«I call it the data collection
opportunity of an academic career,» she said.
Not exact matches
«The education I received at Haskayne through professors with strong
academic and business credentials, combined with work experience during my studies meant I was well placed to pursue a range
of interesting
career opportunities,» says Wesley.
Today, establishing how you want to have an impact involves an integrated web
of opportunities including investments,
career, philanthropic activities,
academic endeavors and political influence.
I am so thankful for the
opportunity to continue my
academic and athletic
career @umichbball and honored to share a piece
of my journey.
Capacity: The new two - story facility, with a capacity
of 1,600 students (an increase
of 400 from the former campus), allows for the standard middle school configuration
of Grades 6 - 8 on one campus... which provides sixth - graders with greater
opportunity for
academic rigor, fine arts and
career electives and athletic and extra-curricular activities, as well as 30 additional minutes
of instructional time each day, compared to an elementary schedule.
«I want seize this
opportunity to remind the graduands not to see this graduation as the end
of their
academic careers, they should continue to try to excel.»
Many students and postdocs are ill - equipped to make informed decisions about whether to pursue
academic careers, while those students who are set on a
career outside
of academia lament the few
opportunities readily available.
Now that he has secured an international research reputation and established a firm grip on the rungs
of the
academic career ladder, Crowdy encourages young mathematicians to take off the blinders, put on their metaphorical backpacks and hiking books, and seek
career opportunities far and wide instead
of just sticking close to some comfortable disciplinary home.
D.s have a wide variety
of career opportunities, although most choose
academic research.
The fact that Israeli scientists must spend time abroad before successfully launching an
academic career at home provides a particularly stark illustration
of a problem that appears to exist in the United States as well, if less obviously: Women with husbands and children often find it far harder than comparable men to move in pursuit
of career opportunities.
Implementation
of a
career development program to provide counseling, information on
career opportunities, seminars with representatives from various
academic and industry organizations, and participation in networking activities.
During this difficult year, Science
Careers documented the lousy
academic job market and kept track
of the issues affecting employment
opportunities in research and related fields, from government efforts to stimulate the economy to immigration.
When the post-Sputnik boom produced a glut
of young physicists, he saw limited
opportunity for an
academic career in that field.
NIH, by the way, has recently recognized that «the
career outcomes
of NRSA - supported training programs include both research - intensive
careers in academia and industry and research - related
careers in various sectors, e.g.
academic institutions, government agencies, for - profit businesses, and private foundations» and is encouraging universities with T32 programs to provide «structured,
career development advising and learning
opportunities» to prepare trainees for those
opportunities, according to a notice issued in September 2013, near the end
of the study period.
We found that, while most students were intent on an
academic career when they entered graduate school, most were also aware that the majority
of graduates pursued other
opportunities.
We found that, while most students were intent on an
academic career when they entered graduate school, most were also aware that the majority
of the graduates pursued other
opportunities.
The report provides two complementary recommendations (neither
of which is a small feat) so that, perhaps, the demand for stable
academic jobs and the supply
of these employment
opportunities can meet in the middle: Trainees»
career expectations should be recalibrated, and the system as a whole should be restructured.
For the majority
of scientists who won't get tenure - track positions — and may not want them — Research Universities states that the great need is to «better position new PhDs for the
careers they will have by providing more information about
career options and by providing
opportunities to acquire, in addition to the knowledge
of one's field, skills that are useful for
academic positions (teaching, grant writing, publishing, presentations) and positions in government, business and non-profits (oral and written communication, project management, regulatory compliance, business ethics and innovation.)»
The terrible state
of academic careers resulted not from sequestration but from the fundamental structure
of a funding system that has long used graduate students and postdocs as cheap labor for grant - supported research, and as a consequence has produced too many Ph.D. researchers for the existing
career opportunities.
During 2005, Science's Next Wave also offered more
of the same: the same insights into
career opportunities for scientists, in and out
of the
academic world and sometimes out
of science itself.
This workshop provided a much - needed forum on issues relevant to women scientists, including the importance
of networking,
career opportunities in
academics and government, and conducting a job search.
1) Agricultural Biotechnology with guests Samuel Gattis, Ph.D., and Barbara Wedel, Ph.D. 2) Tenure - Track
Academic Positions with guests Jennifer Ingram, Ph.D., & Rebecca Fry, Ph.D.: On the third Thursday
of each month, the Brown Bag Lunch highlights a different set
of Ph.D.
careers to provide fellows the
opportunity to meet with a few individuals with firsthand experience.
On
opportunities for young people, Neil said: «This is an exciting and, often, daunting moment for young people and there is a fantastic array
of options available that act as a springboard to a good
career, from technical and vocational qualifications to
academic routes.
That parents strongly believe the schools provide safety (physical, emotional, intellectual), short - and long - term
academic and
career opportunities, and social benefits for their children will likely go a long way toward ensuring the survival
of the schools, if not their expansion or replication.
Middle and high school students need rigorous
academics, real - world applications
of what they are learning, and
opportunities to envision their future in college and a
career.
The bill also eliminates goals and performance targets for
academic achievement, removes parameters regarding the use
of federal funds to help improve struggling schools, does not address key disparities in
opportunity such as access to high - quality college preparatory curricula, restricts the federal government from protecting disadvantaged students, does not address poor quality tests, and fails to advance the current movement toward college - and
career - ready standards.
States must develop and make available to all students an array
of high - quality
career pathways that combine rigorous
academics and work - based learning
opportunities, supported by
career planning and guidance.
Presented as a joint offering
of the Collaborative on
Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) and the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education (HIHE), this four - day on - campus seminar provides participants the rare
opportunity to discuss — in a close community
of practice — new research to improve the day - to - day business
of faculty affairs.
Dynamic projects, field studies and inquiry - based methods give students the
opportunity to develop confidence and a greater sense
of the world by engaging in challenging
academics, structured
career - based experiences, and service learning.
A key goal
of the program is to create a safe and supportive environment where mentees can be comfortable asking their mentors for
academic assistance; discussing barriers to achieving
academic success; and learning from mentors about college, graduate school, and other
career opportunities that are available post-high school.
In particular we are developing additional offers
of student support and mentoring from our older students, as well as offering more
opportunities for schools to attend the
academic enrichment programmes we run on site such as for university and
career preparation.
Part
of what it takes to ensure students are college and
career ready is to provide students with hands - on, workplace learning
opportunities to enrich their
academic experience.
Despite a continued sense
of urgency to better prepare students, much
of the discourse on improving STEM education has focused on the latter end
of a student's
academic career, overlooking the
opportunity to set an early foundation.
In order to deliver on the promise
of preparing every student for college and
career, we need to provide guidance and
opportunities in the K - 12 system to explore the universe
of career options, and the various
academic pathways to pursuing
career interests.
Oregon is proposing that schools will receive no overall letter grade or score but will instead use a multiple - measure dashboard
of indicators that reflect
opportunities for students to learn,
academic success, and college and
career readiness.
A review
of service learning research (Billig, 2000) shows that the approach yields at least four benefits to students:
academic learning, civic responsibility, personal and social development, and
opportunities for
career exploration.
As concerns grew in the 1980s and 1990s in New York state that the average
academic ability
of teachers was in decline — a nationwide phenomenon that policy experts attributed in part to expanding
career opportunities for women, who make up the vast majority
of the teaching profession — the state set about finding ways to reverse this trend.109
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) promote the
academic reasons for providing ample
opportunities for students to take part in a variety
of rich, structured conversations in order to build a foundation for college and
career readiness.
The program
of study illustrates the sequence
of academic and
career and technical education coursework that is necessary for the student to successfully transition into postsecondary educational
opportunities and employment in their chosen
career path.
Hosted by the Alliance for Excellent Education, this was a powerful day — one that I hope inspired the policymakers to think harder about how we can craft federal policy to encourage strong integration
of rigorous
academics with
career and technical education, engage students in challenging authentic projects, and expand
opportunities for young people to interact with working adults.
CAREER - TECHNICAL EDUCATION Technical training that is embedded through a sequence of classes and integrated with academic content standards, aligned with career opportunities in a variety of high - need, high - skill occupations, including opportunities for stackable certificates, credentials, or degrees, where rel
CAREER - TECHNICAL EDUCATION Technical training that is embedded through a sequence
of classes and integrated with
academic content standards, aligned with
career opportunities in a variety of high - need, high - skill occupations, including opportunities for stackable certificates, credentials, or degrees, where rel
career opportunities in a variety
of high - need, high - skill occupations, including
opportunities for stackable certificates, credentials, or degrees, where relevant.
In the concluding chapter
of a book that outlines the
opportunities presented by Multiple Pathways, the authors revisits the history
of vocational education and the promise
of Multiple Pathways for integrating
academic and
career education.
It includes: core
academics (emphasizing real world application and multidisciplinary problem solving); a continuum
of work - based learning
opportunities, ranging from job shadowing and mentoring to paid internships and school - based enterprise; and personalized student supports that include college and
career counseling, accelerated learning, and attention to social - emotional needs.
Through this program, LEAs are creating
opportunities for students to identify and pursue areas
of personal
academic interest — all while ensuring that each student masters critical areas identified in college - and
career - ready standards or college - and
career - ready high school graduation requirements.
Pedro Noguera was a presenter on LPI's inaugural webinar in the series Achieving Equity Through Deeper Learning, which addressed ways schools and school districts can improve
academic achievement, particularly among students who are farthest from
opportunity, through engaging students in learning that focuses on meaningful mastery
of subjects, critical thinking, problem - solving, collaboration and other skills necessary for college,
career, and civic participation in the 21st Century.
Fostered through a demonstration project funded by The James Irvine Foundation, Linked Learning is part
of a vanguard
of programs designed to attain these dual goals by integrating rigorous, college - preparatory
academics with
career - technical education and exposure to work - based learning experiences in high school
career pathways that afford both equitable access and the
opportunity for full participation to all students.
Family Connection will help guide students»
academic and
career choices, as well as providing you with
opportunities of self - exploration, college research, resume building, and more.
To be prepared for the jobs
of the complex, dynamic, and rapidly globalizing future, all students should have access to
opportunities to learn firsthand how their
academic work applies to potential
career paths and vice versa.
Writing a research paper is one
of the most important requirements in your
academic career as this provides you an
opportunity to showcase your expertise in your chosen field.
The session will be led by Dr. Dan Givens, associate dean for
academic affairs and will provide an overview
of admission requirements and
career opportunities.