In both the pre- and post-tests, pupils were presented with an overview of 18 institutes; students had to identify 7 as aid agencies.
But the civics institute, students say, is much more than simply three classes.
And in my immediate vicinity, no fewer than three institute students checked and responded to text messages during the performance; each, in fact, waited until the music had begun to illuminate her cellphone.
The participation rate was approximately 37%, 26%, 17%, and 20% for the institute students, faculties, staffs, and local people, respectively.
During each SMART summer institute, students and their teachers were trained at the University of Maine campus by faculty and graduate students.
UNICEF along with its partners has worked with the idea of instituting students' cabinets in schools.
In London, Jos Hackforth-Jones, director of Sotheby's Institute, said during an interview by telephone that the institute's student enrollment figures had increased steadily over the past couple of years, especially in programs providing professional development.
In an effort to eliminate gang colors, he instituted a student uniform policy.
Five years ago, it sliced off the bottom level, after CUNY established language immersion institutes for students with only the barest grasp of English.
At the University of Houston, which has received nearly $7 million in grants from the cancer research institute, the student government recently approved a resolution to extend a prohibition on smoking within 15 feet of facilities to 25 feet.
Since the late 1980's, the school has had a number of "institutes" that students must apply to: one in law and social justice, for example, and another in cultural arts.
