The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice on Tuesday sent a letter providing guidance to confirm that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, issued last month, leaves untouched previous Court holdings on the permissibility of race - conscious methods
of achieving diversity goals at elementary and secondary schools.
Not exact matches
Instead, we're very focused on the sacrifices,» Jennifer Allyn, managing director in the office
of diversity for PricewaterhouseCoopers has said, chiding high -
achieving women in particular to stop beating themselves up and start counting their blessings.
Research from Australia also supports quotas as a way to
achieve significant results and to seize the benefits
of gender
diversity in decision making.
Recently, Equilar, a research firm that focuses on board recruitment, put together a Gender
Diversity Index and predicts that the board
of directors on the Russell 3000 list — the 3000 largest companies based in the United States — will
achieve parity, with a membership made up
of 50 percent women and 50 percent men, by the fourth quarter
of 2055.
Coordinating and motivating large groups
of people to work together to
achieve even larger goals — whether that's increased sales or increased
diversity in the workforce — is genuinely not easy.
I was impressed with the number
of executives who highlighted their recognition that
diversity is a strength, and who shared their best practices with us, innovative approaches that they are taking to
achieve their goals.
In other words, with the VR office, we could create a situation where every corporate
diversity goal was fully
achieved, but the virtual workforce would itself appear in Virtual Reality like a convention
of Young Republicans.
Programs should be reviewed at least annually to assess whether they are effectively and efficiently
achieving such marketing and enterprise objectives as acquisition
of Millennial customers, share
of Millennial spending, customer retention, advocacy, employee
diversity, and improved brand image or fame.
In my nightly stock and ETF pick newsletter, I generally use a minimum ADTV requirement
of 100k - 500k shares for individual stocks (depending on share size
of the position), but may go as low as 50k shares for ETFs (in order to
achieve greater asset class
diversity).
Ms. Preston, director
of supplier
diversity development for the automaker, was recognized — in part — for
achieving a record - breaking spend
of $ 6.5 billion with certified minority business enterprises (MBEs) in 2013 — a 13.8 % year - over-year improvement.
«His leadership is a testament to the level
of a supplier
diversity process can
achieve with unwavering commitment.»
It took time to save and invest in a larger group
of companies to
achieve better
diversity.
To
achieve this, you'll need to pay attention to four critical ingredients: the strength
of your sources, the quality
of your content, the placement
of your link, and the overall
diversity of your offsite strategy.
We
achieve amazing things by connecting and leveraging the
diversity of skills, experiences and backgrounds
of our entire organization.
2017.03.22 Royal Bank
of Canada signs up to HM Treasury «Women in Finance Charter» RBC is focused on
achieving an inclusive workplace where all employees have equal opportunity to reach their full potential, and recognises that
diversity and inclusion is not just a core value, it is also a business priority...
Supreme Court justices disagree on the virtues
of diversity and the means for
achieving it.
In FY16, CHEP US actively extended our inclusion and
diversity values to suppliers,
achieving a milestone
of $ 100 million spend with small suppliers.
Finally where I am at bringing
diversity to my income, I am at 3.5 % below my target
of 4 % hoping to
achieve 6 % by next financial year.
But coherence must be
achieved by the whole (with its parts already in mutual relationships) adjusting the relative importance
of the old
diversities within the new possibility becoming realized, not by altering nor rejecting them since «an actual occasion has no history.
the
diversity of religious faith through out the world through the ages is just part
of gods will, in the evolutionary process
of change it is necessary to have multiple variable inputs to
achieved a sucessfull synthesis.since all religions is gods will, the purpose
of such is beyond our comprehension or immediate understanding but it has a profound meaning and direction
But the liveliness
of the seminary students» discussion, and the urgency which characterized their grappling with the dilemmas
of diversity — theological, practical and personal — indicate that seminaries are nevertheless training people who are, despite all obstacles, eager to
achieve the impossible.
To the contrary, unity - in -
diversity is intrinsically good wherever it is
achieved because every realization
of it makes a difference to the divine good.
«To
achieve progress, we must take the harder path
of breaking down barriers, building bridges and standing up for tolerance and
diversity.
The traditional ecumenical goal, «organic unity» among the churches, has fallen on bad days, largely because it is thought to call for a needless suppression
of diversity achieved through a generation or more
of ecclesiastical self - preoccupation.
The Church can not exemplify «the full humanity revealed in Christ,» bear witness to the interdependence
of humankind, or
achieve unity in
diversity if it continues to acquiesce in the social isolation
of disabled persons and to deny them full participation in its life.
While the majority
of scholars in Europe and America would be unwilling to dismiss so casually the results
of nineteenth - century literary analysis, certainly a growing number would agree that the sense
of unity
achieved in Genesis, or in the Hexateuch (Genesis — Joshua), or for that matter in the entire Old Testament, is impressive despite the
diversity of sources from which it was created.
True church unity is
achieved when each person recognizes that all other people have different tastes, desires, interests, and abilities, and rather than see these differences in others as weaknesses to be exploited or flaws to be fixed, this
diversity is celebrated and enjoyed as part
of God's plan and purpose for the church.
(14) Raiser argues that the starting point has shifted from the givenness
of unity to
diversity, out
of which unity «must be
achieved, restored, preserved, or defended in face
of opposing positions within the one church.»
«The
diversity of its terroirs and its regulation - free appellation areas have enabled Australian winemakers to stay at the forefront
of innovation in experimenting with new grape varieties, and to
achieve a move upmarket that has been praised by critics, sommeliers and consumers alike.»
In September 2016, the NCAA asked its members to sign a non-binding pledge «to specifically commit to establishing initiatives for
achieving ethnic and racial
diversity, gender equity and inclusion with a focus and emphasis on hiring practices in intercollegiate athletics to reflect the
diversity of our membership and our nation.»
Part
of the Global Exploration
of Human Milk Study (GEHM) shows that the dietary
diversity of an urban U.S. city falls significantly below that
of the
diversity achieved by the Shanghai site.
With its strong commitment to cultural and economic
diversity, the Cincinnati Waldorf School relies heavily on the success
of its annual fundraising to
achieve a balanced budget each year.
There's a lesson from organisations who've improved their
diversity: the importance
of relentless focus on the mechanisms that
achieve it.
Her speech refused «tolerance» and «respect» as the ultimate goal to
achieve in attitudes towards gay people in the workplace — where 800,000 have witnessed physical homophobic bullying in the past five years and two million have witnessed verbal homophobic bullying — further calling for «the celebration
of diversity that makes us strong as a country.»
He added that he was pleased seeing that NYSC, set up in 1973, was
achieving its purpose
of integrating the country, noting that the
diversity of culture remained Nigeria's greatest strength.
Stage two was to widen
diversity of supply to create new incentives for better local performance and more choice for patients - a success story in
achieving the shortest ever waiting times including meeting our commitment to less than eighteen weeks from doctor's appointment to hospital treatment, and improving the management
of NHS resources through foundation hospitals and the use
of the private sector.
Businessman Nick Stankevich's campaign said he was told he would not be on the panel due to the «
diversity of thought» the organizers are trying to
achieve.
It's a good idea not to have entire press corps hunting as a pack against you if you
achieve an element
of diversity (with one tab for and another against) then that's a good position.
«Given where the price is and given that we're looking to
achieve diversity in our fuel supply, we've seen the value
of solar improving for us.»
She is not alone in her belief that qualified minority candidates are flooded with job offers; yet
Achieving Faculty
Diversity: Debunking the Myths, written by Daryl Smith
of Claremont Graduate University for the Association
of American Colleges and Universities, found that only 11 %
of the candidates
of color (not all in S&E fields) received multiple offers.
Achieving diversity does not involve recruiting students and faculty members from abroad in an attempt to have some semblance
of diversity.
Looking beyond the 2030 timescale
of the SDGs, scenario analysis highlights that continuation
of past and current trends in drivers
of change will inhibit the contribution
of the region to the widespread achievement
of the SDGs, while scenarios which focus on
achieving a balanced supply
of nature's contributions to people and incorporate a
diversity of values are more likely to contribute to
achieving the majority
of the SDGs.
At a minimum, fostering a more diverse workforce in science, technology and health care requires attending to difference, nurturing a sense
of belonging for a wide range
of individuals and giving someone the responsibility for
achieving diversity goals.
If we found that Jefferson County was failing to create racially and economically diverse schools, chances are these types
of policies wouldn't be able to
achieve diversity goals in any school in the country,» Frankenberg said.
Despite these dismal results, the authors say the study underscores opportunities to
achieve goals set by the Convention on Biological
Diversity to protect 10 percent
of marine biodiversity by 2020.
With all
of this expressed concern for
diversity one has to wonder why there has been so little progress made in
achieving diversity.
But Orfield said «the best evidence suggests that none
of them can effectively
achieve diversity.»
In 2002, world leaders committed, through the Convention on Biological
Diversity, to
achieve a significant reduction in the rate
of biodiversity loss by 2010.
Evelynn Hammonds, dean
of Harvard College, says she has seen many high -
achieving African American undergraduates suffer from a lack
of guidance; she has led
diversity - increasing programs at Harvard and at MIT.
Supreme Court justices disagree on the virtues
of diversity and the means for
achieving it.