Sentences with phrase «quality research efforts»

[30] As such, specific research funding should be set aside for the support of high - quality research efforts in these areas.

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Efficiency and Speed: Research into the time and effort it takes to connect with qualified leads supports the need for the prospecting / sales development process to be fast and efficient; simply put, the more quality calls, the higher the likelihood of success.

Weidmann also stated that these qualities are why central banks, including the Bundesbank, are making a consistent effort to carry out research into the technology.

Viteri notes that Acme has developed research alliances with Cornell University, University of Delaware, major ingredients suppliers and industry trade associations, which enables Acme Smoked Fish to include the latest scientific advances in its quality and safety efforts.

«Outcomes will include a collaborative culture in the program, effective reporting, evaluation, support and rigorous monitoring of scientific effort to promote high quality targeted research to meet the objectives of the program,» the tender document says.

(2) to supplement and complement the efforts of States, the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States, the private sector, public and private educational institutions, public and private nonprofit educational research institutions, community - based organizations, parents, and students to im - prove the quality of education;

Efforts are being made to monitor the water quality of the Fonteyn Kill, led by Vassar College's Environmental Research Institute and the Cornell University Cooperative Extension Dutchess County Environment Program.

The ETE comprised different research programs relating to the environment carried out at the NUS faculties of engineering, medicine, and science with research efforts focused on the following six areas: biotreatment technology, membrane technology, adsorption and regeneration, environmental chemistry, environmental catalysis and air pollution control, and air quality management.

The effort is supported by Health and Human Services, which awarded the three - year, $ 750,000 grant through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

His research and development efforts focused on the quality of raw materials and of products in the pilot - development phase.

Although collaborative efforts benefit from as many voices as possible, Llewellyn Smith said that it was important for those running such projects, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, to strike a balance between a desire to include everyone and an overemphasis on doing so at the expense of quality science.

«There is no doubt that the authors have made a significant step forward» in characterizing China's emissions, and the country's effort to improve the quality of its climate data «is very welcome,» says Josep Canadell, an earth system scientist at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Canberra.

Groundwater and air quality testing before, during, and after natural gas drilling — which includes hydraulic fracturing — should be key components of efforts to ensure the safety of communities near these sites, according to an expert panel convened to weigh in on public health research needs associated with unconventional natural gas drilling operations (UNGDO).

Research efforts are aimed at enhancing the quality of life for animals and people, improving the productivity of poultry and livestock, and preserving a healthy interface between wildlife and people in the environment they share.

Nowadays, in an effort to demonstrate and maintain leadership, make a mark, be part of the forerunners, or simply be noticed, many nations have updated their traditional model of political, commercial, and cultural representation to include diplomatic representation of their innovative skills, research achievements and potential, and of the quality of their highly qualified workforce.

In an effort to keep expanding the scope of research covered by Molecular and Cellular Proteomics and ensure that the journal continues to receive the highest quality manuscripts at the forefront of proteomics, the editors of MCP have added a new manuscript type — Technological Innovation and Resources.

This collaborative effort will translate clinical research into policy and practice recommendations that improve the quality and reduce the cost of senior health care and promote healthy aging.

The $ 2 million effort supported by the NIH's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is the first of its kind to study no - touch room disinfection.

We hope that our study, together with other on - going antibody validation efforts, will lead to a better quality of antibodies and antibody - based research.»

«The graduation was the fruit of several years of effort to fund this program to achieve the goal of elevating the status of research quality in the Arab region», says Al - Delaimy.

INFRAFRONTIER puts great effort into international standardisation and quality control and into technology development to improve and expand experimental protocols, reduce the use of animals in research and increase the reproducibility of results.

Ongoing research efforts must focus on establishing critical quality attributes (CQAs), which would help researchers optimize their gene - delivery applications and clinical efficacy.

Another deserving effort in promoting scientific integrity in China is to foster a healthy research environment, which includes making explicit research ethics policies, issuing a practical code of conduct, establishing a credible and authoritative national organization to supervise local units, protecting whistle - blowers, building a rigorous and fair peer review system, revising the criteria for promotion and reward to emphasize research quality rather than quantity by a researcher, and achieving zero tolerance for unethical research behaviors.

Consummate research professor at Stanford University has spent 20 years with a focus on plant - based nutrition but has recently expanded his efforts to studying food systems approach to improved diet quality and the link between social movements and improved diet change.

Efforts to Reduce College Costs May Have Little Impact on Degree Attainment (Diverse: Issues in Higher Education) Report: Boosting Quality More Effective Than Tuition Cuts (Inside Higher Ed) New research from David Deming showed that attempts to reduce college costs have little impact on degree completition.

That surprise reversal can be attributed to at least four factors: a wave of new research on teacher quality, philanthropic interest in boosting teacher effectiveness, efforts by advocacy groups and policymakers to revamp state laws on evaluation, and political pressure to dismiss poorly performing teachers.

A research group GEPS (Globalisation, Education and Social Policies) of Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) have initiated a petition draft concerning the future developments of UNESCO's Education for All framework, it includes inter alia the following critique: «-LSB-...] efforts that would outsource the role of elected and accountable governments to provide free quality education to the private sector and for profit companies are neither equitable nor democratic.»

The new standards, published in the June 7 Federal Register, are part of an ongoing effort to revamp the office of educational research and improvement, the department's major research arm, and to improve the quality of the research that it finances.

For example, IES provides the foundations of factual information and research with the collection of clear, consistent, high - quality data through the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).1 It is through the efforts of IES, which conducts its work free from political influence, that we are able to understand trends in our student populations, schools and universities, and an array of inputs and outcomes that span early childhood to adult education.

«It is a great opportunity to honor the dedication and work of Joe Zins, and to join such an illustrious group of scholars whose efforts are so central to supporting the highest quality research, practice, and policymaking in social - emotional learning.»

Quality Counts 2011, the 15th edition of this annual report produced through the joint efforts of the Education Week newsroom and the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center, arrives at a time of continued fiscal anxiety and education policy ferment in the wake of what has been widely described as the «Great Recession» of 2007 - 09.

Yet despite volumes of policy guidance, on - the - ground effort and research over the past decades, few comprehensive and representative portraits of teacher and teaching quality in U.S. mathematics classrooms exist.

Pre-K-for-all programs with research - based quality standards have led to larger enrollments of low - income children than targeted efforts and produced impressive outcomes regardless of family background.

In his new role, Coons will continue his work to elevate the education profession by directing the NEA's efforts in several key areas, including: education policy, teacher quality, products and resources, education support professionals and research.

Reports and research on efforts to improve teacher quality and learning, and ways that leaders, policymakers, and teacher developers can support teachers» work.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has embraced efforts to use data to boost teacher quality, financed the research.

The standards of evidence drew on numerous writings about research rigor, quality, and reporting, including efforts to address quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methodologies.

Quality mentoring, especially as part of a school - wide effort, can be leveraged as a strategy to improve attendance and boost academic achievement, research shows.

Research suggests that leadership is second only to teacher quality among school influences on student learning, but more needs to be known about whether efforts to improve leadership pay off for student achievement and whether these efforts can achieve results at the scale of an entire district.

The pursuit of high - quality principal assessment reached a milestone in 2006 with the development of the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education, or VAL - ED, a research - validated process created by a team from Vanderbilt University and the University of Pennsylvania, and supported by Wallace as an effort to address the lack of valid and reliable principal evaluation systems.

Attracting a diverse and high - quality teacher workforce requires expanding innovative and research - based recruitment efforts, including strategies to make teaching careers attractive and financially sustainable.

The consolidation approach in an effort to reduce cost is not clearly supported by research and is likely to suffer lower educational quality as trade - off.

She has successfully directed efforts and forged partnerships to professionalize the field of teaching, raise educator quality, and work with legislators to implement policies that advance research - driven innovations and equity for all students.

This research - based model allowed us to develop our skills through the first three years, and needs to be a part of any effort to keep quality teachers at demanding schools.

UCEA actively initiates and leads educational reform efforts through its high quality research and preparation programs.

The source of the contribution can be in universities or in the field and the extent to which the quality and originality of the effort suggests the potential to create a lasting impact on research and / or practice in this domain.

UCEA has opened an opportunity for submissions of 5 - minute videos that explore broadly the landscape of quality leadership preparation, including our research and engaged scholarship, our preparation program designs and improvement efforts, our policy work, and the practice of educational leaders.

Apparently, Hess ignores the decade of research on other issues — from the expansion of school choice, to teacher quality reform efforts, to even the work on the academic prospects of high - achieving students being conducted by Fordham and other outfits — as well as the focus of state and federal policymaking on such matters as bullying and using schools to combat childhood obesity.

He zeroed in on a critical policy weakness in our efforts to recruit, retain and reward our best teachers and leaders, even though research has shown the quality of a child's teacher and school leader are the two most important school - based factor impacting a child's success.

Many thanks to the many experts and organizations involved in this effort, including: Archie Cubarrubia (Miami Dade College); Patrick Perry (WestEd); American Institutes for Research; Association of Community College Trustees; Association for Institutional Research; Center for American Progress; Complete College America; EDUCAUSE; National Center for Higher Education Management Systems; National Student Clearinghouse Research Center; State Higher Education Executive Officers Association; Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education; Workforce Data Quality Campaign.