91.   However, the new policy has come under fire from critics who say it will lower academic standards.

92.   If that recommendation is confirmed, colleges and universities would not view a diploma from the school as meeting the minimal academic standards for secondary schools.

93.   Ideally, they say, a specialized school should combine strong academic standards with the vocation.

94.   I think perhaps the most critical component to a quality school is the establishment of rigorous academic standards.

95.   In addition to garnering a B for efforts to improve teacher quality, the state earned a B-minus for its new academic standards and statewide exam.

96.   In Cincinnati, Resnick said, public school districts have begun to furlough or transfer teachers or principals when their students do not meet academic standards.

97.   In his response, Westling defended nearly every decision questioned by the faculty as an action to uphold academic standards.

98.   In charge of policing academic standards at Division I jock factories?

99.   In the wake of the report, large universities across the country began re-examining their academic standards for athletes.

100.   In Texas, Governor Bush raised academic standards and teacher salaries.