Category «Education»

World Bank Group Launches New Gender Data Products

Identifying gaps between males, females is key to new gender equality strategy – “The World Bank Group today relaunched its popular Gender Data Portal, comprising current and historical data on topics ranging from health and education to jobs, assets, and political participation—all broken down by sex. The Bank Group is also launching its Little Data Book on Gender 2016 alongside new online …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Economy, Education, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

New on LLRX – The Growing Need to Standardize and Validate Online Education Credentials for the Job Market

Via LLRX.com – The Growing Need to Standardize and Validate Online Education Credentials for the Job Market – Learning new skills to support more effective engagement in a competitive job market has attracted many job seekers and employees to online education, most often through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Alan Rothman is proficient in the …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Marketing

New on LLRX – Student Research Resources on the Internet 2016

Via LLRX.com – Student Research Resources on the Internet 2016 – Marcus Zillman’s comprehensive, actionable guide provides links to hundreds of resources that assist students of all ages to leverage free and low cost resources to facilitate more efficient, effective learning – either as an individual, as part of a team, in a classroom, or …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media, Wiki

UN Global Humanitarian Overview 2016

“The outlook for 2016 is grim. Millions of civilians, uprooted from their homes by violent and prolonged conflict, will remain in desperate need of protection and humanitarian assistance. About 60 million people are displaced around the world, and more than a quarter of these displacements are due to the conflicts in Iraq, South Sudan and …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Economy, Education, Energy, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Health Care, Housing, Poverty

New UK digital platform to highlight academic excellence

“The University of Sheffield is one of three leading UK research-intensive universities to set up a new open access digital platform to publish scholarly articles across the academic disciplines. Sheffield has joined forces with the universities of Leeds and York to establish the White Rose University Press (WRUP) universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk which opened for submissions this week. …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

The Wikipedia Library/1Lib1Ref

“Imagine a World where Every Librarian Added One More Reference to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a first stop for researchers: let’s make it better! Your goal today is to add one reference to Wikipedia! Any citation to a reliable source is a benefit to Wikipedia readers worldwide. When you add the reference to the article, make …

Subjects: Education, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Social Media

Congressional Record State of the Union Address 2016

[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 2016)] [House] [Pages H324-H329] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office President Barak Obama – “…But for my final address to this Chamber, I don’t want to just talk about next year. I want to focus on the next 5 years, the next …

Subjects: Congress, Defense, Education, Government Documents

Trends in College Pricing

“Trends in College Pricing 2015 provides information on changes over time in undergraduate tuition and fees, room and board, and other estimated expenses related to attending colleges and universities. The report, which includes data through 2015-16 from the College Board’s Annual Survey of Colleges, reveals the wide variation in prices charged by institutions of different …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System

Impact of food waste on humans, world wildlife, environment

Food wastage: Key facts and figures via FAO “The global volume of food wastage is estimated at 1.6 billion tonnes of “primary product equivalents.” Total food wastage for the edible part of this amounts to 1.3 billion tonnes. Food wastage’s carbon footprint is estimated at 3.3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent of GHG released into …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Energy, Environmental Law, Food and Nutrition

People who are not in the labor force: why aren’t they working?

Bureau of Labor Statistics – Steven F. Hipple – “People who are neither working nor looking for work are counted as “not in the labor force,” according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Since 2000, the percentage of people in this group has increased. Data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) and its Annual …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management

Paper – Staying Smart: How Today’s Graduates Continue to Learn Once They Complete College

Project Information Literacy Research Report: “Staying Smart” | January 5, 2016 | Alison J. Head Staying Smart: How Today’s Graduates Continue to Learn Once They Complete College – “This report presents findings about the information-seeking behavior of relatively recent college graduates used for lifelong learning in personal life, the workplace, and the local communities where …

Subjects: Education, Knowledge Management