Posts Tagged ‘ study ’

2011 ECAR National Study of Undergrads and Information Technology

Feel free to geek out on this awesome infographic from EDUCAUSE. It's the snappy visual to explain the ECAR National Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2011 Report. You can read all about the study and see the ginormous version of the graphic[ READ MORE ]

Initial College Attendance of Low-Income Young Adults

The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) has a report out that shows the colleges low-income students head for first tend to be for-profit schools. That particular population is underrepresented in four-year public and private colleges, and overrepresented in the for-profit schools. All of which is not new, but it does mean fairness in higher education has still not been achieved[ READ MORE ]

New Study Links College Majors With Future Earnings

Yes, it sounds familiar—there are dozens of studies and reports out there ranking degrees and future earnings potential--but this one’s actually a shiny new study based on a larger research group, newly available census info, and includes gender and race/ethnicity data. [ READ MORE ]

Positive Outlook for Future Careers in Alzheimer’s Research

When the sh*t is actively hitting the fan in large amounts, everyone who was supposed to be dealing with the crap in the first place suddenly starts running around like their hair is on fire, desperately scrounging for a solution. [ READ MORE ]

Step Away From the Tree, Wi-Fi Junkie!

Dang we’re self-destructive little animals. Us and the lemmings, of course. The cute and fuzzy guys just off themselves on instinct; we’ve got the humiliating combination of higher thought and lack of foresight to blame[ READ MORE ]

Your IQ’s Fine!

ScienceDaily has an article up about a University of Oregon study that shows Clarity in Short-Term Memory Shows No Link With IQ. Woohoo! I’m still smart![ READ MORE ]

Kids Understand Sarcasm. Great.

According to this study, kids can get the drift of sarcasm from the age of four. Apparently, this goes for all kids, even the ones who weren’t born into my house. My daughter was onto me and my sarcasm bent when she was three. [ READ MORE ]

Great–Now We All Need Massage Therapy

Researchers analyzed 30,000 teens and the relationship between screen time (tv, video games, surfing the net, etc.) and the teens’ tendency toward experiencing routine backache and headaches. [ READ MORE ]