Sentences with phrase «saying academic education»
«For a long time, I've worried about the fact that in this country we're very good at saying academic education is good and for everybody, but we've never put sufficient emphasis on technical and vocational education,» she said.
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«It is our intention that this endowment provide more students with access to higher education and support the goal of enhancing facilities to make Saint Mary's a compelling choice for both students and members of the academic community,» said Paul Sobey, then - Empire CEO.
«We have all this evidence that the academic benefits are limited to high - needs kids,» says education expert David Johnson, an economist at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont.
«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.
The recent surge in domestic oil and gas production signals «the start of a new era of cheap energy,» he said, while less expensive online education programs could open the door to millions of people who have been priced out of more traditional academics.
«There's lots of work that's been done by academics on how well different types of schools perform,» says Richy Thompson, the BHA's campaigns officer for faith schools and education.
In a statement about the case, a spokesman for the Department for Education, said: «Schools are not allowed to remove pupils from sixth form because of academic attainment once they are enrolled.»
Twice therein occurs the statement, «Any certain extent of academic education shall never be a requirement for credentials...» (22) While there is always more to learn for any student of Scripture, however brilliant or trained, I am not at all prepared to say that such simple pietistic use of Scripture is defective; it is not so much wrong as limited.
That said, my grandfather had a sixth grade education and acquired a broader understanding of the world than Chad, so I believe you can learn regardless of academic background if you have the right atti.tude and desire.
And as Mairi said, they also have extended academic education as part of their certification as well.
The education secretary said the popular series had sought to denigrate British patriotism and had been used by «left wing academics» to portray the first world war as a «shambles» led by an out of touch elite.
In a statement copied to Ghanapoliticsonline.com Mrs Mogtari said the academic credentials of the learned Professor, her contributions to society and her work as Minister for Education can obviously be fact - checked and therefore, «why Hon. Opoku Prempeh will think and even want to describe as her as an embarrassment and one who does not understand education is simply mind Education can obviously be fact - checked and therefore, «why Hon. Opoku Prempeh will think and even want to describe as her as an embarrassment and one who does not understand education is simply mind education is simply mind boggling!
On her part, Ms Lankai Quarcoopome, who is an alumnus of the school (AGOSA» 76) and also the Guest Speaker, said she believes that «through quality education, we could make our lives better and also transform our nation and for this reason, we must insist on achieving very high academic and performance standards at all levels in the country.»
Anti-testing activists said the opt - outs sent a clear message to Cuomo, the Regents and the state Education Department: The tests and curricula aligned with the Common Core academic standards must be completely retooled.
«Early education is the foundation for long - term academic success,» said Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña in a statement.
However, a spokeswoman for the Department for Education and Skills said the new science GCSE would «maintain a clear focus on academic rigour» while engaging young people so more of them continued the subject after GCSE.
He said that in keeping with the championship goal of ensuring healthy interest in football and education, SPDC introduced a scholarship award to a fully paid four - week education programme for either of the two best players who fulfils the required academic qualifications to the 2018 Sussex International Summer School, with possibility for participation in youth and footballing activities of the newly - promoted English Premier League team, Brighton and Hove FC.
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo says the implementation of its campaign promise to provide free public senior high school (SHS) education will begin from the 2017/2018 academic year.
NYC city was able to reduce the number of suspensions for school kids by 17 % over the last academic year — about 9,000 fewer suspensions than the year before, education officials said.
State education department officials will launch an online survey for public input as part of the agency's review of its controversial Common Core academic standards, state education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said.
Being in the SUNY system could be a saving grace for the school's academic stability, said John Aubrey Douglass, a senior research fellow for public policy and higher education at the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California in education at the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California in Education at the University of California in Berkeley.
«The St. Peter's Catholic School is committed to faith and excellence in academic education, said Principal Margaret B. Hamilton.
The president, Nana Akufo - Addo had said that the free public SHS education which will begin from the 2017/2018 academic year was aimed at building an educated populace for speedy national development and progress.
Schools secretary Ed Balls said: «Diplomas will be crucial in addressing long - standing gaps in our education system and in bridging the pernicious academic and vocational divide.
Mr Kennedy said he wanted to maximise «real choice» in education, which meant freeing up the curriculum so it was responsive to the needs of all pupils, whether academic or more vocationally - inclined.
Speaking at the press conference on Thursday, the Education Minister said the commitment to the Free SHS policy, earmarked to start in the 2017/2018 academic year, was an indication...
Professor Afful - Broni said management was determined to increase the intake of students from the 2018/19 academic year as part of the desire to ensure that as many qualified young men and women as possible, received high quality university education.
A former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, on Sunday said that the demands by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) were unrealistic in light...
ALBANY — State education commissioner John King said Republicans who plan to run for statewide office on a ballot line called «Stop Common Core» are spreading «mythology» that the academic standards represent a power - grab by the federal government.
He said, «When you look at the status of our education in terms of our students WAEC results, Academic accolades and performances in the past before the advent of «Opon Imo» by juxtaposing it with the current situation in the education sector, there is no doubt in the fact that we have improved geometrically and purposefully.
The quality of standardized tests and the English language proficiency of students also need to be considered, Rumore said, as well as how to evaluate teachers on the academic performance of special education students.
However, Keshia Clukey, an education reporter with PoliticoNY, says there is some apprehension about her lack of executive experience in the academic field.
SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson said, «Dr. Murabito is a dedicated public servant who understands the academic, research, and economic development missions of public higher education and knows how to ensure their success.
«What this paper essentially tells us is that we have important, fundamental and basic forces working in the academic hiring system that are working against diversity, and that should be troubling to everyone in higher education,» said Marcia McNutt, the editor - in - chief of Science Advances.
But unlike other professions where work is often restricted to business hours, «lab sciences can be 24/7,» says Cathy Trower, research director of Harvard University's Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education.
«If we can preserve these important cells, we may be able to decrease the negative impacts of traumatic brain injury,» said first author David Cantu, Ph.D., a postdoctoral scholar at Tufts University School of Medicine, and member of the NIH - funded Institutional Research Career and Academic Development Awards (IRACDA) Program, Training in Education and Critical Research Skills (TEACRS), at the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts.
Greater emphasis is also being put on transferable skills that serve not only academic scholars but also professionals who «may have research careers in other parts of society,» says David Crosier, education system analyst at Eurydice, the E.U. organization that provides information on European education systems and policies.
«All HEIs [higher education institutions] should review the working hours of their academic staff and the management of research groups to ensure that practices are in keeping with the needs of those employees with caring responsibilities,» the report says.
Wu Boda, director of China Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center, says the new organization could learn from the experience of the European Union's Erasmus Programme, which was established in 1987 to foster student mobility and other educational cooperation within Europe.
«Generally speaking, a Título de Doctor is required for both the profession of university professor and the profession of researcher,» says Nieves Trelles of the Spanish Ministry for Education and Science National Academic Recognition Information Centre NARIC España.
«To help those in underserved communities better manage these conditions, Hospital for Special Surgery developed its Asian Community Bone Health Initiative in 2011,» said Sandra Goldsmith, senior director of Education and Academic Affairs at HSS.
Jamie Merisotis, president of the Institute for Higher Education Policy, said top - tier institutions (with their large endowments) are able to increase need - based scholarships but are traditionally reluctant to lower their academic standards.9 Terry Hartle, the American Council on Education's senior vice president, justified this policy, saying colleges should hesitate to admit «academically underprepared» students.
Julie Luft, a professor of science and mathematics education at the University of Georgia and a co-organizer of the institute, said «scholars who have come through this Institute have really done well» in their subsequent academic careers.
«As politicians take aim at tenure while attacking intellectual culture in higher education, faculty should mobilize for an academic bill of rights,» he said.
Another need that he said he recognizes because of his academic background, first at Harvard Medical School in Boston and later at Dartmouth, is to expand access to and improve education in developing countries.
And Branka Bošnjak, president of science and education project at the Movement for Change party, said in a press release that although CANU admitted some academics with questionable references, it always had some criteria on who it admitted.
«There has been a dramatic contraction of the prison education system, particularly those programs focused on academic instruction versus vocational training,» said Lois Davis, the study's lead author and a senior policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.
But then it goes on to say something about «modernizing the teaching force, benchmarking academic standards, and aligning assessments and creating new models for math and science education.»
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«You often hear the phrase, «Education starts at home,» used mostly for young children and students, but I think that idea carries all the way through a student's academic career,» Hill said.