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Van Bussel, Melissa; Fecteau, Eric – Statistics Canada, 2022
This fact sheet explores the association between parental income and the pathways of young adults in postsecondary education for students who began their studies in the 2012/2013 academic year. Students from low-income families have previously been shown to have lower rates of educational access and attainment. This fact sheet focuses on…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Educational Indicators, Graduation Rate, College Students
Graduate Management Admission Council, 2024
Globally, candidate preference for hybrid learning continues to increase at the expense of in-person learning, while interest in predominantly online learning remains flat. This increase is evident across regions and demographic groups, with overall preference highest among candidates who have traditionally demonstrated the most interest: women,…
Descriptors: Business Education, Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, In Person Learning
Marjolein E. A. Barendse; Jessica Flannery; Caitlin Cavanagh; Melissa Aristizabal; Stephen P. Becker; Estelle Berger; Rosanna Breaux; Nicole Campione-Barr; Jessica A. Church; Eveline A. Crone; Ronald E. Dahl; Tracy A. Dennis-Tiwary; Melissa R. Dvorsky; Sarah L. Dziura; Suzanne van de Groep; Tiffany C. Ho; Sarah E. Killoren; Joshua M. Langberg; Tyler L. Larguinho; Lucía Magis-Weinberg; Kalina J. Michalska; Jordan L. Mullins; Hanna Nadel; Blaire M. Porter; Mitchell J. Prinstein; Elizabeth Redcay; Amanda J. Rose; Wendy M. Rote; Amy K. Roy; Sophie W. Sweijen; Eva H. Telzer; Giana I. Teresi; April Gile Thomas; Jennifer H. Pfeifer – Grantee Submission, 2023
This study aimed to examine changes in depression and anxiety symptoms from before to during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of 1,339 adolescents (9-18 years old, 59% female) from three countries. We also examined if age, race/ethnicity, disease burden, or strictness of government restrictions moderated change in…
Descriptors: Change, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
UK Department for Education, 2025
The Department has published data on the number and proportion of pupils in 5% absence bands. This report investigates how pupils transition between these bands as they progress through year groups using data from pupils in state-funded mainstream schools in 2021/22 and 2022/23 -- and therefore focuses on one years' worth of transitions. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attendance Patterns, Attendance, Public Schools
Sabeen Sheikh – Graduate Management Admission Council, 2024
This research brief aims to guide graduate business schools on engaging prospective part-time students effectively. Part-time candidates have unique needs and preferences, such as flexible schedules or out-sized interest in online and hybrid learning. Understanding these preferences enables GME programs to design tailored solutions, enhancing…
Descriptors: Part Time Students, Business Schools, Graduate Students, Business Education
Graduate Management Admission Council, 2023
The Prospective Students Survey is one of the Graduate Management Admission Council's (GMAC) keystone research programs. The global graduate management education (GME) community has relied on data from this survey to gain insights about candidates' decision-making processes when considering and applying to graduate business schools since 2009. The…
Descriptors: Masters Degrees, Business Administration Education, Occupational Aspiration, Graduate Students
Sharanjit Uppal; Darcy Hango – Statistics Canada, 2022
This study uses 2019 data from the University and College Academic Staff System to examine gender differences in tenure status among faculty in Canadian universities. It also uses the Survey of Postsecondary Faculty and Researchers to examine feelings of fairness in hiring and promotions. (1) In 2019, almost 6 in 10 full-time university faculty…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Tenure, College Faculty, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Hanna Virtanen; Mikko Silliman; Tiina Kuuppelomäki; Kristiina Huttunen – Centre for Economic Performance, 2024
We study the effect of educational attainment on family formation using regression discontinuity designs generated by centralized admissions processes to both secondary and tertiary education in Finland. Admission to further education at either margin does not increase the likelihood that men form families. In contrast, women admitted to further…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education
Alejandra Miranda; Tim Gill – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2025
This report is focused on the uptake of General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) subjects in England in 2023. Uptake in a GCSE subject is defined as the number or percentage of students at the end of Key Stage 4 (KS4) taking the subject. This report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education's (DfE). The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Exit Examinations, Data Analysis
Lisa De Bortoli – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2025
This issue of Snapshots explores how student effort may vary depending on the perceived stakes of the assessment. We revisit the self-reported levels of effort that students invested in the PISA test and compare them with the effort they indicated they would have made if the results counted towards their school marks. Australia's results are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Achievement Tests, International Assessment
Graduate Management Admission Council, 2023
Since the first online MBA was launched in 1987, online learning has played an increasingly prominent role in graduate management education (GME). According to the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, more than 50,000 students were enrolled in online MBA programs worldwide in the 2020-2021 academic year. The stage was set for…
Descriptors: Business Education, Business Administration, Graduate Study, Educational Change
Clark, Christina; Teravainen-Goff, Anne – National Literacy Trust, 2020
This report outlines findings from our ninth Annual Literacy Survey relating to children and young people's reading. 56,906 children and young people aged nine to 18 in the UK participated in our survey between January to March 2019. For the first time we also had information from 3,748 children aged 5 to 8 who completed a similar survey designed…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Reading, Foreign Countries
Pablo Araya Cortés; Cristian Macías Domínguez; Luis Pires Jiménez; Rosa Santero Sánchez; Ismael Sanz Labrador – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
This article examines the impact of within-class age differences on educational outcomes, using students' birth months in Madrid's primary schools as a natural experiment. Employing a regression discontinuity design, we analyze third-grade students to investigate these age-related effects. Additionally, we explore whether early childhood education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 3, Age Differences, Early Childhood Education
Carmen H. J. Lim; Tim Gill – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2023
This report is focused on the uptake of GCSE subjects in England in 2022. Uptake in a GCSE subject is defined as the number or percentage of students at the end of Key Stage 4 (KS4) taking the subject. This report was produced using publicly available data from the Department for Education's (DfE) "Find and compare schools in England"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Selective Admission, Colleges, Secondary Education
Clark, Christina; Picton, Irene – National Literacy Trust, 2021
The National Literacy Trust's research during the first national lockdown in spring 2020 showed that more children and young people said that they enjoyed reading and more read more often during lockdown compared with before the pandemic. Children and young people's comments suggested that this was because they suddenly had time to (re)engage with…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Reading Motivation, Learner Engagement
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