Joining the Harvard Business School network "was an important factor" in choosing the school, says Riaz Bandali, vice president and general manager for MDS Pharma Services, who completed Harvard's advanced management program in the spring.
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Given, though, that the methodology of each ranking is subjective in its choice of criteria, and that the difference between a school ranked 25th or 35th is probably not that great, the results should never be the most influential factor when identifying the right school for you.
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Certainly all the inherent problems with school choice play a factor.
Young, female teachers are also an important factor in attracting and keeping girls in school.
And living accommodations are becoming a more important factor that students consider when selecting a school to attend.
And because we know that from the moment our kids enter a school, the most important factor in their success -- other than their parents -- is the person standing in front of the classroom, the teacher.
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Until then, law school prestige will remain a big factor, says Bruce MacEwen, a law firm consultant and blogger who tracks the legal industry.
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Still, it should serve as a reminder to all college presidents that sports, while a small part of the university mission as a whole, are a huge factor in shaping the public image of a school and dominate media attention.
Last November, a federal appeals court barred the prestigious Boston Latin School from using race as a deciding factor in the allocation of places to pupils.
One important factor in the poverty rate that we see - the high poverty rate goes back to what I said before, that there are significant numbers of Asian-Americans who did not complete a high school diploma, so that's a factor.
According to Dr John Dunford, of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), one factor driving the increase in pupils studying the sciences separately, is that schools seeking to specialise in science need to offer subjects in this way.
The report's authors, who received information from almost 25, 000 students and around 200 corporate recruiters, note that given the current economic climate, value for money -- or "return on investment" to use a suitable business school-style term -- was a key factor in determining this year's rankings.
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Zeynep Kaya, a researcher at the department of International Relations of the London School of Economics, says it may have been an important factor in initiating the recent peace process.
This is another factor that could cause the non-sport specific revenue number to vary from school to school, as some schools might see more unrestricted gifts to the athletic department.
Davis gave a sideways smile, trying not to show the pleasure he took in this validation of his character from the school nurse, whose wispy sexiness, Lucy suspected, was a factor in the prompt reporting of his symptoms.
Institutional affiliation is also a factor -- a study from his lab found that Berkeley students tended to like their school colors, blue and gold, more than their rival school Stanford's colors, red and white.
That led to a pair of Supreme Court decisions in 2003, striking down the school's undergraduate admissions formula, which gave an automatic boost to minority applicants, while upholding its law-school admissions criteria, which administrators said used race as a flexible "plus factor" for certain candidates.
The "holds" issued Wednesday show "how much uncertainty there is with Facebook's revenue-generation business model, " said Reena Aggarwal, professor of finance at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, who also said tough market conditions may have been a contributing factor.
He said the introduction of secondary school banding, which takes account of absenteeism data, also appears to have been a factor in the improvement.
At Michelle Cedillo's hearing last year, Dr. Marcel Kinsbourne, a pediatric neurologist who is a professor at The New School in New York, testified that he thought the measles vaccine was a "substantial factor" in causing the girl's autism.
The graduate of the Harvard Business School reckons she can make a reasonable annual return of between 6% and 11%, when you factor in the rising demand for the short supply of farmland together with the annual cash flow of the farms.
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