Sentences with phrase «on academic terms»

It doesn't even have to be on academic terms.

Not exact matches

Academic research on the benefits of mindfulness is still in short supply since the movement is new, but there are studies that show the long - term impact stress has on the brain, and more specifically the hippocampus.

The maximum length of any work term is eight - months and then I will return to school for at least one full - time academic semester before going out on another work - term

Academic research suggests that long - term market declines can rub off on consumers, leading them to feel less affluent and therefore spend less money.

Matt Hall, cofounder and president of Hill Investment Group, introduces his 2016 book, Odds On: The Making of an Evidence - Based Investor, by stating that: ``... the evidence - based movement has been studying market data and academic research to identify the groups of stocks and other investments that provide better odds of long - term success.

Because there is only a small amount of academic literature on religious freedom (including virtually no mention of it in the four major academic human rights journals) the State Department should make a short - term commitment to provide seed funds to better understand the linkages between religious freedom, national economics, political development, and other fundamental liberties.

The reason is that the idiom «tends to perpetuate the conventional dichotomy between so - called «theoretical» («wissenschaftlich,» «academic») and «practical» disciplines, and at the same time to promote a false impression of agreement on terms» (63).

Consider a partial list of developments since just World War II: a broad national decline in denominational loyalty, changes in ethnic identity as hyphenated Americans enter the third and subsequent generations after immigration, the great explosion in the number of competing secular colleges and universities, the professionalization of academic disciplines with concomitant professional formation of faculty members during graduate education, the dramatic rise in the percentage of the population who seek higher education, the sharp trend toward seeing education largely in vocational and economic terms, the rise in government regulation and financing, the great increase in the complexity and cost of higher education, the development of a more litigious society, the legal end of in loco parentis, an exponential and accelerating growth in human knowledge, and so on.

The term «Slactivism» was born in 2009, when academic studies discovered that people who are the loudest on social media in favor of a cause or idea are the least likely to volunteer or make a donation.

If our account of alienation as a repeating process is reliable, then the American Catholic institutions of higher education are nearing the end of a process of formal detachment from accountability to their church, and instead of exerting themselves to oblige that church to be a more credible patron of higher learning, they are qualifying for acceptance by and on the terms of the secular academic culture, and are likely soon to hand over their institutions unencumbered by any compromising accountability to the church.

The key point, however, is that if the secularized academic community can not on its own terms sustain moral standards, gain epistemological assurance or avoid the virtual deification of the human, then far more than fairness and open - mindedness is at stake in its relationship with Christians.

You may recall that the original impetus for focusing on this previously unexplored set of skills, in How Children Succeed and elsewhere, was the growing body of evidence that, when it comes to long - term academic goals like high - school graduation and college graduation, the test scores on which our current educational accountability system relies are clearly inadequate.

«Launched in 2007, ASCD's Whole Child Initiative is an effort to change the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the long term development and success of children.»

One of the fundamental beliefs of deeper - learning advocates is that these practices — revising work over and over, with frequent critiques; persisting at long - term projects; dealing with the frustrations of hands - on experimentation — develop not just students» content knowledge and intellectual ability, but their noncognitive capacities as well: what Camille Farrington would call academic perseverance and what others might call grit or resilience.

Here you will find articles about information on the latest research about the long - term effects of concussion on an athlete's cognitive function, articles on whether the new state concussion safety laws are increasing concussion safety, advice on the academic accomodations concussed student - athletes often need when they return to the classroom, and about the latest in concussion research.

Address concerns about your child's academic career right away, because waiting and letting them struggle might have a long - term impact on their self - esteem.

The second technique they use is really challenging academic work — rigorous, long - term projects that students take on, where they can't help but learn in a deeper way.

Those children then fare better on a variety of academic and social well - being measures in the long - term.

Public and Private schools on Monday resumed for the 2nd term academic session in Osun State, with high expectations from stakeholders, DAILY POST observes.

However, the National Secretariat of the GSFP is working on the reconciliation of the transactions executed within the last two academic terms between the GSFP caterers, and MASLOC, suppliers of rice, maize and catering equipment to caterers on credit in the 2016/17 academic year.

It emphasised that for the successful implementation of the programme, the government would commit the requisite funds to SHSs on a termly basis, starting from the first term of the 2015/2016 academic year.

«SUNY Poly is moving toward a more fiscally sustainable future through strategic decisions that are ensuring short - and long - term strength so that we can focus on our core academic and research missions,» Sammakia said in a statement provided to the Times Union on Wednesday.

In real terms, these rules which exist in virtually every jurisdiction, include laws and regulations which forbid the unauthorized use of state resources for political purposes, contributions from dubious sources, violation of campaign funding limits as prescribed by enabling laws, the use of money to influence voters and election outcomes, non-disclosure of campaign spending, abuse of media, broadcasting and political advertising rules, and rules on declaration of assets, academic qualifications, health and other disclosures and internal party guidelines and rules.

She is an organiser of anupcoming academic conference on the effects of the Fixed Term Parliaments Act.

One commonly used definition of a «good» school is one that has high academic outcomes in absolute terms - its students don't drop out, frequently go to college, frequently go to selective colleges if they do go to college, frequently find decent jobs if they don't go to college, perform well on standardized tests, take more advanced classes such as advanced placement, international baccalaureate, honors and college classes, etc..

The allowance was levied on students at the senior high school level, but that will no longer be charged from the next academic term.

Speaking on the significant impact of Opon Imo since its introduction, Governor Aregbesola said since the advent of the electronic gadgets which serve as crucial educational intervention, the performance of students across the state have tremendously improved in terms of results and academic prizes.

The Syracuse district hasn't done a study on the long - term impacts of pre-k, Chief Academic Officer Laura Kelley said.

Stories are integrated with photographs and illustrations, links to journals and academic studies, related research and topics, and encyclopedic terms, to provide a wealth of relevant information on almost every science topic imaginable — from astrophysics to zoology.

«I'm now working on short - term contracts rather than being on academic staff.

To this end, the declaration calls on the European Commission and member states to give young researchers more employment stability, notably by reducing the use of short - term contracts and clarifying the criteria for academic career progression.

The survey also found that the situation grew worse as careers progressed: the more time Ph.D. holders spent on short - term contracts during their academic career, the shorter their contracts became.

The report calls for a battery of government and institutional measures to better support scientists on short - term contracts, including gathering comprehensive data on their working conditions, helping them devise career plans, creating more academic jobs, and encouraging them to apply for permanent positions.

The small study, based on a survey of 236 cardiologists and internal medicine physicians and trainees at a large tertiary academic medical center, found that although physicians rate nutrition to be as important as statins in terms of reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, only 13.5 percent agreed or strongly agreed that they were adequately trained to discuss nutrition with patients.

Managing an academic research group means keeping an eye on the big picture — long - term goals, funding agency priorities, and a publication plan.

Young researchers on short - term contracts in particular view the law as the last — or at least the latest — blow to their professional ambitions at the hands of the Italian academic research system.

«In terms of academic freedom, scientists are able to work on whatever interests them,» subject to funding, just as in the West.

This past April, that dispute led Harvard to place him on academic probation, and on 16 May it withdrew him from the university, saying he had violated the terms of the probation.

As for the challenges I face through my job, they often have to do with the discrepancy between the interests of industrialists and academics, the first being preoccupied with short - term issues while the others are turned on by longer - term problems.

The trouble is, she writes in a new article in Academic Medicine, that too many of these programs — called STEGH, or short - term experiences in global health — focus on the needs of the student trainees and not on what's best for their patients or for overall health care in the countries they visit.

Why has the number of academics on short - term contracts expanded so much on both sides of the Atlantic in recent years?

«This inspired us to initiate a long - term study on the possible effects of music education on cognitive skills that may underlie academic achievement.»

However, more evidence is needed to draw causal inferences about the long - term impact of school breakfast on academic outcomes, according to the study background.

Journalists working on the Internet have been referred to as J - Bloggers, a term coined by Australian Media Academic Dr Nicola Goc to describe journalists who [blog] and [blog] gers who produce journalism.

Over the next 5 years, Microsoft will spend $ 80 million on the new center, which will employ about 40 leading researchers and accommodate other short - term academic staff and graduate students.

A committee made up of representatives from GTC and Astra will decide whether to make selected data available to academics, and on what terms.

The Applicant will be a researcher with between 3 - 15 years» experience beyond the award of their PhD or equivalent qualification, who at the time of application will be either in a permanent, full - time academic position (either within the institution at which they wish to base their CDA - funded research or another elsewhere in Ireland or overseas), or employed on a temporary (fixed - term) contract.

Reading up on research conducted by renowned academics, I've yet to see any scientific paper (published by an online dating site that claims scientific matching or any related academic) showing how its «recipe» really works, i.e. proving they can offer enduring, long term relationships (or marriage) with low divorce rates.

I found it sort of dry, as a matter of personal taste, but in terms of objective craftsmanship it's thoughtful and academic and a brilliant note for Orson Welles to close his career on.

Benefits to School Life Looking at the lasting impact of LOtC experiences in terms of academic performance, Learning Away's recent research found that school trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a school trip based on the subject area.