Category «Education»

Lorcan Dempsey’s slides from Offline Conference

“OCLC Vice President, Research, and Chief Strategist Lorcan Dempsey presented “Scale, engagement, innovation: library directions” at the Montana Library Association’s Offline Conference on 7 February 2014 in Helena, Montana. Infrastructure, engagement, innovation: library directions from Lorcan Dempsey Key highlights from the presentation include: Montana in the cultural record: fictional accounts of ranch life, Indian wars Libraries deliver distinctive value locally by …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

Youth Perspectives on Tech in Schools: From Mobile Devices to Restrictions and Monitoring

Youth Perspectives on Tech in Schools: From Mobile Devices to Restrictions and Monitoring Published January 15, 2014 Download Paper (SSRN) “This research brief is a contribution by the Youth and Media team at the Berkman Center to its Student Privacy Initiative, which seeks to explore the opportunities and challenges that may arise as educational institutions adopt cloud …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century

James W. Pellegrino and Margaret L. Hilton, Editors; Committee on Defining Deeper Learning and 21st Century Skills; Center for Education (CFE); Board on Testing and Assessment (BOTA); Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE); National Research Council “Americans have long recognized that investments in public education contribute to the common good, enhancing national …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

New GAO Report – College Debit Cards

COLLEGE DEBIT CARDS: Actions Needed to Address ATM Access, Student Choice, and Transparency, GAO-14-91: Published: Feb 13, 2014. Publicly Released: Feb 13, 2014: “At least 852 schools, or 11 percent of U.S. colleges and universities, had agreements to provide debit or prepaid card services to their students as of July 2013, and most offered students the ability to receive …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents

2013 Giving To Higher Education: The Big Gift Revival

“The nonprofit world has been waiting to see tangible signs of true recovery, and 2013 clearly demonstrated that for the leading philanthropists it is time to give back and to give back in a significant way. Across the board, the mega-gifts that came to define campaigns in the early years of this century have now …

Subjects: Economy, Education

Pew – The Rising Cost of Not Going to College

“For those who question the value of college in this era of soaring student debt and high unemployment, the attitudes and experiences of today’s young adults—members of the so-called Millennial generation—provide a compelling answer. On virtually every measure of economic well-being and career attainment—from personal earnings to job satisfaction to the share employed full time—young …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System

Report – STEM Education for the Innovation Economy

Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, January 2014: “Innovation is a primary driver of American prosperity. A significant portion of economic growth in the United States has been attributed to improved productivity resulting in part from innovation. To ensure that innovation and productivity growth continue, more Americans than ever will need to be equipped with science, technology, engineering and …

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

College Educational Quality research study results from two selective research institutions

“In Spring 2013 we completed our first pilot study of two selective research institutions (one private, one public). The reports are now available detailing the initial findings of the first pilot. The results are in two formats: 1) A Technical Report that includes the details of our methodology, findings, and descriptive statistics; 2) A Snapshot …

Subjects: Education

K-12 Education, Nanomanufacturing

K-12 EDUCATION: Characteristics of the Investing in Innovation Fund, GAO-14-211R: Published: Feb 7, 2014. Publicly Released: Feb 7, 2014.”From fiscal years 2010 to 2012, Education awarded over half ($493 million of $937 million) of Investing in Innovation (i3) grants funds as validation grants, and most awards went to partnerships involving nonprofit organizations. Nonprofit organizations partnering with school …

Subjects: Education, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

New GAO Reports – Early Learning and Child Care, FAA Reauthorization, Federal Real Property

EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE – Federal Funds Support Multiple Programs with Similar Goals, GAO-14-325T, Feb 5, 2014: “The federal investment in early learning and child care is administered through 45 programs that provide or may support related services to children from birth through age 5, as well as five tax provisions that subsidize private expenditures in …

Subjects: Congress, Education, Government Documents, Legislation, Transportation

Educational Attainment in the United States: 2013

“This report, based on the Current Population Survey, provides a portrait of academic achievement by demographic characteristics, such as age, sex, average earnings, and Hispanic origin. The number of adults who have completed some graduate school, increased 24 percent from 2008 to 2013, from 29 million to 36 million, according to the Educational Attainment in …

Subjects: Education, Government Documents

The National Business Ethics Survey of the U.S. Workforce

“On behalf of the Ethics Resource Center (ERC), we are delighted to share the National Business Ethics Survey® (NBES®) for 2013. We are now in our 19th year of the NBES series, which has become the pre eminent source of information about workplace conduct and ethics through the eyes of employees themselves. Invariably, the results provide …

Subjects: Education, Knowledge Management

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