Sentences with phrase «maintaining selectivity»

Furthermore, charter schools can leverage their autonomy and flexibility as they develop creative ways to diversify recruitment and hiring processes while maintaining selectivity.

The membrane's carbon dioxide highways (yellow) enable the rapid flow of carbon dioxide (red and white molecules) while maintaining selectivity over nitrogen (blue molecules).

Set these disconcerting figures against a backdrop of harried, overworked admissions officers under pressure to read thousands of applications on tight deadlines, the fierce competition among colleges to maintain their selectivity, and the need to enroll enough affluent students to generate revenue, and the manifold obstacles low - income students already face appear impassable.

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On balance, we maintain a positive outlook for European equities, but we feel selectivity is crucial.

These hybrids harness the carbon dioxide selectivity of metal - organic frameworks while maintaining the processability of polymers.

Although there has been some recent backsliding, between 2011 and 2015, 25 states raised the bar for selectivity through entrance examinations, GPA requirements, or both.85 This section looks at the states that implemented increased selectivity requirements before 2012; at how nearly all states have made some recent strides to increase the selectivity of their teacher preparation programs; and at two states that have successfully set a high bar for selectivity while maintaining or increasing diversity.

Many educators, policymakers, and other stakeholders worry that increasing selectivity may lead to a less racially diverse teacher workforce, as minority candidates generally score lower on many of the current selectivity metrics used by teacher preparation programs.14 Others maintain that the diversity gap will only continue to grow in the decades to come, even with a focus on the recruitment and retention of the current generation of prospective teachers.15 Instead, those skeptical of the United States» ability to attain both goals offer solutions such as increased cultural competency among the existing teacher workforce to inspire and encourage a more diverse generation of future educators.16

According to socioemotional selectivity theory (SST), older adults are motivated to regulate their emotions such that positive affective states are maintained and negative affective states are avoided (Carstensen, Isaacowitz, & Charles, 1999).

According to socioemotional selectivity theory, as people age and perceive time as more limited, they become more invested in attaining emotion - focused goals which emphasize the importance of maintaining emotionally close and meaningful relationships (Carstensen, Isaacowitz, & Charles, 1999).

The socioemotional selectivity theory maintains that awareness of limited time left to live motivates individuals to optimize emotional well - being in the present through key, proximal social relationships (Carstensen, 2006; Carstensen, Isaacowitz, & Charles, 1999).