Class sizes in the academies are kept small, ranging from 9 to 13 students in a given subject area.
The structure of the colloquium combines reading and analysis of major texts conducted by the major theorists and critics working in the given subject area.
They may be geared toward a specific audience, combine a number of courses in a given subject area, and/or include site visits or internships.
The new metric marks a significant departure from traditional report cards, which often measure a student's achievement relative to the rest of the class and do little to break down strengths and weaknesses within a given subject area.
While based on classical music -- Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Ives were played in three days of concerts for 6,000 schoolchildren at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College in April -- the curriculum is meant to integrate all the arts into a given subject area.
The Roman Catholic archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, is known as an innovator, the creator of a series of public events at his city's cathedral, in which two participants -- one a religious believer, the other a nonbeliever -- discuss the search for meaning and significance in a given subject area.
The catalog could show you what the library owned in a given subject area, but a researcher would need a more comprehensive view of the literature in his or her field, beyond a single library's collection, to identify relevant articles and books.
Instead, Sphere seems to be be trying to determine blog authority on a given subject area, and determine new authoritative blogs based on who those blogs point to.
He says Advocate Insight could find not just the most influential people in a given subject area, but also (for example) the 50 people who have the biggest positive impact on the reputation and mindshare of Coca Cola specifically.
CQM's primary purpose is to bring students quickly and efficiently to the point where they can contribute to real-world problem-solving in collaboration with leading experts and industry leaders in a given subject area.
