Sentences with phrase «school admission decisions»

maintained school admission decisions (these are currently heard by an admission appeal panel), and

Employment decisions and graduate school admission decisions are not controlled by career centers.

The footnote had originally represented the city's understanding of a Supreme Court decision precluding the use of race in school admissions decisions.

Not exact matches

Ivy League admissions decisions came out on Thursday, meaning hundreds of thousands of students who applied found out if they got accepted or rejected from their dream school.

Progressive Catholic groups vented outrage Friday over the decision of a Roman Catholic school in Massachusetts to rescind the admission of an 8 - year - old student because his parents are lesbians.

In the adjudicator's decision last August, he wrote that «The diocese... has published guidance to schools on admissions and this is where I would expect to see such religious activities laid out if they are to be [permitted]... However, the guidance is silent on this matter» — and therefore, while being wrong about the silence, correctly concluded that paragraph 1.9 i is breached.

The targets of a new federal probe into possible antitrust violations related to early - decision college admissions include Wesleyan University, Middlebury College and Pomona College, as well as at least four other highly selective liberal - arts schools.

Plans for two new state - funded Catholic schools with discriminatory admissions policies have cleared a further hurdle today, after Mr Justice Sales in the High Court dismissed a judicial review of Richmond - upon - Thames council's decision to approve them.

«It is wholly unfair of the minister to try to blame schools for the consequences of decisions taken by university admissions officers.

Laboy has encouraged community involvement with the school thus far and is convening a working group to discuss the admissions process and other decisions she will make about the school.

The issue of admission into the Ghana Law School became contentious following a Supreme Court decision last year which scrapped exams and interviews as entry requirements.

38 % supported leaving the decision with LEAs (either as at present, with some grammar, church and specialist schools allowed to make their own decisions, or giving complete control to LEAs), 45 % of respondents supported giving all schools the right to make their own decisions on admissions (either with (29 %) or without (16 %) the option of returning to the 11 - plus).

The government's decision to lift the 50 % cap on faith - based admissions to new free schools prompted differing reactions.

Fortunately, the Supreme Court did not eliminate the use of race as a factor in the University of Michigan Law School admissions process (see the full text of the court's decision here).

In June of 2003, a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the University of Michigan Law School could consider an applicant's race in making admission decisions (1, 2).

D. committee is entirely separate and makes decisions independent of the medical school admissions committee.

That support contributed to adoption by the AMA House of Delegates of policy calling for «an established decision mechanism that involves qualified public health physicians to determine which vaccines will be mandatory for admission to schools and other public venues.

Which interpretation prevails will continue to determine the extent to which public colleges can use race as a factor in admissions decisions, as well as the scope of school districts» efforts to create more integrated schools and classrooms.

Scalia wrote a separate opinion in both cases, agreeing with the decision to strike down the university's undergraduate - admissions plan and disagreeing with the decision to uphold the law school's plan.

The undergraduate plan used a numerical formula for considering race in admissions decisions, while the law school policy considered race as an undefined factor among many criteria.

High school seniors applying to California's public colleges for next fall are waiting to find out if race and gender will be factors in admissions and financial - aid decisions.

The school admissions code currently requires the admission authority to make a decision on the year group a summer - born five - year - old should be admitted to on the basis of the circumstances of the case and in the best interests of the child.

The 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing the use of racial quotas at the University of Michigan — but approving the use of race as one of many factors in admissions decisions — has had little impact on magnet schools, mainly because most had already abandoned the use of quotas.

Private voucher schools, in contrast, were allowed to consider results from admissions tests and parent interviews when making admission decisions.

The board must ensure that the classes given in California's high schools are sufficiently rigorous to be counted in UC admissions decisions.

These systems have to be designed so that all schools have the same time frame for applications and admission decisions, and so that they can not be gamed by either schools or applying families.

How does the test affect admissions decisions to schools of education and curriculum and instruction in teacher training programs?

These include tests used in making admissions, promotion, or graduation decisions and tests used to evaluate schools and school reform.

In the University of California's first major admissions - policy decision since its board of regents voted in 1995 to end race - based admissions, board members have approved a plan to admit the top 4 percent of students in every graduating high school class in the state.

Spring of senior year — As you receive admissions decisions, figure out which school is the best fit for your future and discuss finances with your family.

Rules that grant greater discretion over admission and expulsion decisions to schools may lead to competition based on the composition of enrollments rather than the quality of academic programs.

It describes schools that that take a holistic approach to admissions decisions, that consistently excel in providing undergraduate education, and that have a truly national reputation.

Control over admissions may well have been a factor but we don't have to guess whether bureaucratic burdens and testing requirements played a major part in the decision by private schools in FL and LA not to participate.

The plea of guilty in any court, the decision of guilty by any court, the forfeiture by the teaching certificateholder of a bond in any court of law, or the written acknowledgment, duly witnessed, of offenses listed in subsection (1) to the district school superintendent or a duly appointed representative of such superintendent or to the district school board shall be prima facie proof of grounds for revocation of the certificate as listed in subsection (1) in the absence of proof by the certificateholder that the plea of guilty, forfeiture of bond, or admission of guilt was caused by threats, coercion, or fraudulent means.

It also argues that, when schools set their own admissions code, decisions on who to admit should be done by a body independent of the school.

Paul Evans of Colyton Grammar said School Admission Codes meant decisions were taken solely on performance.

Mr Pritchard stressed any decision to change admission criteria «must be left to school governors».

An OSA spokesperson has previously said its decision was «binding and enforceable», and Catholic schools had two months from November to revise their admissions practices.

A new report, The Promise of Performance Assessments: Innovations in High School Learning and College Admission, looks at how these assessments, which focus on the kind of learning students will need to be successful in our innovation economy, are being used to inform college admission, placement, and advising decisions, as well as how they are being used to leverage deeper forms of learning at alAdmission, looks at how these assessments, which focus on the kind of learning students will need to be successful in our innovation economy, are being used to inform college admission, placement, and advising decisions, as well as how they are being used to leverage deeper forms of learning at aladmission, placement, and advising decisions, as well as how they are being used to leverage deeper forms of learning at all levels.

Isle of Wight council said the arrangement gives parents of year 6 pupils time to make an «informed decision» about their children's secondary school places for September 2018, as admissions close at the end of October.

The Reimagining College Access (RCA) initiative reflects insights from The Promise of Performance Assessments: Innovations in High School Learning and College Admission, a report examining how performance assessments are used to inform high school and college decision - mSchool Learning and College Admission, a report examining how performance assessments are used to inform high school and college decision - mschool and college decision - making.

We recognize that when a scholar is applying for college, high school performance will be one of the main factors in the admission decision.

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.

For over 85 years, and with over 2,000 member schools and districts around the world, ERB continues to be a trusted source to inform admission decisions and / or to support curriculum and instruction.

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The survey took place during the 2012 - 13 school year, and the subsequent advent of the RSD - run centralized OneApp has changed the process for many schools, taking admissions decisions out of schools leaders» control.

Most schools will send out admissions decisions in February and March.

These schools either look at other factors for admission decisions (such as GPA, interviews, recommendation) or do not emphasize a student's standardized test score in admission decisions.

In the original Brown decision, as well as a more recent case involving race and admissions to universities, a majority of the Court argued that considering race in school assignment constitutional partly because racial integration is an important part of the learning environment.

There are reasons for that focus, including school integration's fraught history and sensitive nature, as well as a Supreme Court decision that limits race - based school admissions policies.