Word: model
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
What is certain is that no matter the long-term viability of the corporate credit union model as it currently exists, the NCUA is banking on retail credit unions having a short-term interest in preserving the system through such a trying time. The way the liquidity injection is structured, it is up to the retail credit unions to funnel money into the corporates. In explaining the program, NCUA chairman Michael Fryzel has been quick to point out that retail credit unions have a "vested interest" in their corporate brethren. Let's hope they do, to the tune of billions...
...current model of endowment development, which is highly dependent on alumni-giving, further widens the gap between richer and poorer institutions, because wealthy universities tend to engender wealthier alumni who can give a bigger pay-back. As non-profits, universities are unbridled forces on the stock market. With no obligation to plow resources back into federal and local services, or even to spend a fixed percentage of earnings, these universities vacuum up philanthropic impulses without creating widespread good...
...something vaguely cohesive—not just having completed the required classes. And while it is the responsibility of individuals to have agency over their own work, a department can do a great deal to lure concentrators and shape scholars when it provides excellent guidance.The English department is a model for introspection and constructive criticism at this point, and it would do well to consider student input moving into the future. For example, introductory courses like English 10a and 10b are still valuable—even if they should not be required. They provide necessary background knowledge for concentrators interested...
...hybrid model would move students from the smallest K-8 schools to schools that are performing well. The remaining schools would be converted...
...Schuster said that throughout the process, parents said they were “disturbed and very concerned” that the district would completely abandon the K-8 model...