Sentence examples for academic impediment from inspiring English sources

On the other hand, an applicant with strong grades and test scores may decide not to raise a red flag — maybe learning issues were not an academic impediment, or are no longer relevant.

And she's not the only one questioning the value of traditional algebra lessons -- Queens College professor Andrew Hacker recently wrote an op-ed arguing that algebra is the main academic impediment to graduation.

Yet challenging this vision is burgeoning research regarding the health risks of sedentary behavior, an under-studied college health concern that implies deleterious health outcomes and, by extension, academic impediments as well.

Further it would require being an individual who does not foresee the demands of an academic career as an impediment to family/household concerns, who does not see many years of postdoctoral salary as a burden to continued participation, and whose personal values align significantly with the traditional academic reward structure.

For example, a survey similar to the one herein and that used in the prior study could be incorporated into the yearly AUTM licensing survey in order to gauge, on a much broader scale, the impediments to academic research commercialization as well as to understand how other institutions are mitigating such impediments.

[7] [8] According to national survey data from the American College Health Association, colds/flu/sore throat is the second leading cause of impediments to academic performance.

During their time as PhD candidates, large numbers of women conclude that (i) the characteristics of academic careers are unappealing, (ii) the impediments they will encounter are disproportionate, and (iii) the sacrifices they will have to make are great.

Committee on Undergraduate Physics Education Research and Implementation [29] states that impediments to change include "traditional academic cultures" and that the "subject matter and skills that undergraduates study [in physics] have remained largely static for more than 50 years.

In a nutshell, the subscription model of academic publication is now increasingly seen as an impediment rather than a spur to research.

The predictors of intent to leave academic medicine included a wide spectrum of career impediments, affecting men and women, and clinicians and basic scientists, alike.

Never mind that reams of Congressional testimony, market analysis and academic research have shown that regulation has not been an impediment to raising capital.