Digest of Education Statistics, 2006
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has just released the report “Digest of Education Statistics, 2006.”
The 42nd in a series of publications initiated in 1962, the Digest’s primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest contains data on a variety of topics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, and federal funds for education, libraries, and international comparisons. Some examples of highlights from the report include the following items.
- Between fall 2006 and fall 2015, public elementary enrollment is expected to increase. Public secondary enrollment is projected to rise through 2007, then decline until 2014. Overall, school enrollment is projected to set new records every year from 2006 until at least 2015.
- Enrollment in degree-granting colleges increased by 16 percent between 1985 and 1995. Between 1995 and 2005, enrollment increased at a faster rate (23 percent), from 14.3 million to 17.5 million. During the 1995 to 2005 period, enrollment of women increased by 27 percent, while enrollment of men increased by 18 percent.
- The percentages of adults 25 years old and over completing high school and college have been rising. In 2006, 85 percent of the population 25 years old and over had completed high school and 28 percent had completed a bachelor’s or higher degree. This is higher than in 1996, when 82 percent had completed at least high school and 24 percent had completed a bachelor’s or higher degree.
- After adjustment for inflation, current expenditures per student in fall enrollment in public schools rose 37 percent during the 1980s, remained stable during the first part of the 1990s, and rose 21 percent between 1995-96 and 2003-04. In 2003-04, current expenditures per student in fall enrollment were $8,310 in unadjusted dollars.
- College faculty generally suffered losses in the purchasing power of their salaries from 1972-73 to 1980-81, when average salaries declined 17 percent after adjustment for inflation. During the 1980s, average salaries rose and recouped most of the losses. Between 1995-96 and 2005-06, there was a further increase in average faculty salaries, resulting in an average of about 3 percent higher than in 1972-73, after adjustment for inflation.
To download, view and print the publication as a PDF file, visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007017
Sloan-C International Symposium on Emerging Technology Applications for Online Learning
Sloan-C International Symposium on Emerging
Technology Applications for Online Learning
7 to 9 May 2008
Carefree, United States
This Symposium is designed to bring together individuals interested in the technological aspects of online learning. Activities will include face-to-face and virtual components.
The deadline for abstracts/proposals is 1 November 2007.
Inquiries: symposium@sloan-c.org
Web address: http://www.emergingonlinelearningtechnology.org
Sponsored by: Sloan Consortium
What is a Podcast?
I put together this presentation as part of a larger initiative to train NIU faculty on the use of a new podcasting building block in Blackboard.
For the highest quality version of this tutorial, view the flash version. Also, this presentation is posted in .mov, .m4b (enhanced podcast), and on YouTube.
Social Networking in Plain English
Here’s another great video from CommonCraft…this one providing a simple explanation for social networking.
Data Ownership
One of the hot topics emerging from the world of Web 2.0 is that of data ownership. Here’s a video that has been making the rounds lately across the web that while perhaps a bit far fetched near the end does highlight why it is important to at least think about data ownership.
