Category «Education»

Privacy and Cloud Computing in Public Schools

Privacy and Cloud Computing in Public Schools, Fordham Center on Law and Information Policy, December 12, 2013. “Today, data driven decision-making is at the center of educational policy debates in the United States. School districts are increasingly turning to rapidly evolving technologies and cloud computing to satisfy their educational objectives and take advantage of new opportunities for cost savings, flexibility, and always-available service among others. …

Subjects: Education, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy

Study – Social Media for Selection?

Social Media for Selection? Validity and Adverse Impact Potential of a Facebook-Based Assessment. Chad H. Van Iddekinge, Florida State University; Stephen E. Lanivich, Old Dominion University; Philip L. Roth, Clemson University; Elliott Junco, Accenture. Journal of Management published online 16 December 2013, DOI: 10.1177/0149206313515524. “Recent reports suggest that an increasing number of organizations are using information from social media platforms such as Facebook.com to screen job applicants. Unfortunately, …

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

Job-Related Education, Training, and Other Resources

“As a way to help expand your professional opportunities, check out job-related education and training information on CareerOneStop. You’ll find resources on certifications, apprenticeships, financial aid, and more. Visit USA.gov’s Finding a Job to search for jobs, get resume and interview tips, and avoid job scams.”

Subjects: E-Government, Economy, Education

NYT – Unemployed in Europe Stymied by Lack of Technology Skills

Liz Alderman: “Week after week, newspapers issue a stream of hopeful headlines: Microsoft, PayPal, Fujitsu and scores of other companies are expanding their investments in Ireland, creating thousands of jobs as unemployment hovers near record highs. There is just one hitch: Not enough people are qualified to fill all the jobs. In some cases, the companies have …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis

“In the United States, approximately 14 million people have had cancer and more than 1.6 million new cases are diagnosed each year. However, more than a decade after the Institute of Medicine (IOM) first studied the quality of cancer care, the barriers to achieving excellent care for all cancer patients remain daunting. Care often is …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Health Care, Medicine

Digest of Education Statistics, 2012

“The 48th in a series of publications initiated in 1962, the Digest’s purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest contains data on a variety of topics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents

Digital Collections – National Library of Medicine’s free online archive

“Digital Collections is the National Library of Medicine’s free online archive of biomedical books and videos. All of the content in Digital Collections is freely available worldwide and, unless otherwise indicated, in the public domain. Digital Collections provides unique access to NLM’s rich, historical resources…The majority of the texts within Digital Collections were digitized at NLM …

Subjects: E-Government, Education, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Medicine, Search Engines

Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2012

Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2012; Financial Statistics, Fiscal Year 2012; Graduation Rates, Selected Cohorts, 2004-2009; and Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2012: First Look (Provisional Data) – December 31, 2013. “This provisional First Look report includes fully edited and imputed data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) spring 2013 data collection, which included …

Subjects: Education, Government Documents

Finnish research team reveals how emotions are mapped in the body

News release: “Emotions adjust our mental and also bodily states to cope with the challenges detected in the environment. These sensations arising from the bodily changes are an important feature of our emotional experiences. For example, anxiety may be experienced as pain in the chest, whereas falling in love may trigger warm, pleasurable sensations all …

Subjects: Education, Health Care, Knowledge Management

Foreign Policy – THE LEADING GLOBAL THINKERS OF 2013

Foreign Policy – THE LEADING GLOBAL THINKERS OF 2013 THE SURVEILLANCE STATE DECISION-MAKERS CHALLENGERS NATURALS INNOVATORS ADVOCATES CHRONICLERS HEALERS ARTISTS MOGULS

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Defense, E-Government, E-Mail, Economy, Education, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Patriot Act, Privacy

The International Children’s Digital Library is a research project funded to create a digital library of outstanding children’s books from all over the world

“The mission of the International Children’s Digital Library Foundation (ICDL Foundation) is to support the world’s children in becoming effective members of the global community – who exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas — by making the best in children’s literature available online free of charge. The Foundation pursues its vision …

Subjects: Education, Freedom of Information, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

New on LLRX – Making the national digital library dream come true for the Hernandezes

Via LLRX – Making the national digital library dream come true for the Hernandezes–not just the American elite: Strategies for librarians and public officials This is the last article David Rothman’s current series mapping out a path for planners of America’s digital libraries. Part One encouraged librarians to be open to new ideas likeBiblioTech, especially from friends outside the profession. Part …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

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