manage our direct impacts — those that result from NWNA's operations; and we must work in partnership with local communities, academics, not - for - profits and others to monitor our collective impacts, minimize and eliminate them and steward and sustain the resources on which we all depend.

First, it managed to bring together, in the same room and quite often around the same discussion table, representatives of the biggest corporations in food and agribusiness (e.g. Coles and Woolworths); state, federal and local government officers; individual farmers; scientists and academics; and members of the growing community food sector.

The study is part of the New Haven Mental Health Outreach for MotherS (MOMS) Partnership, a community - academic collaboration between Yale University and seven local and state agencies.

Tuition would rise and security would be strengthened at Niagara County Community College under a tentative budget for the next academic year, which includes $ 250,000 for two armed peace officers and a contract with a local police agency to supply a regular police officer to patrol during the day.

GBENGA ADENIJI and SIMON UTEBOR write about the hideous face of cultism which is dangerously polluting the academic milieu in the nation's public secondary schools Looking forlorn and weak, Miss Lillian Friday, a 16 - year - old pupil of Community Secondary School, Otuoke in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has yet to get over her -LSB-...]

CHESTERTOWN — A mother of two who campaigned on boosting academic standards and improving the local school board's relationship with the community has won a seat on the North Warren Central School Board of Education.

Also at 6 p.m., NYC Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, joined by local agencies and nonprofit organizations, marks National Bullying Prevention Month with a community conversation and resource expo, W.E.B. DuBois Academic High School, 402 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn.

The statement also asserted that the university's roughly 5,000 international students do not displace those from New York, and offer «immeasurable academic and cultural value to our campuses and local communities, while making a significant economic impact to Western New York.»

It provides an interdisciplinary academic setting and works closely with the local community and business leaders to develop new ideas and business ventures.

As his academic career at Trent evolved over the following 2 decades, Adams became increasingly engaged with the local community: «I became involved in public affairs, like sports and a program called Energy Savers in Peterborough, and I was chair for the United Way — all of those things that you could do in a small community.»

To address litigation — a divisive subject following the «timber wars» over endangered species protections in the 1980s — 4FRI brought together a wide range of interests, including the Center for Biological Diversity, local communities, academics and forestry companies.

By merging the academic strengths of the university with the applied expertise within the local financial community, this program is another example of how the university community is working to produce graduates who are ready to drive the changes in the financial services industry and to propel the industry firmly into the next millennium.

Since then, I'm helping to start a science advocacy group on campus in hopes of improving public trust in scientists and opening conversations between academic researchers and the local community.

Such offices shall engage in cooperative research, development, and demonstration projects with the academic community, State Climate Offices, Regional Climate Offices, and other users and stakeholders on climate products, technologies, models, and other tools to improve understanding and forecasting of regional and local climate variability and change and the effects on economic activities, natural resources, and water availability, and other effects on communities, to facilitate development of regional and local adaptation plans to respond to climate variability and change, and any other needed research identified by the Under Secretary or the Advisory Committee.

In 2003, an academic - community collaboration called the Environmental Justice Partnership (EJP) was launched, bringing together faculty and staff from the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions with a community board that includes East Baltimore residents, leaders and members from local organizations.

The inclusion of CNS in the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) in 2004 has expanded that function to include any and all other members of the larger research community both local and national, academic and non-academic who conduct research in any aspect of the large and growing field of nanoscale science.

The Call is open to a wide range of people and organisations, including mediators and practitioners of science communication; STEM festival organisers; universities and institutes of technology, science centres, museums and other cultural attractions; artists; educators; industry professionals and academics in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM); arts agencies; production companies; schools; local authorities (libraries, city / county councils etc.); youth clubs; community groups; and research institutes.

Dr. Keener coordinates an interdisciplinary team of social and physical scientists that aims to reduce Pacific Island communities vulnerability to climate change by translating academic research into actionable knowledge for a variety of stakeholders at the local, state, and regional level — especially regarding the management of fresh water resources.

The public is also famously and enduringly off the mark regarding the academic performance of their local schools, still sipping the warm waters of Lake Wobegon and giving honors grades to «the public schools in your community,» even while conferring far lower marks on «the public schools in the nation as a whole.»

Parents and other community members — thanks to some local gadflies who began to get the message out — also began paying attention and, for the first time in memory, voted down a school budget in large part because of academic failures.

They include a West Virginia American Legion post that sponsors sports tournaments and academic competitions in local schools and several community organizations that provide remedial help and counseling to at - risk students.

Second, my academic work in India began with an interest in local community participation and service provision.

The Sunday Times named Sevenoaks as the top performing co-educational independent school in 2012; A testimony to the school's growing sophistication can be seen in the recently inaugurated Baccalaureate - linked Centre for Innovation lectures announcing top flight academic and professional speakers and inviting local schools and the wider Sevenoaks community to participate.

Academia has a set of standards that you move up based on the number of articles that you get published in the highest ranked publications, which cater to an exclusive audience of other academics that doesn't include the general public, community educators, and the people on the ground at local schools.»

By focusing on raising student achievement through strong local governance and by actively engaging the community, school boards provide leadership for academic success in our public schools.

Typically serving between 150 and 200 students from grades 9 or 10 through grade 12, Career Academies are organized as small learning communities, combine academic and technical curricula around a career theme, and establish partnerships with local employers to provide work - based learning opportunities.

«The social media will hopefully provide people an opportunity to share their photos and reflections so that they can see themselves as part of a global, as well as local, Harvard community,» DeAmicis said, noting that plans are already underway to host another Global Day of Service in the upcoming academic year.

One way to help students relate their academic work to daily life is to connect students with projects in their local community.

Alturas International Academy School Type: Charter Public Location: Idaho Falls Grades Served: K - 8 ’20 in 10 ′ Investment: $ 1,000,000 over five years ’20 in 10 ′ Impact: 538 new seats About the School: Alturas International Academy promotes academic distinction, while empowering students to be principled and intellectual leaders as they explore, create, investigate, and analyze in a safe, engaged, collaborative environment that inspires them to make a genuine difference in their local and global community.

Future Is Now Preparatory promotes knowledge and skill acquisition necessary for students to increase their academic participation as scholars, and navigate the global community as responsible local and digital citizens.

Learning Exchanges catalyze individuals and teams to re-imagine how schools and communities can fully engage collective power for the benefit of children, youth, and families by reclaiming the purposes of education as academic, social - emotional, and civic; uniting the power of place and wisdom of local people; redefining professional learning as a hopeful process that engages the heart, mind, & spirit; and taking actions to eliminate inequity and injustice in schools and communities.

NSBA with Davenport and the full leadership team will continue its efforts, working with the state school board associations, to ensure that ESSA is implemented as intended, in collaboration with local school boards and other key education stakeholders, and returning the decision - making authority to state and local communities in support of academic success for every public school student across the country.

The briefing was based on a study LPI recently conducted with the National Education Policy Center and highlighted community schools — that is, schools that partner with local agencies to provide integrated academic, health, and social services to the community — as a school improvement approach that meets the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requirement for «evidence - based» interventions.

These programs are created through partnerships between schools and local community resources to provide literacy, academic enrichment and safe constructive alternatives for students in kindergarten through ninth grade (K - 9).

As debate commenced today for floor action of the Senate's Every Child Achieves Act (S. 1177), NSBA sent a letter to all 100 U.S. Senators urging their strong support for moving forward on a final bill that restores community ownership to local school districts, maximizes authorized funding for Title I, and advances academic achievement among all students.

As our students excel in Advanced Placement courses, thrive in dual - enrollment classes at local community colleges, and consistently reach an increasingly higher academic bar, they prove that there is no reason for alternative schools to expect anything less from their students than academic excellence.

The purpose of the SSAE grants program is to improve students» academic achievement by increasing the capacity of states, school divisions, schools, and local communities to:

With high profile turnarounds operated by charter schools that have shown record gains or modest but steady cultural and academic improvement, the argument that charters can't serve local communities is ebbing.

The Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) program is intended to increasing the capacity of local educational agencies, schools, and local communities to provide all students with access to a well - rounded education, improve school conditions for student learning, and enhance the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all sAcademic Enrichment (SSAE) program is intended to increasing the capacity of local educational agencies, schools, and local communities to provide all students with access to a well - rounded education, improve school conditions for student learning, and enhance the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all sacademic achievement and digital literacy of all students.

From a walking field trip through the local community in Group One to a week - long French immersion experience for Group Eight in Quebec, each trip is planned to enrich and deepen the students» understanding of the academic content.

The SPI's various responsibilities include acting as chief spokesperson for public schools, providing education policy and direction to local school districts, and working with the education community to improve students» academic performance.

The purpose of this funding is to improve student academic achievement by increasing the capacity of State educational agencies (SEAs), local education agencies (LEAs), and local communities.