Sentences with phrase «of academic support services»

Other standards UNC didn't meet: Operation of academic support services, the faculty's role in governance & handling of financial aid.

My colleague Leslie Doolittle, assistant dean and director of academic support services at Bentley, has found that many millennials consider central to their lives the following priorities: family, friends and making a difference in their community.

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Founder Jared Schreiber, a graduate of MIT, was a founding member of the Pat Tillman Foundation which supports active - duty military service members, veterans and their spouses with academic scholarships and professional development opportunities.

Clearly, the average theological school is not awash in funds available for discretionary spending, for covering the start - up costs of major new academic «experiments,» for providing new student services, or even for providing adequate support services for administration and faculty.

USDA's Agricultural Research Service supports innovation by conducting, often in collaboration with industry and academic partners, research on new technologies for reducing spoilage of fresh foods and the development of new products from waste materials at food processing facilities.

While per pupil revenue covers the majority of our expenses related to delivery of the academic program, additional money must be raised to provide the support services needed to effectively serve pregnant and parenting teens and their children.

Ron Patera, who oversees food services as the school system's finance director, said in a statement, «Ms. Heaps and I are both in support of providing nutritious and safe meals to Elizabeth's students so they have every opportunity to enhance their academic performance.

There will be terms you've never heard of: academic, applied, locally developed, open, special education support, alternative education, advanced placement, international baccalaureate, English Language Learners programs, community service, and more.

Reducing plate waste — the amount of food discarded by students — is an important goal for school food service departments within their ultimate mission: to support children's health and academic success by ensuring that they are well - nourished.

Cheryl Ashcroft, Assistant Dean of Students for Academic Support Services, adds, «The protocol for student athletes with concussions has been a valuable tool for our office.

The Renewal initiative, with its added social services and academic supports, will be fully implemented this fall, meaning the program's deadline for turning around schools will roughly coincide with the the end of the three - year extension proposal.

The Renewal program adds academic supports and social services to the struggling schools, most of which are in low - income neighborhoods.

As part of the CLS program — which is funded by the state, the city, the UFT and private donors — a full - time community school director is hired by each school to secure and manages services in six areas: health and wellness, educator supports, academic supports, expanded learning time, parent supports and community outreach.

When deciding where to do your postdoc, pick a PI who will support you as an aspiring academic rather than treat you like «cheap labor at the service of a great project,» says physicist Pedro Miguel Echenique.

This can be between 5 and 15 hours, and the work might be lectures, supervision of undergraduate practical classes, and exams, or general support and administrative tasks for professors and academic services such as the library.

This view is strongly supported by Germany's Academic Exchange Service, DAAD, whose president, Theodor Berchem, declared such cooperation with foreign first - class universities to be essential in establishing German universities in the first league of international science.

Given that support, program faculty and staff must then do two things: take a student - centered approach to the delivery of services and give students what Matsui calls «system smarts» — tools to navigate a campus's academic system and scientific community.

This study was supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Research Foundation (DFG), and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

The program — which was run in collaboration with the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) and the German Academic Exchange Service, a funding organization that supports the international exchange of students and researchers — involved joint supervision by advisers in the two countries and research stays in Germany.

With the support of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the MAINZ Graduate School, this collaboration could even be extended to long - term stays of guest students from Japan here in Mainz and vice versa,» said Professor Mathias Kläui, Director of MAINZ.

The authors said that the difficulty of retaining students may be a factor more complicated than SAI allows for, noting that improving retention rates requires significant campus resources to address a broad range of factors, including student engagement levels, academic support services, campus climate, student satisfaction, and financial aid.

By providing student - focused services to students in treatment throughout McLean Hospital, the College Mental Health Program is prepared to work closely with students and with institutions of higher education to support both mental health and academic goals.

This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (grants R01 CA103866 and AI47389), the United States Department of Defense (grant W81XWH -07-0448), the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, an American Cancer Society - Ellison Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, and a German Academic Exchange Service / DAAD Fellowship.

Together, Bruce and Cindy are tireless advocates for Lifespan and we owe them a great debt for their years of selfless service, dedication, unflagging energy and philanthropic support, which has helped make Rhode Island Hospital the premier academic medical center it is today.

Lifespan's world - class physicians advance our academic mission through innovative research and a comprehensive range of services that support outstanding patient care.

Lipotype offers high quality lipid analysis services with its Lipotype Shotgun Lipidomics Technology for a wide range of customers and applications including biomarker identification for clinical researchers, pharma and biotech companies, functional food development for the food industry, claim support for the cosmetics industry, as well as for the small - scale profiling needs of academic researchers.

The stars of film, TV and stage have also joined forces with more than 160 activists, academics and service providers, to launch the Justice and Equality Fund which will aim to resource a network of support and advocacy organisation projects across the UK.

The board of k.i.d.s., which included Fordham's Finn as well as Ryan, widened its mandate, adding academic and operating activities (e.g., food service support) and new schools in other cities.

Since joining Harvard College Library in 2007, Fliss has achieved closer collaboration and partnerships between its libraries and in supporting the academic mission of the FAS with focus on curricular support programs and partnerships that support teaching, learning and research through direct services to faculty and students.

Craig Haas, Special Ed and Student Services Coordinator at Edwards Middle School, shares how his team uses expanded learning time to provide relevant academic support to each individual student while breaking down stigmas between children of different abilities.

Founded in 2006, the fellowship financially supports incoming students with top academic records who have already demonstrated a commitment to urban education through at least three years of service...

Finally, encouraging findings are emerging on initiatives that combine the financial benefits of place - based promise programs with coaching and academic support services.

Particularly with online learning giving way to a suite of flexible learning experiences, schools may indeed move beyond their traditional role as sole academic provider, offering a breadth of non-academic resources such as mentoring, health services, and community - building activities — all of which can support healthy development and serve as powerful antidotes to chronic achievement gaps.

While she no longer directly runs the program, she still oversees it and is also responsible for the university's advising center, office of career services, and academic support program.

Through the SHARE website, you can connect with timely and confidential counseling, explore filing a complaint, contact specially trained 24/7 emergency services, and learn about engaging interim measures — academic, workplace, housing, or other support services — to help you continue to participate in all aspects of the Harvard community.

This means all forms of safety and security while at school — food if hungry, clean clothes if needed, medical attention when necessary, counseling and other family services as required, and most of all, caring adults who create an atmosphere of sincere support for the students» well - being and academic success.

The real culprit is not a lack of academic preparation, but instead the actions of state legislatures, colleges, and universities that hike up the costs of attendance, underinvest in need - based financial grant aid, and spend the least on support services at the schools where students possess the greatest economic and academic needs.

An LEA shall use these grant funds to support direct student services including: (1) a student's enrollment and participation in academic courses not otherwise available at the student's school; (2) credit recovery and academic acceleration courses that lead to a regular high school diploma; (3) activities that assist students in successfully completing postsecondary level instruction and examinations that are accepted for credit at institutions of higher education; and (4) if applicable, transportation to allow a student enrolled in a low - performing school to transfer to another public school.

Some research suggests that when colleges make students aware of their academic difficulties and point students toward available support services students are more likely to successfully complete the course in question and to persist over the long term.

The Higher Achievement Evaluation will examine whether out - of - school programs can help students meet the new Common Core standards by pairing an analysis of Higher Achievement's impact on academics with an examination of program fidelity, service contrast, and the extent to which mentors» instruction supports Common Core Common practices, standards, and learning strategies.

In public schools, academic intervention instructional and / or support services shall be provided by qualified staff who are appropriately certified pursuant to Part 80 of this Title.

those students scoring at or above a scale score specified in subclause (3) of this clause but below level 3 / proficient shall not be required to receive academic intervention instructional and / or student support services unless the school district, in its discretion, deems it necessary.

(a) In grades kindergarten through five, the program shall be designed by a certified school counselor in coordination with the teaching staff, and any appropriate pupil personnel service providers, for the purpose of preparing students to participate effectively in their current and future educational programs, to provide information related to college and careers, and to assist students who may exhibit challenges to academic success, including but not limited to attendance or behavioral concerns, and where appropriate make a referral to a properly licensed professional and / or certified pupil personnel service provider, as appropriate, for more targeted supports.

• Overwhelming parental support for the following elements of an education agenda: Provide extra resources to turn around struggling neighborhood schools; hold charter schools accountable; provide more support / training for struggling teachers; expand / improve new - teacher mentoring; reduce class sizes, especially in the early grades; make public schools hubs of the neighborhood with longer hours, academic help and health services for families; provide extra pay for teachers in hard - to - staff schools; and ensure access to high - quality preschool for all 3 - and 4 - year - olds.

Larger schools, within limits, often have a wider array of academic programs and support services.

Parental school choice fit perfectly within John's intellectual framework for effective service delivery, and he championed all forms of it — vouchers, charters, tax credits, magnet schools, and open enrollment — throughout his academic and policymaking career, knowing full well that his outspoken support for this policy would limit his ability to rise through the ranks of his party.

A concept paper inviting community - based organizations to partner with the New York City Department of Education (DOE) noted the approach «is based on a growing body of evidence» showing that «an integrated focus» on academics, health and social services, and other community supports are «critical to improving student success.»

Several years ago, the Harvard Graduate School of Education began offering the online workshop, a collaborative venture supported by the Dean's Office, Academic Affairs, the Office of Student Affairs, Gutman Library Writing Services, and the Learning Technologies Center (LTC), to address student questions about American academic writing, and also to build a community among the incoming international sAcademic Affairs, the Office of Student Affairs, Gutman Library Writing Services, and the Learning Technologies Center (LTC), to address student questions about American academic writing, and also to build a community among the incoming international sacademic writing, and also to build a community among the incoming international students.

Harvard University, through the Office of the President, is making a $ 1 million commitment by providing programmatic support and academic services through the involvement of faculty, students and administrators over a five - year period commencing this summer.

The article examines research on the importance of social support services in the academic achievement of U.S. students.