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New from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES): Learning at a Distance: Undergraduate Enrollment in Distance Education Courses and Degree Programs (22 pages; PDF) Between 2000 and 2008, the percentage of undergraduates enrolled in at least one distance education class increased from 8 percent to 20 percent. This Statistics in Brief explores undergraduates’ enrollment […]
Title: The Condition of Education 2011 Source: U.S. Department of Education The Condition of Education 2011 summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents 50 indicators on the status and condition of education, in addition to a closer look at postsecondary education by institutional level and control. The […]
The Digital Revolution and Higher Education By Kim Parker, Amanda Lenhart, Kathleen Moore Report Also Available in PDF (29 Pages) Below is a summary of key findings: The Value of Online Learning. The public and college presidents differ over the educational value of online courses. Only 29% of the public says online courses offer an […]
From the Intro of The Mindset List 2015: This year’s entering college class of 2015 was born just as the Internet took everyone onto the information highway and as Amazon began its relentless flow of books and everything else into their lives. Members of this year’s freshman class, most of them born in 1993, are […]
Reference: Back to School 2011-2012: Facts About Schools, Students and Teachers From the U.S. Census
|The 2011 “Back to School” “Fact for Features” update from the U.S. Census is now available online. The document, “Highlights the many statistics associated with the return to classrooms by our nation’s students and teachers.” Direct to: Back to School 2011-2012. A PDF version is also available. Here are a few examples of what the […]
From the Times Higher Ed. Supplement: Ms [Maja] Maricevic sees her role as helping the British Library “effectively underpin the UK research infrastructure at the time when we need to optimise all available resources” and forging new alliances with senior university librarians. Among the initiatives she hopes to build on are the Electronic Thesis Online […]
Academic/Research Libraries: ACRL Publishes and Posts 2010 Environmental Scan
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Reports, School Libraries
|From ACRL Insider: Every two years, the ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee produces an environmental scan of higher education, including developments with the potential for continuing on impact academic libraries. The 2010 environmental scan provides a broad review of the current higher education landscape, with special focus on the state of academic and research […]
New Research Article: "Why Not Just Google It? An Assessment of Information Literacy Skills in a Biomedical Science Curriculum"
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|This new open access article appears in BMC Medical Education 2011, 11:17 (25 April 2011). Co-Authors: Karl Kingsley, Gillian M Galbraith, Matthew Herring, Eva Stowers, Tanis Stewart and Karla V Kingsley From the Abstract: Background Few issues in higher education are as fundamental as the ability to search for, evaluate, and synthesize information. The need […]