“"We don't rise by proving each other wrong. We rise by refusing to let one another go," Jiang Yurong said on Thursday”
#China #USA #Education #InternationalEducation #ForeignStudents #Harvard #PostSecondary #Canada
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c787xv2xy1zo
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It is deeply clear at this part of the century that only deeply regressive "rich" countries charge tuition for #k12 or #postsecondary.
Count the #European #OECD countries charge no tuition, even for international students?
Politicians who say education is an investment, are all lying unless they end tuition. 54% of American adults read at the grade 6 level or lower.
Critical thinking, moral philosophy, media analysis skills.
https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literacy-statistics-2024-2025-where-we-are-now
The capacity to read and write, commonly known as literacy, stands out as a pivotal determinant in shaping an individual's career trajectory. Individuals with literacy skills have access to a broad spectrum of career possibilities, including highly skilled and well-paying positions. Conversely, those lacking literacy face severely restricted options, with even entry-level, low-skilled jobs posing challenges to secure.Globally, the overall literacy rate stands at a commendable level. For individu
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I need to run a quick experiment. People physically *outside* Canada.
What are the first profiles you see on the Board of Studiosity at this webpage?
I am curious to see if the order changes based on location.
#studiosity #AI #postsecondary #university #writing
Meet our Academic Advisory Board. These impressive individuals help ensure we maintain our exceptionally high standards for our education partners as well as students. They provide a voice from academia to help inform and continually build our service.
Dear Government of Alberta,
Today, we twenty-five students' associations of Alberta urge you to restore operating grant funding for the province's public and nonprofit post-secondary institutions (PSIs). Since cuts began in 2019, Alberta has dropped from being Canada's third-most educated province to its sixth.....
https://www.albertastudents.ca/_files/ugd/527231_0c0b7b95db144d3cba67b9a33521b7d4.pdf
#alberta #postsecondary #abpoli #abgov #canada #calgary #edmonton #reddeer #lethbridge
Trying to stem the tide of anti-intellectual, anti-conservative "Conservative" funding cuts in Alberta. Here's the latest appeal - to protect funding and front-line academic workers at the Univesity of Alberta: https://action.supportthespark.ca/letters/stand-up-for-the-university-of-alberta?source=direct_link&
Underfunding academic staff puts frontline teaching and research at risk. Albertans are proud to have a world-class university in Edmonton, delivering a great education to students and contributing critical research to the world. The U of A’s academic staff are at the heart of the teaching and research that make the university great. But massive provincial cuts put that at risk and leadership at the U of A isn’t investing on frontline learning. Help us put pressure on the provincial government and university leadership to re-invest in the frontlines at the University of Alberta by writing a letter now.
Here’s reliable evidence validating concerns that literacy levels are dropping significantly in developed countries among those with lower levels of education.
This study goes beyond just basic decoding of words to assess numeracy, data interpretation and critical thinking skills.
Would welcome a gift link to the FT report please to get behind the paywall.
OECD has been testing adult literacy in a rigorous and comparable way since the mid 1990s with TALIS (The Adult Literacy International Survey). Here’s the OECD link to the top line 2023 findings https://gpseducation.oecd.org/IndicatorExplorer?plotter=h5&query=51
Here’s the news release from earlier this month from the Council of Ministers of Education Canada(CMEC) on the OECD release of the broader Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC).
The message is that education matters: “adults holding bachelor’s degrees or higher consistently outperforming those with lower levels of education.”
#Literacy #OECD #TALIS #PIAAC #Canada #CdnPoli #CanPoli #Education #Postsecondary #Universities #Reading #Data #DataVisualization #PublicPolicy
The Chief Science Advisor’s report notes that “with each covid reinfection, the risk of developing PCC is cumulative.” Postsecondary students are particularly vulnerable to repeated COVID-19 infections because of shared living spaces (dorms, student housing) and frontline work (waiting tables and retail jobs, for instance), and transmission can be boosted by extensive mixing due to complex timetables and crowded spaces on campuses.
Postsecondary students are particularly vulnerable to repeated COVID-19 infections, putting them at risk for post-COVID condition, or long COVID. Campuses can take action to protect them.
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