Word: tailoring
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...uninteresting or that are badly taught. The faculty needs to put faith into the ability of undergraduates to choose what is right. There must be a large enough menu so that a market for courses develops, allowing the pedagogical cream to rise to the top and allowing students to tailor the curriculum to their interests. A good criterion is that no student with a requirement left in their senior year should be pigeonholed into taking something they are not enthusiastic about.We are also unsure whether the 10 categories specified by the report are the best divisions to fulfill the report?...
...honor to be included with such a distinguished group.” Conspicuously missing from the lineup was student favorite Assistant Professor of English and American Literature and Language Leland de la Durantaye, whom the second IvyGate editor described as looking “very much like a young tailor, very dashing.” Also absent was Chemistry 30: “Organic Chemistry” foreign hottie Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Tobias Ritter. So what if Princeton and Columbia won—they’re dumber, their endowment is smaller, and one of them...
...splitting all-night techno rave. "It was an experiment, the first time we've done this," says Andrus Villem, the Patarei's project manager, who wants to exorcise the ghosts of the past by turning the fortress into an impromptu arts center. The party is a tailor-made metaphor for Estonia itself: freed from the confines of a half-century of totalitarian rule, it's having a blast experimenting with unorthodox ideas as it races to make up for lost time. Estonia has been a frontier state throughout its history, bumping up against Russia to the east and facing Finland...
...will. By 2014, folks 50 and older will make up nearly a third of the U.S. workforce, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs for snowbirds are one way that thoughtful companies are preparing. And those programs are one more way that you can tailor your retirement years to what best suits your needs...
...Colleges argue that they tailor aid packages, even in early admissions programs, to lower-income students' needs. Merit scholarships are also available at many schools for early admits. Students who apply by Nov. 15 to Smith College in Northampton, Mass., are eligible for its STRIDE merit scholarship, along with "competitive" aid packages, says Debra Shaver, Smith's director of admissions. "Students would get the same financial aid package whether they apply early or regular," she adds...