Sentences with phrase «only focus of discussion»

Here's the thing: I have sat in meetings with business leaders where the lack of STEM education, programs focusing on the skilled trades, and a lack of job - ready graduates has been the only focus of discussion.

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What's more, there was a contagion effect — not only did those divulging find themselves leaving discussions worse off, but their partners were also adversely effected,» says Quartz of studies focused on adolescent girls (though apparently the same thing has been observed in other contexts, too).
For example, The Economist has devoted this entire week to an open, online discussion devoted to the question: «Should businesses work to advance the rights of LGBT people broadly, rather than focusing only on their own employees?»
Here, I would like to focus on one critical aspect of the discussion: that monetary policy can affect financial stability only through its effects on household debt, even though it affects a wide swath of the real economy.
The first such panel explored the role of law in the construction of neoliberalism globally through a discussion of changes not only to the content but also to the focus and aim of law in the areas of international property, competition, and investment law.
While last night's meeting in Saint Joseph University Church occurred only days after the massacre in Las Vegas, the panel discussion focus was the effect of violence on kids in city schools.
As the focus of the current review is to summarize findings from the fMRI functional connectivity literature, and structural findings have recently been reviewed elsewhere (Schipul et al., 2011; Vissers et al., 2011), we have included only a limited discussion of the links between structural and functional connectivity here.
While «Margin Call» focused on the stock market crash through lots of insider lingo and back room discussions between an ensemble of thespians, his latest picture features only one man, one boat, and the ocean.
The first commentary features only Wright and Simon Pegg in a discussion that mainly focuses on the production aspects of the film, while the second commentary leaves a lot more room for joking around between the film's five main characters.
The power of fishbowl and similar formats comes from that reflection: Students focus not only on the topics they're discussing but also on how well they and their classmates are practicing discussion techniques that facilitate understanding.
While much of the ensuing discussion rightly only focuses on certain areas of Title I funding (required by the law on assessment issues) and language on whether to supplement or supplant funding, NAESP is working in tandem with these efforts to influence the USED's actions on Title II funding related to comprehensive state and local support for principals.
For purposes of simplicity, we will only focus on equity funds throughout this discussion.
The largest piece (31 - 34 acres residential only) is present focus of sale discussions, followed by smaller (6 acres commercial / residential piece) for sale and a middle sized (11 - 13 acres Retail / entertainment) parcel that Reading will develop itself.
Join Jaime Wolfe from NBS Animal Rescue as she leads a panel discussion of several Michigan Pet Fund Alliance Certified home - based rescue organizations as they discuss the advantages and challenges of certification including grants for animals pulled from shelters with health or behavior issues or over the age of 7, participation in the Michigan SECC (charitable giving program for state employees), changing operations to focus only on Michigan animals, etc..
This series of panel discussions runs through two days, but there's only one talk we're focused on.
A think they do not seem to realize is that this site was founded on study of (and it's main focus has been on) multiproxy temperature reconstructions, especially Mann's work (only very recently there have been more general discussions).
Slinging the word «dogma» around when discussion the interaction of science - policy, will only obscure the issues that need to be discussed and instead focus it on that inappropriately and inexactly used word.
The co-chairs did a skillful job of focusing the discussion on paragraph - by - paragraph textual comments, with only the occasional excursion into recitation of well - known talking points.
Reducing the world's emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases — the focus of virtually all public discussion and government policy on climate at the moment — remains vital, but as a practical matter that effort only affects how quickly the 400 ppm figure will increase.
The case's procedural history is very complex (the Advocate General referred to it as either Kafkaesque or tilting windmills like Don Quixote, depending on your point of view), so after only a brief factual discussion I will focus on the two major constitutional issues that the Court had to deal with:
I'm also going to skip Poor's discussion of the incredible perception / behavior gap exposed by the recent Altman Weil «Law Firms in Transition» report (the one where 93 % of law firm leaders say that a focus on practice efficiency is a permanent trend yet only 37 % say they are changing their strategic approach to efficiency).
The objective of an expert conference is to foster discussion between the experts, and to narrow the focus of the trial to only the genuinely disputed issues, with a view to ultimately reducing the time and cost of the litigation.
It would be remiss to only focus on the vehicles themselves in this discussion, as auto insurance does more than cover just vehicles against the risk of damage.
In a child - centered divorce, we keep the needs of all children in the marriage central to the discussion, focusing not only on protecting them from harm but on maximizing opportunities to strengthen their sense of well - being and security.
Failing to stay focused on the topic of discussion will only overwhelm you both emotionally and shut down effective communication.
With the drug «ICE» being the focus of the male only workshop held on day two, the discussions at this workshop included how health workers have been trying to work with their communities in attempting to come up with what is the best approach in dealing with this issue.
The Summit will focus on the industry climate and provide an outlook through exclusive featured keynote fireside chats, interviews, panel discussions, in - depth workshops, and direct one - on - one networking meetings in a two day invitation - only setting, and provide a global look into the value of cross-cultural relationships and business interests.
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