Sentences with phrase «on the admissions system»

And with places in short supply in many areas, the pressure is continuing to mount on the admissions system.

Not exact matches

Last week a special committee on intercollegiate athletics of the North Carolina University System's board of governors called for reform of special admissions programs in state schools.

Then ambulance ride to hospital where there is an admission process to get you into the system, type and cross your blood and then finally operate on you.

As a result of the software's implementation, «many clinic and admission slots were not used and data was entered on the system incorrectly or not at all», reported the board of the Royal Free Hospital.

That admittance, while we're on the subject, was itself an implicit admission of how democratically illegitimate the existing system was.

«While a system of banding in one school may lead to a more balanced intake for that particular school, it can have profound consequences on other local schools who then may feel under pressure to change their admissions arrangements.

Dr Andrew Goddard, the RCP's director of medical workforce claimed that this, along with increasing admissions and rules on doctors working hours, is «adding further stress to a system which may reach breaking point within the next few years.»

The agenda, five months in the making, includes bills that call for the creation of a task force to assess the city university system's affordability, admissions and graduation rates, a report on the use of long - acting reversible contraceptives such as intrauterine devices, sexual assault awareness and prevention training for cab drivers, a street co-naming for the original Ms. Magazine headquarters and expanding the definition of employer under the human rights law to offer protections for domestic workers.

In a separate case involving undergraduate admissions at the University of Michigan, the court ruled that the college's mechanical point system, which granted a prespecified number of points on the basis of race, was not legitimate (14).

A new study indicates that a classification system based on patient symptoms and basic lab tests can reduce the need for diagnostic imaging, hospital admissions, and surgery in patients with suspected appendicitis.

Skyrim is a great game brought down by bugs, great sound and great role play features brought down by a confusing and semi-difficult to use menu system where I end up either equipping an unintended item or accidentally closing the menu all together, and the infamous bugs, many quests are currently bugged and by Bethesda's own admission they will not even begin working on the majority of them untill January if i'm not mistaken, also there is a texture problem for most xbox 360 users to where the game looks like it could have been made in 2006 which is quite frankly inexcusable considering I noticed this within the first 10 minutes of playing (This is why we beta test).

Skyrim is a great game brought down by bugs, great sound and great role play features brought down by a confusing and semi-difficult to use menu system where I end up either equipping an unintended item or accidentally closing the menu all together, and the infamous bugs, many quests are currently bugged and by Bethesda's own admission they will not even begin working on the majority of

Admission will be determined by the e-waitlist system, so get on the app two hours before showtime.

By all accounts, the state system is now the only one in the nation to restrict college admission based on immigration status.

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Florida was poised last week to join two other high - profile states in replacing race - based criteria in college admissions with a system that promises students entry to public universities based on their class rank.

Coming in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision to uphold race - conscious admissions policies at the University of Texas at Austin — a case in which Garces authored briefs on behalf of 444 social science researchers — the Schuette case will rule on changes to the admission system at public postsecondary institutions in the state of Michigan.

College has always been on her list, and Zeana has met all the requirements for admission to the University of California and California State University systems.

Based on my observations, the lives of the high school students I teach are hemmed in everywhere by social pressures and expectations: high - stakes testing, the looming shadow of college admissions, the fiercely competitive school system, the painful process of figuring out who you are, and the ubiquitous desire for peer acceptance.

The next Term, we accordingly stated that «full compliance» with Brown I required school districts «to achieve a system of determining admission to the public schools on a nonracial basis.»

There are too many bright students whose families don't have the information or means to navigate the system, prep their children for admission into gifted programs, lean on the political system, or, if need be, move to another district or into the private sector.

General secretary Chris Keates said: «Whilst selecting pupils on the basis of banding or a lottery may seem, at first glance, fair and attractive, it masks a number of potentially adverse consequences in a system in which there is a free for all for schools to set their own admissions arrangements.

New Orleans public schools have become a national model as it has transformed its failed public school system primarily through an emphasis on high - accountability, open - admission, high - standards charter schools.

For the 2017 - 18 Admissions Season (applying for 2018 - 2019 school year), our system on Ravenna will open in late August 2017.

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Admissions system such as banding, designed to get a more varied mix of abilities or from a wider geographical area, are still based to some extent on where people live.

But NYC's traditional public school system is on a fast track to nowhere without a successful strategy to turn around the vast majority of non-charter, non-selective admissions schools that continue to fail to prepare students for colleges and careers.

Secretary John King on raising education standards and changing the college admissions caste system

Our Academies are non-selective and free, with admissions based on the existing local authority system, and there are no entrance examinations.

Building on our work with CPAC, LPI, and EducationCounsel, we have launched a new national initiative that brings together K - 12 and higher education policy and practice leaders to support the expansion of high - quality performance assessment systems, and their use in college admissions, placement, and advising.

To fill this gap, I provide novel experimental evidence on what and how informational interventions could improve student - college match in a centralized admissions system in China.

For instance, in today's system, school governing bodies (which now oversee schools, but which would likely have a modified composition or role under a contract schools model) have a fair degree of autonomy on decisions about admission, budgets and language policy.

Unlike past years at its Broadway campus, Audubon Charter School will no longer rely on a lottery system for admission.

While lower secondary school entrance exams were abolished in 1969 and the ministry of education has loosened up the system of competitive test - based upper secondary school and college admission, there is still considerable focus on exams.

And if it used a conventional admissions system, based on distance, it would be very likely to become a magnet for middle - class families and be accused of poaching pupils from existing schools.

The session focused on how k — 12 schools and school systems across the nation are using performance assessments to capture students» deeper learning skills and competencies, and the ensuing opportunities to use rich, authentic student work generated from such performance assessments to inform higher education admission, placement, and advising decisions.

Meanwhile, Dillingham adds that state law does not allow for charters, some of which depend on a lottery system for interested students, to shape their admissions for a more ethnically diverse population.

Travelers who purchase the First Class 8 Days Swiss Pass Summer Promotion will enjoy extensive travel on the Swiss Travel System including trains with scenic routes such as the Glacier Express, Golden Pass Line or Wilhelm Tell Express, public transportation in 41 Swiss cities, a 50 % price reduction off most mountain railways, and free admission to more than 400 museums in Switzerland.

But combined with Forza Motorsport 7's new focus on loot boxes, and an admission that players will eventually be able to purchase money to speed through the system faster, creates a very real tension.

The Dallas Museum of Art recently introduced an initiative to offer free general admission on Martin Luther King Jr Day and also started a free friends program which encourages engagement through a points - and - rewards system.

At a recent comparative ethics conference Professor Xiaobing Liu noted the Chinese proverb, «Virtue without competence is always better than competence without virtue» («Latest Reform on the Legal Ethics Assessment Mechanism in the Chinese Legal Profession Admission System»).

I have been a lawer for 40 years and the articling system worked very well with the 11 exam bar admission course that followed, on completion of which lawyers were granted the degree of Barrister - At - Law.

You can then search for lawyers using combinations of practice, industry, and keyword specialisms, say language or bar admission, or a type of transaction structure — basically all the attributes of that lawyer that are listed on their web bio, and then tagged on to the Legal Monitor system.

[2] The admission to and continuance in the practice of law implies on the part of a lawyer a basic commitment to the concept of equal justice for all within an open, ordered, and impartial system.

• Successfully designed and implemented admissions sales and policy training manuals and conducted on - site training for directors and assistant directors for entire system in all levels nationwide, which is essential in obtaining vital achievements, such as higher job satisfaction, revenue maximization, and turnover reduction.

Offering expertise in record keeping, admission and discharge processing and handling high volume of incoming calls on a multi-line system.

• Greet students and parents as they arrive at the school office and provide them with required information • Handle the PABX system, take and relay messages and transfer calls to intended recipients • Assist prospective students in filling out registration and admission forms by providing them with required field information • Provide students and parents with information on admission fees and term schedules • Create and distribute staff schedules and ensure that they are appropriately followed • Develop and maintain electronic filing and records management systems and ensure that data confidentiality is assured • Take and verify requests of information retrieval and ensure that records are properly and timely updated • Oversee the inventory system to ensure timely obtainment of school office supplies and equipment

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Successfully established effective liaison with 32 insurance companies, leading to a decrease in claims payment time • Singlehandedly set up a co-pay calculation system, which dynamically calculated patient co-pays by working with basic insurance coverage information • Implemented a novel online patient registration system, which reduced actual registration time by 65 % • Wrote a short booklet on patient registration and admission procedures, as part of the patient education program

Butler Community College, Fort Hood, TX 2/2009 — 5/2012 Office Assistant • Assisted students with admissions by helping them fill out forms and arrange for necessary documents • Scanned and recorded all admission forms in the system, placing special focus on their accuracy • Ascertained that all office equipment was in a consistently running order, and performed preventative and regular maintenance on them • Assisted the school office with special events such as open houses and annual days • Performed clerical duties such as operating printers, scanners and copiers, and handled required data entry work

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Streamlined the admissions procedure by creating first information forms to obtain initial information about new patients • Reduced paperwork by 69 % by implementing online patient registrations and admission procedures • Implemented a dynamic patient matching system which automatically defined treatment areas for patients based on their individual conditions • Created and maintained effective liaison with 12 insurance companies on the hospital's panel, making insurance claims follow up easier