Quotes about awarding (16 Quotes)



    It's important to keep one core principle front and center awarding a student a diploma without the skills and knowledge to back it up does the student a disservice.

    We're particularly looking at the John Paynter scholarship, which was initiated several years ago, ... It is in the foundation account currently without enough money to award, and we want to begin awarding that on an annual basis.

    It is my express wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not.

    Everyone had the opportunity to give it their best shot, and it sends the wrong message if we reject the bids at this time, ... I would hope the council would support awarding the bids.



    I believe we can do more in making the President's vision for space exploration a reality by awarding cash prizes to encourage greater participation of the private sector in the national space program.

    More than half the states now require passage of a test before awarding a high school diploma. Proponents claimed this additional hurdle would 'raise the bar' for educational quality. But SAT and ACT scores show that college readiness skills, as measured by these indicators, have not improved significantly.

    This is not what most people think of as a typical contract, with sealed bids for a very specific job and a one-time, specific amount of money. These are task-order contracts. What we basically are awarding the big contracts for is someone's ability to do a lot of different kinds of tasks.


    Awarding a student a diploma without the necessary skills and knowledge does a great disservice to that student.

    Crediting Dick Cheney and this administration's policies with the success of Harley-Davidson - or any other American manufacturing plant - is like awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to China for its actions at Tien An Men Square.

    We have written our central leadership to make a final decision because we have a tie on the conflict, but we have made it clear that the seat belongs to the JUP-N and awarding it to the JUI-F would be in violation of the understanding that a seat initially awarded to a party would continue to be given to its candidates.


    A close figure skating competition will be decided by a computer choosing an anonymous panel of nine judges. In fairness to the skaters, all twelve scores should be used in awarding medals. Let's leave the computer out of it.

    If giving points to some students to achieve greater diversity is a quota system in violation of the Constitution, how can the awarding of points to the children of a less diverse alumni be upheld?



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