A report comparing the first-year earnings of graduates with two-year and four-year degrees – as well as those with master's and certificates – from public colleges and universities in Texas finds that the median first-year earnings of certificate holders often exceeds those of graduates from associate's programs. ...
A new report conducted by AIR's Mark Schneider shows there is wide variation in the income of recent graduates of Colorado’s colleges and universities, with those receiving an Associate of Applied Sciences degree typically earning more than those with a Bachelor’s degree during their first year in the workforce. ...
The American Institutes for Research (AIR) has been selected to conduct a five-year scientifically-rigorous evaluation of ten mentoring enhancement demonstration projects funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The goal is to assess whether strategic enhancements to the roles that mentors play ...
Jay Mathews, the award-winning Washington Post education reporter, columnist, and blogger, has written a new book that examines the national effort in the 1990s to expose all students to Algebra I in ninth grade. The War Against Dummy Math: How Seven School Districts Changed U.S. Education by Embracing Algebra ...
Dr. Mark Schneider, an AIR vice president and former Commissioner of the federal National Center for Education Statistics, testified on September 20 before a subcommittee of the House of Representatives and said the nation needs better ways to measure the quality of the education U.S. colleges and universities provide. ...
Experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will give presentations on a wide range of health issues, such as promoting high-value choices to consumers and challenges for assessing the performance of the Health Insurance Exchanges, at the AcademyHealth 2013 Annual Research Meeting to be held ...
Experts on early childhood and child development with AIR will discuss topics ranging from Head Start and teacher professional development to school climate and summer kindergarten during the Society for Research in Childhood Development (SRCD) 2013 Biennial Meeting, which is taking place April 18 – 20 in Seattle, WA.
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Experts from AIR have co-authored two articles in the current issue of Health Affairs, which focuses on the "The Era of Patient Engagement." One article offers the results of a review of health-related data now available and compares that with the information patients actually seek. The second article provides a ...
Recent graduates of Virginia colleges who majored in nursing or business draw higher salaries in their first year out of college than their peers who earned degrees in history or English, according to an analysis of newly released data on the first year earnings of alumni. In some cases, those ...
AIR played a key role in developing Education at a Glance 2013, a report produced by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The report analyzes the education systems of the 34 OECD member countries and eight partner countries.
