by studentrg | Dec 16, 2019 | Career Pathways, Student Research Foundation Research
The OECD’s Latest PISA Study Finds that Around the World, Reading Skills Are the Biggest Predictor of Smart Career Aspirations The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study tested 600,000...
by studentrg | Dec 11, 2019 | Career Pathways, Jobs of the Future, STEM
This list from U.S. News provides some insights What STEM jobs offer the highest pay and the best chances of long-term employment? “Explore Top Stem Careers,” an article that Susannah Snider and Rebecca Koenig published in U.S. News and World Report on April 22, 2019,...
by studentrg | Dec 7, 2019 | Student Privacy, Student Research Foundation Research
Whether you are a high school teacher or a parent, you know how much you want to keep students safe when they head off to college. Up until now, it has been easier to monitor their safety than it will be when they head off to live on or near college campuses. Many of...
by studentrg | Dec 3, 2019 | College Degrees, College Major, STEM
In a post she wrote for the Greatschools.org blog on March 10, 2014 (“Does our approach to teaching math fail even the smartest kids?”) Carol Lloyd notes that according to a study conducted by UCLA, as many as 60% of all college students who start a STEM major in...
by studentrg | Nov 27, 2019 | College Admissions, College Degrees, College Major
As the 2019 holidays start, it is worth asking what the high school juniors you know can and should be doing now to get ready to apply to colleges. If you think it is too early to get started – or if you think you shouldn’t expect your kids or students to do more than...
