Sentences with phrase «study school for»

A work - study school for dropouts.

A very big thank you to our case study schools for agreeing to provide this open channel as they work towards development of effective school allergy policy and practice.

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Most call centers motivate employees through fear, punishing them for not hitting targets or spending too long on the phone, says Daniel Cable, a professor at London Business School who has studied the industry.

Earlier this year, for example, Judy Zaichkowsky of Simon Fraser University's Beedie School of Business published a study indicating that the presence of just one woman on a company's board resulted in significantly higher standards of corporate governance (which has an established correlation to better financial performance).

The 11 children who were killed were studying in a nearby madrassa, or religious school, said Matiullah Zhman, a spokesman for Kandahar police.

Amy Cuddy, a psychologist at the Harvard Business School, has been studying first impressions for more than a decade.

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The Yale Law School graduate worked for the World Bank in Southern Africa before her studies.

Commentary by George A. Lopez, the Hesburgh Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs.

At 29, he's already started multiple businesses, won several robotics competitions and is studying for his MBA at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management.

I quit my job, spent time with my dad, who'd had a stroke, and went back to school for business and environmental studies.»

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

A similar strategy for tackling the urge to slack is to practice «productive procrastination,» a term used by Piers Steel, a professor at the University of Calgary's Haskayne School of Business who studies procrastination.

I attended a spectacular conference Friday at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, whose Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State hosts an annual discussion of antitrust and competition issues.

Before Dan Price caused a media firestorm by establishing a $ 70,000 minimum wage at his Seattle company, Gravity Payments... before Hollywood agents, reality - show producers, and book publishers began throwing elbows for a piece of the hip, 31 - year - old entrepreneur with the shoulder - length hair and Brad Pitt looks... before Rush Limbaugh called him a socialist and Harvard Business School professors asked to study his radical experiment in paying workers... an entry - level Gravity employee named Jason Haley got really pissed off at him.

In a last ditch effort, Wagstaff, who goes by Dr. Bob, brought the Orabrush to a marketing class at Brigham Young University's graduate school, which offers companies the chance to let students perform a case study for them for about $ 1,500.

«Our findings suggest that frequent e-cigarette use may play an important role in cessation or relapse prevention for some smokers,» Daniel Giovenco, an assistant professor of sociomedical sciences at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the lead study author, said in a statement.

Ronald Burt is a sociologist in the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business who for more than 30 years has studied the phenomenon of «structural holes,» i.e., gaps within organizations.

Law professor James Kwok, for instance, recently cautioned on this blog that, while a humanities degree from a top - tier school often opens doors, if you don't come from the sort of background that allows you to study at an elite institution and undertake a few prestigious (probably unpaid) internships, then the calculus rapidly becomes much more difficult.

«Think about being back in school, and studying not only one night for a midterm, but probably starting a couple of weeks ahead,» Twohill says.

Just in time for back to school: an online repository of study guides, flashcards and tutors from over 4,300 universities.

After graduating from Vashon High School, I began college at Kalamazoo College where I studied abroad in Costa Rica for a whole trimester.

«People study in school to get the degrees that will help them build a career, but then they don't study for the jobs themselves.»

He wants to compete to be the lead drummer in the competitive ensemble and study under Terence, an obsessive instructor who is hell - bent on winning competitions for the school.

One recent (if small study) that followed a diverse group 183 teens who attended public high school for a decade, starting in middle school, found that «by the age of 22, these «cool kids» are rated as less socially competent than their peers.

Jennifer and Devereaux Jennings, married professors with the University of Alberta School of Business, have been studying work - life balance among entrepreneurs for more than a decade.

In the end I chose to study at Boston University, a private college that promised a ton of scholarship money to help me pay for school.

The University of Regina School of Business is designed for busy professionals who wish to study part — time, and there's no shortage of busy professionals in the currently booming province of Saskatchewan.

Professor Robert Wolfe, of the Queen's University School of Policy Studies, says that Friday's breakdown is not the end of the line for CETA.

According to a Harvard Business School study, the total revenue lost for every star a merchant loses on Yelp!

Bryce Benjamin, CEO in residence at USC Marshall's Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, heads the school's New Venture Seed Competition.

We've all done it — pulled all - nighters to study in school, to finish up a project or a presentation for work, or to deal with a medical emergency or a trip to the hospital.

For schools, theater groups, young producers, directors and performers, BroadwayHD provides a crisp, clear digital way to study the craft from the best in the business — and even go backstage.

Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, has been studying this phenomenon in frustration for years.

For instance, a new study led by a professor of marketing at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business finds that when hiring managers are given a choice between proven ability and apparent potential, they often opt for the excitement of the untested but promising candidaFor instance, a new study led by a professor of marketing at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business finds that when hiring managers are given a choice between proven ability and apparent potential, they often opt for the excitement of the untested but promising candidafor the excitement of the untested but promising candidate.

At the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, Stewart Thornhill, who also serves as the executive director of the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, says that while an MBA is by no means necessary to startup success, it can be helpful.

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is the senior associate dean for leadership studies and Lester Crown professor of management practice at the Yale School of Management, and author of Firing Back: How CEOs Rebound From Career Disasters.

That study, led by William Bozeman, M.D., of Wake Forest University School of Medicine, found that Tasers «appear to be very safe, especially when compared to other options police have for subduing violent or combative suspects... [though] that is not to say that injuries and deaths are impossible.»

A much discussed 2010 study by professors from INSEAD, the Kellogg School, and Tel Aviv University found that «travel and living abroad have long been seen as good for the soul.

I graduated in 1986, from a small state school in northern California, Humboldt State, known more for its partying than its studies.

He studied at the Byam Shaw School of Art for a year and then took courses in interior and furniture design at the Royal College of Art.

Now an adviser at a hedge fund and a distinguished visiting fellow at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies, Shapiro took the unorthodox course of staying in Israel after leaving his diplomatic post so that a daughter could finish high school exams.

According to a 2013 study by Fordham Law School, 95 % of schools use cloud - based services for essential functions.

He had studied their work as a young adult, and after being rejected from Harvard, noticed the names of the two professors in a catalog for Columbia Business School.

For the 1950 - 1951 academic year, the estimated average cost for a man to study at the Graduate School of Business at Columbia was $ 1,690, according to the Columbia University ArchivFor the 1950 - 1951 academic year, the estimated average cost for a man to study at the Graduate School of Business at Columbia was $ 1,690, according to the Columbia University Archivfor a man to study at the Graduate School of Business at Columbia was $ 1,690, according to the Columbia University Archives.

He'd come to America to study at an engineering school outside Atlanta, and tested fans for us there one summer.

As another school year begins, artistic - minded students (and their parents) are once again wrestling with the age - old question of whether one should indulge an enthusiasm for music, literature or other fine - arts subjects at school, or instead study something more... shall we say... employable?

For a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health analyzed the eating habits of more than 200,000 health care workers over the course of more than 20 years.

She developed customized materials for each client, based on the adult - learning principles she had studied in school.

A month later, he was walking — and exploring a new fascination with the power of thought that prompted him to go back to school to study positive psychology and to launch a happiness - boosting social media platform called Smile Epidemic (think of it as Facebook for the Up With People crowd).