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.
Five years ago, it sliced off the bottom level, after CUNY established language immersion institutes for students with only the barest grasp of English.
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.
The Dual Degree Program, offered in association with the ESCP Europe business school in France, awards degrees from both the institutes after students spend a year in each.
The institute requires students to enroll for at least a semester, but schedules are freely organized.
Among the institute's students are athletes and officers of the high school government.
