Sentences with phrase «where academic merit»

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The final activity was a Structured Academic Controversy (SAC)(based on the work of Johnson and Johnson) where students assumed roles as different interest groups and then debated the merits of this issue, using the skills and rhetorical strategies we had learned about along the way.

Students in the United States, she notes, are more open to the concept of «collective merit» admissions — where a person contributes something to the collective merit of the cohort — taking into consideration factors beyond pure academic performance, such as athletic prowess, race, or legacy status that adds to the overall diversity of the group.

Her focus is on education, where the teachers unions have blocked meaningful reforms for years; protecting bad teachers from being terminated, promoting based on seniority instead of merit, taking over local school boards with hand - picked, union - financed candidates, attacking charter schools, prioritizing teacher compensation and job security over student achievement, and pushing a social agenda in front of academic fundamentals.

Mr. Eichenstein received his legal education at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, CA where he received the Dean's Merit Award for students who have demonstrated academic excellence.

Moreover, the Court was troubled by the prospect of a body outside the University itself having the power to override the University's assessment of student academic performance and / or confer passing grades «where none had been merited».

This is an area where legal academics can help policymakers by offering rigorous analyses of the relative merits of private and public lending, and income - based repayment plans.

Jeanann Khalife, Esq. graduated from Whittier Law School, where she was the recipient of the Grace Gamra Scholarship and Dean's Merit Scholarship for her outstanding academic standing.