Sentences with phrase «on academic merit»

As an undergraduate at Penn State, she was a recipient of the Bill Gates Millennium Scholarship — a full scholarship for minorities based on academic merit.

He has spent one year at University of California, Davis on an academic merit scholarship.

The Cold War intensified the emphasis on academic merit.

The school I'm planning to attend doesn't offer financing, but a loan from Meritize will allow me to continue my education knowing the funding is available and that it's personalized based on my academic merit.

Not exact matches

This fall, a new scholarship from the video game retailer KontrolFreek will award 10 students merit - based scholarships based on their academic accomplishments and collegiate participation in competitive online video games, commonly known as eSports.

As most professors will tell you, today's student culture is fixated on identity politics and is terrified of anything less than an «A.» In sum: diversity and academic achievement, with «merit» defined as the maximization of both.

For two years she has been part of Castlewood's Junior Merit program, a merit scholarship awarded on golf, academics and giving back to commuMerit program, a merit scholarship awarded on golf, academics and giving back to commumerit scholarship awarded on golf, academics and giving back to community.

At least two of those schools (Mich, Stan) have very high academic standards and can't recruit players who can't make it into the university on their own merits, I am personally not sure about Southern Cal, but wouldn't be surprised if they can't recruit someone without the academic bona fides as well.

Who gets academic jobs, he writes, usually depends much more on departmental politics and personalities than on the relative merits of the various candidates, so not being chosen is generally not a reflection on an applicant.

The Bayh - Dole legal framework and the practices of universities have not seriously undermined academic norms of uninhibited inquiry, open communication, or faculty advancement based on scholarly merit.

But some academics criticized the system because they perceived that it focused on the «impact» of research in society at large rather than on its scientific merit.

Candidates for the Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program are assessed based on their academic and research achievements, as well as on personal merit and leadership qualities, without regard to race, religion, gender, ethnicity, or age.

They were selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of candidates nominated by university faculty nationwide.

For example, panelists evaluating applications submitted to the Graduate Research Fellowship Program may consider the following with respect to the Intellectual Merit Criterion: the potential of the applicant to advance knowledge based on a holistic analysis of the complete application, including the Personal, Relevant Background, and Future Goals Statement, Graduate Research Plan Statement, strength of the academic record, description of previous research experience or publication / presentations, and references.

Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic merit, but also may consider financial need and other factors, if the donor chooses.

By the end of the period of doctoral study, students are expected to: The University offers scholarships and financial aid to full - time students, in the form of academic merit scholarships, financial - aid assistance, athletic scholarships, and on - campus work - study programmes.

The final activity was a Structured Academic Controversy (SAC)(based on the work of Johnson and Johnson) where students assumed roles as different interest groups and then debated the merits of this issue, using the skills and rhetorical strategies we had learned about along the way.

In 1999, Michigan increased the reward for good academic performance by offering the Michigan Merit Award, a one - year $ 2,500 scholarship for any student who scores at Level I or Level 2 on the Michigan Educational Achievement Program (MEAP) tests in reading, mathematics, science, and writing.

Merit Pay: When asked for an opinion straight out, a slight plurality of Americans sampled — 43 percent — supported the idea of «basing a teacher's salary, in part, on his or her students» academic progress on state tests.»

If choice through vouchers can create conditions that promote academic achievement, and if it can put political pressure on what are often intractable urban school systems, it merits serious consideration.

To assess public support for this policy, commonly known as merit pay, the survey asked respondents in 2009 whether they favored «basing a teacher's salary, in part, on students» academic progress on state tests.»

They do not seek to award a scarce commodity on the basis of merit, for they are not magnet schools; rather, by design and in practice, they offer substantially equivalent academic programs and electives.

The authors found that even in districts that were identified by NCPI as having merit pay plans, «most were so weak that they represented no meaningful change from traditional compensation systems,» which typically are based on the number of years on the job and academic credentials.

FairTest goes on to explain that schools are moving away from the use of standardized tests because academic studies have consistently shown that «Test Scores Do Not Equal Merit» and are not appropriate or correct indicators of how students will actually do in college.

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Her focus is on education, where the teachers unions have blocked meaningful reforms for years; protecting bad teachers from being terminated, promoting based on seniority instead of merit, taking over local school boards with hand - picked, union - financed candidates, attacking charter schools, prioritizing teacher compensation and job security over student achievement, and pushing a social agenda in front of academic fundamentals.

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Merit - Based Aid: This includes financial awards to a student based primarily on special talents he or she exhibits such as above - average academic achievement, art, music or athletic aptitude.

Scholarships: This monetary award is generally provided to students based on merit, talent, academic concentration, ethnicity or other unique qualifying attribute.

A grant is a sum of money awarded to you based on financial need or other criteria, such as academic merit or athletic ability.

Merit - based Financial aid that is merit - based depends on your academic, artistic or athletic merit or some other criteria, and does not depend on the existence of financial Merit - based Financial aid that is merit - based depends on your academic, artistic or athletic merit or some other criteria, and does not depend on the existence of financial merit - based depends on your academic, artistic or athletic merit or some other criteria, and does not depend on the existence of financial merit or some other criteria, and does not depend on the existence of financial need.

Scholarships are awards that are typically based on merit such as a student's academic, athletic, music or acting skills.

Merit scholarships are funds awarded to students based on academic or other achievements.

Scholarships are often based on academic or other kinds of achievements (called «merit - based scholarships»).

Some things consider when thinking about reform: the unique impact of student loan crisis on people with «hidden» disabilities like ADHD; existing loan commitments not factoring into FAFSA calculations; and if a student with the academic resume that my daughter has can't get any aid because the government says her mom makes too much money, then what exactly does it take for student success and merit to really matter?

Selection of scholarship recipients is usually based on a set of criteria, such as academic, athletic, or artistic merit.

In 2013, Victoria Sobel was elected and served as the Alumni Association's Art Representative on The Working Group to propose alternative strategies to establish financial sustainability while retaining Cooper Union's unique heritage of academic excellence, merit - based admissions, and full - tuition scholarships for all admitted undergraduate students.

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We remain committed to a sustainable institution that is true to the legacy of Peter Cooper — based on the highest standards of academic excellence and merit - based admission.

But those who believe the college should remain free saw symbolism when the words «The college admits undergraduates solely on merit and awards full scholarships to all enrolled students» disappeared from the «academic vision» statement on the school's Web site.

Academic reputations hinge on an ability to get work through peer review and into leading journals; university presses employ peer review to decide which books they're willing to publish; and federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health use peer review to weigh the merits of applications for federal research grants.

Student requirements Many courses do not require traditional academic qualifications for entry, instead professional experience is also counted and every application is considered on individual merit.

We hear from many teachers in low - income schools that social - emotional learning (SEL) is considered an «add - on» — something that can happen after students have proven their academic merit.

In addition, awards are based on a combination of financial need and academic merit including a plan for future studies that reflects the mandate of both Northern Health and the First Nations Health Authority to enhance the health and wellness of Indigenous people.