Sentences with phrase «on academic quality»

This is not based on academic quality (as it should be) but rather on political colour.

The school has made efforts to return to a free tuition model that is sustainable and does not infringe on academic quality.

What we can't do is continue to kick the can on academic quality.

This prompted the founding of GLEP, which focuses on academic quality and accountability in Michigan schools, in addition to expanding school choice.

We met with three hundred charter leaders around the state to learn more about what could be done, and then built goals and objectives for the California charter schools movement by first providing insurance, cash - flow financing, and other resources to schools willing to focus on academic quality (measured in many different ways).

Their day to day writings like emails, texts, memos, and order reports take on an academic quality and professionalism that can be off - putting to others.

Not exact matches

That topic has been the stock - in - trade of the consultants and academics who have taught us the intricacies of reengineering, total quality management, customer service, competing in the global marketplace, and so on.

Today, she's at the same institution with a different role — she transitioned from the business - operations team on the academic side of things to being a quality specialist on the hospital side — and receiving a much higher annual salary: $ 72,000.

Admission to the program is based on criteria that ensure high standards of academic quality and student achievement, as well as diversity.

We sought to improve on it by creating a generic, academic alternative that we called «Quality and Price.»

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.

Guiding Principles Religious and theological studies depend on and reinforce each other; A principled approach to religious values and faith demands the intellectual rigor and openness of quality academic work; A well - educated student of religion must have a deep and broad understanding of more than a single religious tradition; Studying religion requires that one understand one's own historical context as well as that of those whom one studies; An exemplary scholarly and teaching community requires respect for and critical engagement with difference and diversity of all kinds.

In Europe the academic teacher is expected to do both research and teaching, and there can be no doubt that this combination is very healthy and has good effects on the quality of both research and instruction.

And embark on recruitment of some new top quality senior & academic Gunners to reinforce his squad for the 2nd half of the season campaign.

Under Title IX, to achieve gender parity between men's and women's sports, universities and colleges have to meet one of three different requirements: 1) equity in participation opportunities for both men and women; 2) scholarships offered proportionally based on the number of male and female athletes; and 3) comparable overall treatment of women's and men's sports (including but not limited to quality and maintenance of locker rooms and facilities, equipment and supplies, access to practice fields, publicity of teams and events, the quality of coaching, academic tutoring, traveling budgets, etc.).

High quality instruction, sports performance training, an academic resource center and an athletic trainer and physical therapist on site.

Dr. Cheyney currently directs the International Reproductive Health Laboratory at Oregon State University where she has developed an academic learning community comprised of five undergraduate research assistants, 12 graduate students and one postdoctoral fellow whose research agendas are focused on identifying culturally appropriate ways to improve access to high quality midwifery care as a means of reducing health inequalities for mothers and babies in the U.S and abroad.

Choosing a quality after - school care program can have a tremendous impact on your child's academics, self - esteem and overall happiness.

EFA has been also been working with provider associations during the 2014 to 2015 academic year on improving the quality of data received at R04 and R06.

In a survey conducted by the Quality Assurance Agency, the universities watchdog, more than 60 per cent of recruiters were unaware of the honorary nature of this apparently «higher» degree, and believed that it reflected an academic achievement and qualification on the part of the applicant.

On her part, Ms Lankai Quarcoopome, who is an alumnus of the school (AGOSA» 76) and also the Guest Speaker, said she believes that «through quality education, we could make our lives better and also transform our nation and for this reason, we must insist on achieving very high academic and performance standards at all levels in the country.&raquOn her part, Ms Lankai Quarcoopome, who is an alumnus of the school (AGOSA» 76) and also the Guest Speaker, said she believes that «through quality education, we could make our lives better and also transform our nation and for this reason, we must insist on achieving very high academic and performance standards at all levels in the country.&raquon achieving very high academic and performance standards at all levels in the country.»

The fair provides expert counseling on a one - on - one basis with representatives from various organizations to help participants identify a pathway to immeasurable opportunities for personal, academic, and professional advancement to improve their quality of life,» said Cumbo, who is the council's majority leader.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point remains on warning by its academic accrediting agency even as the school has improved all but one of the five quality benchmarks it failed last year, according to a status update made public yesterday.

The rise of new global competitors in university education is resulting in the best and brightest students and academics, leaving Nigeria on an hourly and daily basis, to other African and Euro - American universities where quality university practices are surging.

Plainedge's board president, Catherine Flanagan, and its superintendent, Edward Salina, said in a 20 - page response letter that their budgeting focused on maintaining the district's long - range fiscal stability as well as the quality of its academic programs.

Applicants will be judged on their academic and civic achievement and on the quality of their written submissions as to what Black History Month means to them.

The quality of standardized tests and the English language proficiency of students also need to be considered, Rumore said, as well as how to evaluate teachers on the academic performance of special education students.

Backed by an extensive offering of premium laboratory instruments, consumables and services, the LPS division concentrates on serving the needs of laboratories performing research and quality assurance at pharma and biopharma companies and on those in academic research institutes.

Whereas some companies a decade ago may have only lent their might to academic research that was likely to result in a relatively quick return, we now find them pitching in on higher quality, more basic research projects that are not necessarily in line with their core work but still on their radar.

Each year, an independent, multidisciplinary committee of academic policy researchers evaluate the approximately 100 applicants based on the quality of analysis of the research, policy relevance, communication, and the applicant's accomplishments and research potential.

By reviewing over 90 academic studies on consumer response to process labels, the researchers found that while these labels satisfy consumer demand for quality assurances and can create value for both consumers and producers, misinterpretation is common and can stigmatize food produced by conventional processes even when there is no scientific evidence those foods cause harm.

How universities fare on reputational quality - of - life and academic rankings — such as those published by the Princeton Review or U.S. News & World Report — can have a measurable effect on the number of applications they — and their competitors — receive and on the academic competitiveness of the resulting freshman class, according to a new study.

The finding has turned the spotlight on an academic culture in India that tends to prize quantity of publications over quality when evaluating researchers.

«I felt like it would be going into the evil empire, that they were going to take projects away from me based on money alone, that the science wouldn't be as high - quality as it is the academic world, and that all decisions are driven by the almighty dollar,» she says.

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.

Since 1995, Dr. Maharaj has been applying his academic experience and performing evidence - based chemotherapy treatment and bone marrow stem cell transplant procedures on a completely outpatient setting, with the main purpose of improving patients» safety by minimizing the risks of mortality associated with hospital - acquired infections and, ultimately, improving quality of life.

The emphasis in the selection is on the excellence of the academic track record; evidence of unusual creativity and ingenuity in addressing scientific problems; both the novelty and feasibility of the proposed approach; and the quality, adequacy and appropriateness of the host environment.

Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional accolade bestowed solely to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society.

Peter Weir, the standard - bearer of the Australian Tradition of Quality, is on hand to smother all the contrivances in his solemn, academic style, and the result is a moderately effective, highly affected thriller.

Marling, who starred in and co-wrote Another Earth, lends a credible and appealing down - to - earth quality to her workaholic academic, while Berges - Frisbey, who appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, brings a quicksilver quality to Sofi that makes her both tangible and elusive; she's one of those women whose looks change based on angle and circumstance, who can look stunning one moment and rather ordinary the next, a quality that piques fascinatioOn Stranger Tides, brings a quicksilver quality to Sofi that makes her both tangible and elusive; she's one of those women whose looks change based on angle and circumstance, who can look stunning one moment and rather ordinary the next, a quality that piques fascinatioon angle and circumstance, who can look stunning one moment and rather ordinary the next, a quality that piques fascination.

In his reading, if academics tend to withhold evaluation, critics withhold causal arguments and focus on the particular effects that give a particular film its qualities.

While the word «accountability» never appears in Risk, its call for higher academic standards and its focus on student achievement as the main barometer of quality laid the intellectual groundwork for the rigorous curricula and tests envisioned by the promoters of standards - based -LSB-...]

There were plenty of folks feeling frustrated because charters, on the whole, weren't focused on quality from an academic perspective, and in general were somewhat opposed to an increasingly powerful standards movement.

On technical education routes, Neil said: «The CBI has long underlined the need to raise the profile of technical pathways that match academic options in terms of the quality and progression they offer, and it is good to see Ofsted highlight this in their latest report.

In 2011, Kenn Fisher, head of the OECD Programme on Educational Building, stated that air quality, temperature, and lighting are linked to student behaviors and academic performance.

It's exactly what one would want from a publication named Quality Counts: a nice, clear focus on academic results, namely student achievement, measured on the best yardstick available.

The study by Goldhaber and Walch on the rising SAT scores of teachers, «Gains in Teacher Quality: Academic capabilities of the U.S. teaching force are on the rise,» appears in the Winter 2014 issue of Ed Next.

We also came to realize that independent charter schools faced almost insurmountable hurdles in delivering high - quality academic instruction while running these small businesses on tight margins.

Shawn Mahoney Technology, Innovation, and Education City: Columbus, Ohio Current job: Chief Academic Officer, McGraw - Hill Education Career highlights: Completing Ph.D. in Educational Technology; leading a world - class product design and development team; serving on the revision committee for iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Courses; co-presenting at SXSW with Robert Atkinson, Chris Hoadley, and Jeff Bergin on LX Design

Assessment is at the heart of education: Teachers and parents use test scores to gauge a student's academic strengths and weaknesses, communities rely on these scores to judge the quality of their educational system, and state and federal lawmakers use these same metrics to determine whether public schools are up to scratch.