The Department of Education’s latest Condition of Education report adds to the growing evidence that there is an earnings premium associated with higher levels of education. As expected, Jijun Zhang points out in this blog post that the data show an earnings premium associated with completing a bachelor’s degree. ...
In Minnesota, majors matter. A new report conducted for the Minnesota Office of Higher Education by College Measures, a division of AIR, examines the salaries by major of graduates up to four years after they get degrees or certificates from Minnesota public colleges and universities and finds that choice of ...
This report presents information about public elementary and secondary education for the 2003–04 school year. The data were provided by state education agencies through the Common Core of Data (CCD) survey system.
The initiatives to enhance adult learning program accountability and assessment systems of the following states are described in this paper: Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Oregon, Texas, Washington, West Virginia.
Supported by federal funds, California is developing a comprehensive statewide plan for an integrated early learning system, the California Comprehensive Early Learning Plan (CCELP). In support of the development of this plan, AIR compiled a report describing statistics on the condition of children in California, and ...
AIR has helped develop the National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS). In the fourth phase of support, AIR is continuing to improve data quality, use, and monitoring, as well helping implement any changes to the NRS due to Federal legislation.
Financial and performance trends suggest that, five years after the onset of the recession, higher education finally began to show signs of a fiscal recovery. But are students still picking up some of the slack?
The Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) was one of 15 regional comprehensive centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education for the October 2012–September 2019 grant cycle of the Comprehensive Centers Program. SECC provided training and technical assistance to state education agencies in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina, ...
AIR is assisting Cleveland Metropolitan School District in its Human Ware Initiative, which is assessing and improving conditions that support learning, teaching, safety, and child and youth development. The district designed this initiative following recommendations from AIR's Human Ware (HW) Audit. ...