Shock survey shows children are eating three times too much sugar EVERY day
CHILDREN are eating up to three times too much sugar every day – the equivalent of 15 sugar cubes – as parents ignore health warnings, a major survey of the nation’s diet has found. Daily Express :: Health Feed
US Dept of Ed Civil Rights Survey Shows Opportunity Gaps Remain
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) The US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has released new data from the 2013-14 school year showing that increasingly large gaps still exist in a number of areas that affect the educational equity and opportunity for students. According to the data, gaps can still be found in key areas, including disciplinary incidents, […]
College Students Miss Mark on Financial Literacy, Survey Shows
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) LendEdu, an online marketplace created to offer student loan borrowers insight into their personal finances and loans without damaging their credit, has released its 2016 College Students and Personal Finance Study — and the results show a high degree of financial uncertainty among college students. The study surveyed current college students […]
College Students Lack Literacy with Credit Cards, Survey Shows
(Photo: LaTunya Howard, Creative Commons) A new survey from LendEDU suggests that college students know surprisingly little about credit cards, finding that only 9.44% of those surveyed even know the current interest rate on their card. Created in order to more completely understand financial literacy and how credit cards are used among current college students, […]
Despite Student Vote, Stanford Stays Put on Sexual Assault Survey
(Photo: Creative Commons) Despite an overwhelming majority of student voters at Stanford University having asked for a re-do of a controversial campus survey concerning sexual violence, the school has said it will not be doing so. The results of the annual student government elections were posted earlier this week by the Associated Students of Stanford University, […]
Generation Z Survey Shows Kids Expect Technology
(Photo: Leeroy, Creative Commons) The new Gen Z survey has been recently, showing the educational and technological expectations of middle and high school students from across the United States. Those in Generation Z include students born between the mid/late 1990s and early 2000s — the generation to come after Millennials. While the oldest members of the generation […]
Survey: 4 Out of 5 College Students Believe In Free Speech
(Photo: blogsellers) A newly-released Gallup Survey shows that while the majority of American college students support free speech on campus, many say that “hate speech” and speech meant to intentionally offend people based on a portion of their identities should be limited. The full report, conducted by Gallup for the John S. and James L. Knight […]
Britain is the top destination for jobseekers in the EU, survey reveals
BRITAIN’S status as the No.1 destination for workers from other EU countries is confirmed by a survey published today. Daily Express :: News Feed
Annual Babson Survey Shows Online Courses Rise as Enrollment Declines
A report by The Babson Research Group has revealed that enrollment in online classes increased from 3.7 to 3.9 percent, with 5.8 million college students’ taking online courses in 2014 despite overall undergraduate enrollment declining. Babson has released this survey annually for 13 years and has based it on the responses of over 1,000 higher education officials nationwide. This […]
Pew Survey: Parents Staying On Top of Teens’ Online Activities
Teenagers use various digital technologies in this day and age, and parents appear to be doing a decent job keeping up with them. The benefits of digital connection range from the ability to contact a child more readily and easily than ever before to improving kid’s ability to access educational information at the touch of a […]