Today we update you on growth in the US economy, cloud computing data centers' energy requirements, and new digital curriculum aimed at the at-risk student community. Also included is an effort to finance advanced STEM education in Africa and the NAEP's plans for deploying new testing tablets.
Today we highlight issues facing Common Core tests, libraries seeking to increase their broadband speeds across the nation, Ohio making funding available to small businesses and manufacturers. Also included is an understanding of the effect e-books have on reading comprehension
Today we look at information on an increase in higher education spending, though a slowdown in Ohio, the Ohio jobless rate at its lowest since 2008 and tutoring for 3rd grade students preparing to retake the reading portion of the Ohio Achievement Assessment. Also included is a review of a technical skill competition last week, allowing students to show off their skills in front of potential employers and encouraging other students to pursue technical training courses during high school.
Field ecologists go to great lengths to get data. Recently, I and a group of fellow scientists set out to see how wind moves seeds through isolated patches of habitat carved into a longleaf pine plantation. Our goal was to understand if endangered wind-dispersed flower species that grow in grassy patches in the forest would be able to sustain their population better if narrow corridors connected these isolated patches.
We start off this week with an update on US manufacturing efforts, institutions investing in technology within their classrooms, HPC innovation and new news regarding the Department of Education looking at lowering criteria of student PLUS loans. Also included is information on Common Core testing and the challenge to students facing these questions.
An update on collaboration between the NIH and NSF and information on how families are saving for college though it may not be enough. Also included is an overhaul of student data privacy and STEM education investments in high schools across the nation.
More than 1,600 librarians and support staff work at OhioLINK’s 91 member institutions. While I’m impressed with their dedication every day, I’d like to express my admiration this week in particular, as April 13-19 marks National Library Week.
Librarians and staff at our member institutions teach. They code. They blog. They painstakingly explain over and over again why Wikipedia is good for some things but not for others.
Can 3D printers create thousands of new companies in the coming years, resulting in 1 million new jobs? What is happening with the drone industry and Google's plans for using satellite drones to bring the internet to remote areas? Are community colleges easing the higher ed route? Find out more with today's Daily Digest!
While Ohio works to create apprenticeship programs through its community colleges, other K12 schools work to find $15 million to reduce cuts planned for the next school year. An update on Columbus Library's reading efforts with third-graders and a move of 1,400 office jobs to Ohio with GE's presence in the Cincinnati Region. Also included is information on a budget proposal that may eliminate the Institute of Muesum and Library Services.
Earlier this week I had the great pleasure of attending the 2014 Internet2 Global Summit in Denver.
With the theme of “Welcome to the New Era,” the well-attended conference reflected the international nature of our community’s work and the challenges we all are facing.
An OARnet colleague asked me what my top three takeaways were; I thought you might be interested as well. They are:
Obama promotes his new $100 million grant funding efforts to train people for in-demand jobs, while elite colleges are turning away up to 95% of applicants. Ohio business owners are surveyed to show the state of Ohio's economy and Toledo Public Schools wins nearly $4 million in grant funding. Also included is an update on financial literacy education efforts and its assistance with student loan debt.
Today, we highlight the controversies that accompany big-name commencement speakers, a recent study that underscores the ongoing important role libraries play in America, a new approach to competency-based degree programs at the University of Wisconsin and news about how MOOCs may be losing steam, even as online enrollment continues to rise at community colleges. Enjoy!
Every year since 1943, people around the world have celebrated Draw A Bird Day (DABD) on April 8. Not an official government holiday, DABD began when a young girl visited her uncle, who was a wounded British soldier recovering in a hospital. When she visited, she asked him to draw a bird for her, which he did to her delight. The happy little girl, Dorie Cooper, visited her uncle and the other soldiers in his ward several times during his recovery, and many of the soldiers began drawing bird pictures for her and hanging them on the hospital walls.
Today we have double the information due to missing out on yesterday's Digest. We highlight Kasich's new high school dropout recovery plan winning support to provide job training, while a new factory in Ohio struggles to match to job-seekers. Also included is information on the misconceptions of the Common Core and a study documenting the impact of federal research spending at universities. We also share information on low-income students being brought into STEM education fields, and reasons technology needs more "geek" girls.
New results on PISA problem-solving exam showing US students to score above average, while the Ohio Capital Budget is sent over to Governor Kasich for his approval of $2.4 billion. Also, new STEM hubs emerge in rural areas to solve the crisis of people earning advanced STEM degrees exiting academia.
Ford's new investment in a $500 million upgrade to bring 300 new jobs to Ohio, while startups in Education also top at raising $500 million this quarter alone. Also featured is an update on school e-libraries--with help from LeBron James--and business education and Big Data in Washington DC
Info. on early STEM education leading to women in IT along with the expansion of STEM careers over the past few decades. Also included is an update on digital-learning experiences with textbook publishers and the amount of graduate schol debt rising and calling the need for attention.
As investments in Maryland ed-tech startups increase, Ohio Race to the Top applicants seek extensions as new programs prove harder to implement as anticipated. Learn more about trending degrees in higher education, along with an increase in STEM funding for students in undergraduate and graduate research.
Details on Sinclair Community College developing a joint training and coursework program with Southern State Community College, along with a robotics vocational center receiving a $25k grant from Honda North America. Also featured is information on the University of Michigan building an autonomous car test track and the $1 trillion student loan debt widening the US wealth gap
Interesting news regarding the new Straight-A-Fund applications released, an update on US libraries working to become world leaders in adapting to changing technologies, and the importance of STEM education and incorporating the arts. Also included is another update on big data and the auto industry, along with Columbus hospital systems adding thousands of new jobs.
Potholes and Big Data: Crowdsourcing Our Way to Better Government (WIRED) – The city of Boston has developed a smartphone app that has greatly improved their efficiency in maintaining roads. Drivers are able to turn on the app and the phone will track ‘bumps’ and submit their location to a cloud server for the city to analyze and locate potential road hazards.
Today, March 26, is the Independence Day of Bangladesh, commemorating its declaration of independence from Pakistan in 1971. Parades, political speeches, fairs, concerts, ceremonies and various other events celebrating the history and traditions of Bangladesh will mark the national holiday. And, Bangladesh soon will have more to celebrate!
Learn more about Governor Kasich's proposed capital budget focusing on oil and gas training facilities, a recent study showing veterans succeeding in college, and the NSF funding a new private-public research center at Ohio University, in conjunction with Washington University St. Louis. In addition to all of this, we have information on a new approach for high school advanced placement classes.
Learn more about Harvard's new online classes through the business school, robots helping prepare students for future jobs in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana, and Big Data sparking corporate turf conflicts. Also included is information on the Ohio unemployment rate and issues facing teachers in vocational programming within state prisons
Highlighted today is a new digitalization effort in the Vatican Library, data-related graduate programs, and a community-mentorship program in Cincinnati. Also included is information on a new climate change data website and adaptive technology aimed at curbing student cheating
New updates on the Race to the Top winners, supercomputing and sports collide, and STEM training efforts increase through a $2 million venture. Also included is information about IBM looking into medical treatments, and more!
Our digest today looks at new uses of big data when it comes to fraudulent tax returns, the Ohio Aerospace Institute working on more STEM initiatives throughout the state, and a new bill in the state of Michigan focusing on changing higher education tuition expenditures.
Learn about new MOOCs at the University of Pennsylvania, Ohio's expansion of the library consortium, colleges seeking autonomy from the state system in PA, and more
The Digest for today highlights the 54,000 new manufacturing jobs added to Ohio's workforce over the past four years, and the $20 billion in education funding contributed from the Ohio Lottery. Also included is an update on Senator Portman's visit to RAMTEC, a vocational school for manufacturing of robots, and national news on the FY215 budget and STEM education along with a study on the job market changing for college graduates.
Today we feature a lot of information on libraries and the move toward digital content. We provide information on the MoMA library featuring a new library collaboration for guests, a research study showing positive trends at American public libraries, and a library consortium working to loan more e-books. We also feature a new deal between Ohio State and Nationwide Insurance company, and a 3D printer in Amsterdam.
Included in today's digest is information on Montana linking K-12 transcript data to universities, a new viral education program known as TED-Ed, and Michigan moving records to the cloud. Also featured is information on female minority students targeted from an Engineering outreach program and some information on memory and handwriting.
Today we share information on Ohio's teen jobless rate, Kasich's new plans for education in his budget proposal and an investment in a Manufacturing campus in central Ohio. Also included is information on grants funding internships and co-op programs funded through the board of regents, and a new computer model that could increase data access speeds by 100x.
We focus today on a new plan linking unemployment insurance and job training on the federal level, IBM analytics improving auto quality at BMW, and an essay-grading software tool that will save time for teachers. Also included is information on new digital literacy teacher efforts in Colorado school libraries and a STEM Center for Innovation in a Cleveland suburb.
Today we focus on education from a national view, looking into the new SAT test and updates from President Obama on education policy topics. Also included is information specific to Ohio on manufacturing production, unemployment rate, and House Bill 223
Today we highlight new details on Ohio manufacturing efforts bringing in even more job opportunities for those in the field. We highlight information on Clemson's new Cyberinfrastructure Research funding and libraries investing in iPads to bridge the digital literacy divide. Also included is news on a new IBM supercomputer to aid in Nova Southastern University in Florida's research projects and the number one issue students face in college turndown offerings.
I think I have the best job in America. I have the responsibility of leading the research enterprise of one of the largest universities in the U.S. – The Ohio State University. I oversee an organization that employs about 450 people who work in a variety of occupations, from climate modeler to computer scientist to fish hatchery education specialist.
Today we highlight a broad range of topics from researchers using the D-Wave quantum bit computer system to growth in Ohio jobs. We provide information on Ohio students testing out the new Common Core exams, and a message from John Warner on the importance of keeping students engaged in courses instead of focusing on entertainment. Also included is an update on new Common Core efforts in the realm of creativity efforts.
This Thursday we look at a Teach for America pilot teacher training and retention effort program, the connection between students and writing in the common core, development of Big Data, health analytics in Massachusetts and Secretary of Education Duncan's encouragements for state governors to expand early childhood programs.
Today's digest featurest content on a recent study on student loan debt that reveals a troubling trend of people accessing loans to help pay off credit card or rental debt, and a new education technology poised to go mainstream throughout the nation. Also included is a highlight on Urbana University's new degree program to build a strong agricultural industry in Ohio, open enrollment efforts focusing on combatting segmentation between schools around economic and racial lines, and an article on IBM and the Institute of Culinary Education working together to use Watson supercomputer to develop new ingredient combinations and recipes through data analyzation.
Today we focus on Ohio colleges adjusting to state funding changes, National laboratories adopting next generation supercomputers, and the University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Also included is an update on NYU's school of engineering online courses and HTC taking on cancer research initiatives using smartphone supercomputing technology.
Today we highlight an update on STEM efforts across the nation, Chicago's new Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute, and a partnership between EdX and Facebook to provide online education to scholars in Africa. Also included is an update on Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown's bill concerning US-China trade relations and the ETS examining teacher-performance exams
Teaching children to read early is an important factor in their academic development. Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee is a program that tests a student’s ability to read at the third-grade reading level before they are promoted to the fourth grade. If a student is held back, the school develops a reading-improvement plan and provides 90 minutes of reading time each day until the student achieves a passing score.
Today's Digest features articles on Kent State University's new associate degree efforts, Ohio State's efforts in healthcare and data analytics, and Colorado's residential academic programs. Also included is information on cuts to college degree programs in Ohio and a new report advocating for investments in financing higher educationt hrough Income Share Agreements
Today we stretch around the globe, focusing on supercomputing at the University of New Mexico, 3D printing in the UK, and guidance from the US Education Department on student data privacy. Also included is an article on K-12 computer science courses and an update on the NIH and NSF when it comes to the budget cuts and sequestration.
Today we highlight efforts throughout Ohio colleges focusing on solving the student loan debt crisis, a decline in high school graduates and higher education application rates, and middle school robotics efforts in Pennsylvania. Also included is information on a new software grant at Cincinnati State, focusing on manufacturing efforts, and Governor Kasich's State of the State address focus.
The digest for this Tuesday focuses on a new collaboration between Ohio State, University of Michigan, and Edison Welding Institute in order to increase job growth throughout the manufacturing and development field. Also included is information on a new Senate Career and Technical Education caucus, Big Data updates, supercomputing at the University of Chicago, and library materials moving online.
As we watched the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, come to a close, the overarching ideals of the Olympic Movement seemed fairly straightforward. The athletes swear to participate “in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams.”
The first digest for this week features the new announcement of TechColumbus' Catalyst Fund, which will provide seed money for Central Ohio start-up companies in the scientific field. Also included is information on Ohio's new education aid for low performing schools, an IBM and AT&T parntership to provide big data anlytics, Chicago's expansion of library programs for connecting teens to technology, and Philedelphia's efforts to build online programs to help low-literate adults gain skills for employment.
Today we highlight information on the lack of computer science instruction in STEM education, California's efforts to improve utility providers and private companies with cloud computing and big data, and Penn State's new cutting-edge library services. Also included is information on a new way to speed up big data efforts and a vocational education expansion throughout Ohio's middle schools
Today's digest highlights a variety of information on transitional college-prep courses, a new polymer 3D printer in Cincinnati, and a trend on prison education budgets paying off. Also included is information on the growth of dual credit courses offered at high school levels and solar-powered jobs spiking in Ohio and dropping in Michigan
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