By Ashley A. Smith. New report highlights the different methods and ways community colleges offer first-year experience programs to students. More...
Activists, but Not for Political Parties
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A new report shows college students are more interested in joining groups that are issue based rather than those only aligned to Democrats or Republicans. More...
Report Focuses on Chinese Military Ties to Foreign Universities
By Elizabeth Redden. The report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institutes says that visiting scientists from the People’s Liberation Army work in high-tech fields such as quantum physics, signal processing, cryptography, navigation technology and autonomous vehicles. More...
Ethical College Admissions: A Focus on 'Fit'
A new report points to the need to challenge the cult of rankings, writes Jim Jump. More...A Higher Ed Report Card
Techno-News Blog. If we were to create a higher education report card for the entire higher education system, what elements would we grade? That depends, of course, on what you think the purpose of higher education is in our country. More...
How work-based learning connects students with mentors and experience
Techno-News Blog. According to a 2006 report by the American Psychological Association, “mentored individuals often earn higher performance evaluations, higher salaries, and faster career progress than non-mentored individuals.” Notably, a 2015 analysis of Harvard law school graduates found that women who had not become partners in a firm had fewer mentors during their first five years than either women partners or men who had not achieved partnership status. More...
A comparison of human-machine working hours for 2018 and 2022
Techno-News Blog. Will we humans lose more jobs than we gain when machines take over the world of work, or will it be just the opposite? The experts are still trying to figure that out. More...
Rapport d'activité 2017 du Service Militaire Adapté (SMA)
Le Service militaire adapté (SMA) est un dispositif militaire d'insertion socioprofessionnelle au profit des jeunes femmes (27%) et hommes de 18 à 25 ans éloignés de l'emploi et résidants dans les outremer. Plus...
Rapport : La formation des demandeurs d’emploi
Les moyens publics consacrés à la formation des demandeurs d’emploi se sont élevés à 5,6 Md€ en 2016.
Dans ce domaine, l’addition par l’État de plans successifs a abouti à une juxtaposition de dispositifs et à une augmentation de moyens sans stratégie globale ni coordination des acteurs.
Pour les demandeurs d’emploi, les résultats apparaissent décevants, car la politique de formation privilégie la recherche de résultats à court terme. Plus...
Rapport : Expérimentation Afest : Action de Formation En Situation de Travail
Le Copanef, le Cnefop, le FPSPP et l’Anact publient le rapport final de l’expérimentation relative aux Actions de Formation en Situation de Travail (AFEST), il dresse un bilan fondamentalement positif des effets de ces formations en situation de travail, mais il se présente aussi comme un guide des procédures à mettre en place, et des pièges à éviter, pour réussir ce type de démarche. Plus...