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Lisa Levinson

Personality Psychology and Economics - 0 views

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  • The predictive power of personality measures is compared with the predictive power of measures of cognition captured by IQ and achievement tests. For many outcomes, personality measures are just as predictive as cognitive measures, even after controlling for family background and cognition. Moreover, standard measures of cognition are heavily influenced by personality traits and incentives. Measured personality traits are positively correlated over the life cycle. However, they are not fixed and can be altered by experience and investment. Intervention studies, along with studies in biology and neuroscience, establish a causal basis for the observed effect of personality traits on economic and social outcomes. Personality traits are more malleable over the life cycle compared to cognition, which becomes highly rank stable around age 10. Interventions that change personality are promising avenues for addressing poverty and disadvantage.
  • Lisa Levinson on 23 May 11
     
    This paper explores the power of personality traits both as predictors and as causes of academic and economic success, health, and criminal activity.
Mary Fulton

Development, Discouragement, or Diversion? New Evidence on the Effects of College Remed... - 0 views

papers.nber.org/...50391-w18328.pdf

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  • Mary Fulton on 22 Aug 12
     
    Finds that remediation does little to develop students' skills. But the study also finds little evidence that it discourages initial enrollment or persistence, except for students mis-assigned to remediation. Instead, the primary effect of remediation appears to be that students take remedial courses instead of college-level courses. (Judith Scott-Clayton and Olga Rodriguez, National Bureau of Economic Research, August 2012) Link to Abstract http://papers.nber.org/papers/w18328?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
Mary Fulton

Louisiana Granting Resources and Autonomy for Diplomas Act -- LA Grad Act 2010 - 1 views

www.legis.state.la.us/...streamdocument.asp

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  • Mary Fulton on 21 Jun 10
     
    Under the LA Grad Act, four-year institutions agree to achieve certain standards in exchange for authority to increase tuition. The performance objectives are aimed at improving college completion and meeting the state's workforce and economic development needs. One performance objective - efficiency and accountability - requires four-year institutions that enter into agreements to eliminate remedial education course offerings and developmental study programs unless such courses or programs cannot be offered at a community college in the same geographic area.
Matt Smith

Closing the education gap - 1 views

www.timesunion.com/...prepare-for-college-881254.php

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  • Matt Smith on 15 Dec 10
     
    The newspaper article from the Albany Times Union details the efforts of the State Assembly's Committee on Higher Education. The committee has reviewed college readiness and completion data from SUNY institutions. The committee drew a link between underprepared students and its influence on the workforce and state's economic viability.
Lisa Levinson

News: Using Data to Drive Performance - Inside Higher Ed - 1 views

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  • Lisa Levinson on 12 May 10
     
    Action Analytics, which they define as "a multi-dimensional effort aimed squarely at fundamental and strategic education reform in the context of massive economic, social, and technological change... [A]ction analytics strategically uses data, statistics, predictive modeling and visualization to promote student success, achieve institutional efficiency, and demonstrate transparency."
Matt Smith

Complex Measures of Success: Voluntary Framework of Accountability - 1 views

www.insidehighered.com/...of_community_college_standards

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  • Matt Smith on 24 Jan 11
     
    Details the work of the Voluntary Framework of Accountability, which has rolled out its Stage One pilot measures for college readiness and workforce, economic and community development measures.
Lisa Levinson

The Return on Investment (ROI) from Adult Education and Training | Research Foundation - 0 views

www.mcgraw-hillresearchfoundation.org/roi-adult-ed-and-training

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  • Lisa Levinson on 10 May 11
     
    The pdf download of the report from the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation.
Bruce Vandal

Revving the Education Engine - 0 views

www.ecs.org/...RevvingEdEngine.pdf

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  • Bruce Vandal on 24 Feb 10
     
    Provides a framework on how states can more effectively align education, workforce and economic development policy
Bruce Vandal

Center on Education and the Workforce - Georgetown University - 0 views

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  • Bruce Vandal on 25 Feb 10
     
    The Center for Workforce and Education is directed by Anthony Carnevale. The Center is focused on federal and state policies that better leverage state education investments to meet economic development goals.
Matt Smith

Creating Opportunities: Connecting Adult Learners with Economic Success - 0 views

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  • Mary Fulton on 19 Feb 10
     
    The task force's final report identifies ways to strengthen the governance of Ohio's adult learning system; ensure that its structures, programs and funding are aligned with employers' workforce needs and learners' expectations; and improve the performance and productivity of Ohio's talent development system with instructional programs that capitalize on best practices, state-of-the-art technology and high-quality teaching. (Final Report of the Ohio Advisory Committee on the Transfer of Adult Career-Technical Programs, June 2008)
Lisa Levinson

Shifting Gears - 0 views

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  • Mary Fulton on 17 Feb 10
     
    The Joyce Foundation initiative is designed to help the workforce in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin develop skills and credentials essential for twenty-first century jobs. These states are re-engineering adult education, workforce development and postsecondary education policies to support economic growth and expand job opportunities for low-skilled workers in the Midwest.
  • Lisa Levinson on 09 Jul 10
     
    Shifting Gears web site funded by the Joyce Foundation. Initiative funded to help 6 midwestern states address how to increase worker skills and certificate and degree completion in postsecondary ed.
Mary Fulton

Access to Success: Increasing Arkansas' College Graduates Promotes Economic Development - 0 views

www.adhe.edu/...kForceReport-LATESTVERSION.pdf

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  • Mary Fulton on 17 Feb 10
     
    The final report of an Arkansas task force offers recommendations for increasing the number of citizens holding bachelor's degrees by 2015. One of the eight core recommendations focuses on decreasing remediation rates. The report also provides background
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Alaska Senate Bill SB0221B, Task Force on Higher Education and Career Readiness - 2 views

www.legis.state.ak.us/...SB0221B.PDF

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  • Mary Fulton on 11 Mar 10
     
    The task force will identify ways to strengthen the education pipeline, improve student college preparation, decrease the need for college remediation, improve access to financial aid, increase retention and graduation rates, address data and tracking needs, and ultimately support economic development.
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