Sentences with phrase «most of our public institutions»

«Museum - quality» exhibitions at larger galleries have become the norm, but the private sector can still make bolder and nimbler moves than most of our public institutions.

Not exact matches

It is also, in the end, about public faith in the decision - making processes of our most important institutions.

Most of our grandparents» worlds imposed structure on them with 9 to 5 jobs and public institutions that our world has caused to crumble.

You started off idealistically hoping to bring high - quality investments to the public, but if most of your money comes from institutions, you aren't.

At its most humane, the city is not a faceless or shapeless amalgam, but a patterned and harmonious ordering of household, neighborhood, public institution, and civic center.

If the sexual abuse of minors is so grievous» and it most certainly is» why should its punishment be harsh for Catholic and other private institutions, but soft for public schools where it occurs more frequently?

Since these «mixed» ventures may not always be the churches» most direct or effective way of fulfilling their central function of explaining the ultimate meaning of life to their adherents — and certainly not if muffled by the requirements of public fisc — perhaps churches should be less eager to enter into what can at best be but a very unequal partnership with the public, and less tenacious in clinging to «mixed» institutions rather than letting them spin off to nonsectarian auspices.

At the same time, we have witnessed the failure of most familiar forms of communality — dramatically so in Eastern Europe, but also in our own society, where a deep cynicism informs all public life and institutions.

obligation in relation to each public moral issue as it arises; a word of the retrieval of the culture's most creative ideals and institutions; a world of judgment on the culture's present and potential sins; a word of forgiveness whenever it is repentant; a word of promise and so of confidence (in God, if not in itself) for the future.

Education was being placed under the control of the state and was becoming secularized, but on the frontiers of white settlement, especially in the United States, those moved by their Christian faith were founding most of the institutions of higher learning and were even responsible for much of the public school system.

Hong Kong is considered to have built one of the most successful institutions to combat public corruption.

«Previous studies have also noted that the financial condition of the most troubled institutions is, to a large extent, a product of an inefficient expense structure, revenue challenges associated with a patient mix that approaches 90 percent public payers and charity care, and overwhelming liabilities (including debt issued long ago for physical plant improvements that, in some cases, are obsolete),» the health department said in its announcement.

Buffalo's Albright - Knox Art Gallery wants to create a public space that could rival Canalside while expanding and remaking one of the city's most recognizable institutions.

Through the support of educational institutions, public libraries, family members and community organizations, the children of Western New York will receive the most rewarding and well - rounded education possible.

Many vital public institutions such as hospitals, police stations and fire stations typically do not have the most sophisticated cybersecurity, and they are perhaps the most vulnerable of all in ransomware attacks.

Entry charges are not the only obstacle in the way of public access to science, but perhaps the most symbolic for a major cultural institution — particularly where the primary audience is children.

(The Christian Science Monitor) Julie Reuben discusses how most modern college presidents adhere to the school of thought that says institutions should only take a stance on public issues that could impact the core mission of the university.

Most of that growth has been at large public institutions, with for - profit colleges accounting for about one - third of online students nationwide.

The Illinois Constitution, with one of the most demanding education clauses, says that the state must «provide for an efficient system of high quality public educational institutions and services.»

Most of these gains come at four - year public institutions.

Maro: «We are a very young institution, and one of the requirements in most public calls to level is to be recognized as a public utility.

Public education is one of the most evaluated and scrutinized institutions in American society.

As Horace Mann asserted, public education is the most universal of institutions, and it can shape young minds and hearts.

But they receive comparatively little attention relative to public colleges and the for - profit sector, perhaps because the conventional wisdom casts private colleges based on the profile of the most elite institutions in the sector, which have large endowments and charge high tuition to mostly wealthy students.

Some of the lowest - performing urban public - school systems are also those that spend the most money per pupil — but despite Catholic schools» record of helping disadvantaged students learn, and despite their desperate need for financial resources, these institutions are denied any direct public support.

WASHINGTON — Parents overwhelmingly believe that public schools are the single most important institution for the future of their community and of our nation, and they choose strong neighborhood public schools over expanding choice, charters and vouchers, according to a nationwide poll released today by the American Federation of Teachers.

Guggenheim presents the popularized version of an account of American public education that is promoted by some of the nation's most powerful figures and institutions.

Most modern college presidents adhere to the school of thought that says institutions should only take a stance on public issues that could impact the core mission of the university, says Julie Reuben, a historian at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Two decades later, most public universities in England now charge # 9,250 — equivalent to about $ 11,380, or 18 percent more than the average sticker price of a U.S. public four - year institution.

He emphasizes that the institutions of a neighborhood are vital to its health and economic strength, and public schools are one of the most important shared institutions.

Most of the students who enroll in the Language & Literacy Education program at the doctoral level are interested in teaching, research, and policymaking in public or private institutions of higher education or in leadership positions in Pre-K — 12 education and policy settings.

A study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching on undergraduate education in the United States reported «one of our most disturbing findings is the discontinuity that exists between the public schools and institutions of higher learning» (Boyer, 1986, 284).

These community professionals, business officials, public policy leaders, and leading citizens offer their time and talent to serve on the governing boards of this century's most innovative higher education institutions - community, junior, and technical colleges - and make decisions that affect more than 1,200 colleges and over 11 million students annually.

Skeptics also question the prospect of diverting more public dollars to North Carolina private schools, most of which are religious institutions lacking the testing accountability and non-discrimination requirements imposed on traditional public schools.

DeVos called public education a «dead end» before becoming education secretary and has continued to talk about it in less - than - flattering terms, refusing to acknowledge the value of what has been America's most important civic institution.

With dedicated and committed faculty members» expectations of great success from everyone, Middle College High has the potential to grow into one of the most successful institutions in recent years in the Metro Nashville Public School System.

Advocates of public education in the United States have worried that President - elect Donald Trump would tap an education secretary who would speed up the privatization of public schools, a move that many fear could destroy America's public education system, the country's most important civic institution...

As the state's second most prestigious public institution of higher learning, and one that consistently ranks among the Top 25 in the nation, the University of California, Los Angeles enrolls greater than 44,000 students, over 25 % of which are graduate students.

By the time of the American Revolution, rudimentary public schools had been established in most states, although it wasn't until the 1870s that every state in the union had such institutions.

In doing so, they will be showing a commitment to funding one of our most valuable institutions, public schools.

These recent school shootings have deeply affected Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) as we grapple with the loss of life in one our most sacred institutions.

Note that there are some private colleges and universities that are far more selective, and not a single public institution made my list of the country's 20 most selective colleges.

A riveting investigation of a beloved library caught in the crosshairs of real estate, power, and the people's interests — by the reporter who broke the story In a series of cover stories for The Nation magazine, journalist Scott Sherman uncovered the ways in which Wall Street logic almost took down one of New York City's most beloved and iconic institutions: the New York Public Library.

That's because it eliminates support for one of the most American of institutions; The Public Library.

What that shows you is that most students at traditional schools have a manageable debt load of $ 7,960 for 4 year public schools and $ 17,040 at 4 year private institutions.

The first is the insurance risk premium, which stems from the fact that producers of goods for public consumption (such as coffee, base metals, and petroleum), as well as the producers of these raw materials, wish to transfer the risk of price fluctuations to speculators, which in most cases are financial institutions.

An integral part of a leading public land grant institution, our College is a core component of one of the most comprehensive health sciences centers in the world.

The institution of the Kaffeehaus, or coffeehouse, is one of the most democratic public places ever invented.

Besides the lucky 20, the state of most of the 4,000 public museums remains that of institutions almost entirely subject to local councils and therefore unable — since they don't control their own operating budgets — to create the right conditions to attract private donors.

Written in the first surge of the most significant feminist movement since the suffragettes, Nochlin's 1971 essay marked the beginning of an era in which public art institutions were challenged about the representation of women in their collections.