The Estonian National Audit Office (NAO) analysed the participation of adults in vocational education and training (VET) and the impact of VET on their labour market performance. The report, published in January 2016, indicates that vocational training generally has a positive impact on adult learner employability and reduces the risk of unemployment. Moreover, vocational training helps adults in Estonia engage in entrepreneurial activities. More...
Estonia - new evidence on the relationship between adult participation in VET and labour market performance
Italy - 15th report on continuing training
The 15th report on continuing training in Italy, presented in 2015, provides monitoring data on training initiatives financed through interprofessional funds. More...
EAIE report: Strategic partnerships in Europe
Report: Public funding of education in Europe
Last month, EACEA published a new report examining funding of education in European countries. The report provides analysis of public educational budgets across Europe to identify changes between 2014 and 2015. More...
Tracking and Advanced Placement
By Tom Loveless. This section presents a time-lagged analysis of the relationship between tracking—the practice of assigning students to different academic classes based on prior achievement1—in eighth grade and two later outcomes related to the Advanced Placement program (AP): participation rates and successful performance on AP tests in high school. More...
Half of Community-College Students Report Mental-Health Conditions
By Courtney Kueppers. Students at community colleges are more likely than their peers at four-year institutions to be struggling with mental illnesses, but are less likely to have access to mental-health services, according to a report released this week. More...
2 reasons why educators will never master technology
By Justin Beck. A report published in March by the Educational Testing Service shows that the U.S. is lagging behind other countries in digital literacy. U.S. millennials scored almost last when tested on their ability to understand and interact effectively with digital technology when compared with other developed countries. More...
Report: Universities must do better with digital resources
By Ron Bethke. As part of its inaugural 2016 State of Digital Media in Higher Education Report, digital media resource provider VideoBlocks gathered insights online in February this year from more than 300 current educators, students and administrators in higher education, and presented key findings on critical topics such as digital literacy, digital media usage and access, and copyright compliance. More...
Harvard Report on Sex Assaults Targets Final Clubs
A Harvard University panel on Tuesday released a report of recommendations on preventing and dealing with sex assaults -- and a major emphasis was the university's final clubs, which are private groups, some with significant wealth and facilities and most of which admit only male students. Read more...
