Sentences with phrase «on academic issues»

«The board of trustees hasn't been very transparent regarding the future direction of the school,» said Daniel Lepek, an engineering professor and a member of Cooper Union's Faculty - Student Senate, which is charged with advising the Board of Trustees on academic issues.

Focusing on academic issues are the less strident but still determined critics who say many non-native English speakers are graduating from school systems with poor reading skills in both English and their native language.

Not exact matches

For proof of this issue's timelessness, peruse this 1990 article about a famous magazine piece, «Gate Receipts and Glory,» that decried the pernicious effects of moneyed sports on academic life — in 1938.

As a veteran science and technology writer who has dealt with the issue as a reporter, editor and academic, he had some insightful views on it.

While the content can seem a bit dense and academic at times — the essays are, after all, written by some of the nation's leading thinkers on business issues — the website is a potentially valuable resource for policy makers and anyone thinking about starting a new business.

Between the races, hijinks, and motherhood (she has two children), she's made a name for herself as the go - to academic on tax and accounting issues for multinational firms.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- There was a sharp rise in reports of sexual assault at the US Military Academy at West Point in the last academic year, according to a Pentagon study released on Wednesday, highlighting an issue that has long plagued the military and its academies.

Then you have your daily issues that come up, like academics, which we've gotten a handle on now that I'm here.

What it's like: Ron Owston, dean of the Faculty of Education at York University in Toronto, was initially surprised at how much time he spent on human resource issues, such as dealing with the concerns of faculty members and mapping out the academic year so professors can handle their course loads.

A: I read a lot of academic research, and embedded deep into this research is actionable advice on how to push back against certain issues of sexism.

The Forum, a group of corporate CEOs and university presidents, identified and acted on issues of national concern to the business and academic communities such as international competitiveness, technological innovation, and education and training.

On March 8 and 9, Japan's Financial Services Authority (FSA) hosted a roundtable where representatives of central banks, financial regulatory bodies, and academic institutions were invited to discuss issues pertaining to blockchain technology.

APF Canada Disclaimer: Given the controversial nature of this topic, APF Canada has attempted to provide a transparent, fact - based backgrounder that, while referencing the main studies published to date on the issue of foreign - ownership in Vancouver real estate, does not delve into a rigorous academic critique of these studies.

We host events throughout the year ar the Rotman School to engage academics, practitioners, securities lawyers, regulators on current issues impacting the Canadian Capital Markets.

Hear from developers, academics, business owners, municipal officials, and community leaders on one of the most pressing issues facing our region.

Dairy cows at a family farm in Chilliwack, B.C. Sylvain Charlebois, a noted academic on food policy issues, says the federal government's proposed tax reforms will hurt family farms.

We are also announcing an expansion of the PTO Edison Scholars Program, which will bring distinguished academic experts to the PTO to develop — and make available to the public — more robust data and research on the issues bearing on abusive litigation.

He has published several articles on monetary policy issues in refereed academic journals.

This joint project will allow the Plato Partnership and Imperial to work together to share their knowledge and data with top - quality academics conducting independent research on market structure and technology issues.

The IRPP released a report today on the decline of economics papers by Canadian academics looking at Canadian issues.

Even in my home state of Michigan, the campus Muslim Center and its director, an academic on the faculty at the University, were not willing to have me survey them on even such a non controversial issue as consumption behavior.

Many of the books reviewed in the regular «Book World» column dealt with social issues, but the editors also included notices of academic theological monographs and of books on subjects not traditional for religious publications: literary criticism, philosophy and psychology.

And then I recognized that my academic language of distancing analysis and explanation also served to obfuscate the clear moral dimensions of life and the need to choose between right and wrong, and that on some issues analysis or explanation is itself a form of collusion.

After all, if all these smarter - than - me theologians, theorists, academics, scholars, thinkers, and leaders on both sides of the issue haven't been able to put the debate to rest,...

But when the subject of civil religion became a minor academic industry, I became increasingly concerned, as conferences, panels and symposia on the subject proliferated, that the whole issue was bogging down into arguments over definition and that substance was being overlooked.

Academic theologians in the West may not put witchcraft high on the agenda, but it's the issue that hits ordinary African Christians full in the face.

Thus did academic and theological dissent promiscuously issue permission slips for an era of wink - wink, nudge - nudge, the consequences of which are now on scandalous public display.

Global science, by the way, is not unified and spends most of its time bickering back on forth over every issue, not to advance debate, but to justify academic publishing requirements.

The need for a new synthesis is not an academic issue, the future of the Church in the West depends on it, our debased secular culture is crying out for it.

After all, if all these smarter - than - me theologians, theorists, academics, scholars, thinkers, and leaders on both sides of the issue haven't been able to put the debate to rest, what chance does a slim yellow book by a happy - clappy Canadian mama - writer have?

The stress here is generally placed on working out the implications of the doctrine of creation and specific «Christian» stances with respect to the major issues in the various academic disciplines.

Students and parents sometimes express shock over requirements for chapel attendance or courses once the student has enrolled, or oppose the moral posture of a school on an issue of academic or social integrity.

In the May 2007 issue of the University of California Press journal, Social Problems, the sociologists Elaine Ecklund (University at Buffalo) and Christopher Scheitle (Pennsylvania State University) have presented their findings on «Religion among Academic Scientists.»

Jim Nuechterlein's reflections in this issue on academic freedom and the religious university are, in this writer's judgment, urgently pertinent and almost entirely persuasive.

Again on January 10, the larger group of the Catholic faculty (including some student representatives and the equivalent of American instructors and assistant and associate professors) issued a declaration expressing hope for an amicable resolution of the conflict, and insisting on faculty, autonomy in all academic matters.

There are, according to the Handbook, three principles of academic freedom: «freedom to teach and to learn according to one's obligation, vision, and training; freedom to publish the results of one's study or research; and freedom to speak and write on public issues as a citizen.»

Such is the first, superficial impression: our schools, like our churches and our ministers, have no clear conception of what they are doing but are carrying on traditional actions, making separate responses to various pressures exerted by churches and society, contriving uneasy compromises among many values, engaging in little quarrels symptomatic of undefined issues, trying to improve their work by adjusting minor parts of the academic machine or by changing the specifications of the raw material to be treated.

The Chronicle of Higher Education and Change have been much concerned about values recently, as have the American Association of Higher Education and the other Washington - based educational agencies; the Danforth Foundation recently held a workshop on values in liberal arts education, and the whole issue has been given academic credibility by programs in moral development and in value analysis at several universities.

He has to his credit 13 books on issues related to Asian Agriculture (with a focus on India) from publishers of repute such as Johns Hopkins University Press, Oxford University Press, Mac Millan, Academic Foundation, etc..

Cynthia is a retired teacher and academic who has written extensively on animal issues, including the use of alternatives to animals in education, and provided substantive submissions on government legislation relating to animals.

The University first notified the NCAA that it had identified potential academic issues involving student - athletes in African and Afro - American Studies courses on August 24, 2011.

Kareem Walker, a New Jersey native who hasn't seen playing time this year due to academic issues, didn't travel with the team based on this tweet about Jabrill Peppers» negated return during Saturday's game vs. Rutgers.

I'd like another post on how to clean up the academic issues in sports.

After school program helping children with academic, behavioral and social struggles by focusing on the root of the issues, the brain.

Now two heavy weight academics are tackling the issue head on.

Third, acknowledging that some of the blame for the biased and one - sided media reporting on head injuries rests with some members of the scientific community who issue one - sided press releases and feed cherry - picked results about their findings to selected members of the media, the authors look to a day when the «harsh division and polarization» in the research community (an almost inevitable byproduct, unfortunately, of the intense competition for grant money in Concussion, Inc.), gives way to greater collaboration among researchers and a more «cordial discourse» between scientists via letters and responses to journal editors and back - and - forth debates at large academic conferences.

Some tasks include: Review, clean out, and notify me of important emails on a regular basis; Draft responses to important emails upon discussion and review with me Review daughters school blogs and notify me of all important dates, projects, performances; Assist in responding to emails and drafting emails to teachers on issues related to daughters Track daughters school grades and academic performance on a regular basis via a website.

Author of the teen survival guide, How to Deal, and noted media expert on teen issues, Dr. Jerry is focused on helping teens cope with parents, teachers, friends and academic pressure, communicating with them in a way they understand to help successfully navigate the dramas and pressures of adolescence.

These are just a few examples of how breakfast - in - the - classroom has been used as a creative tool for administrators and educators to address food insecurity, disciplinary issues, tardiness and absenteeism, and trips to the school nurse — and that's on top of improved academic outcomes for students who eat school breakfast!

Numerous studies have identified possible negative outcomes of screen time to include: irregular sleep patterns, behavioral issues, focus and attention problems, decreased academic performance and negative impact on socialization and language development.