Le lien ci-apres vous donnera acces a la selection de nouveaux documents disponibles sur internet ayant trait a la vie politique et sociale des Etats-Unis:
http://photos.state.gov/libraries/france/45989/juillet2010/psijunejuly2010.pdf
Bonne vacances!
Veronique Deschamps
Centre de Ressources et d'Information
Ambassade des Etats-Unis
deschampsvm@state.gov
samedi 31 juillet 2010
mercredi 25 mars 2009
HISPANICS IN USA
HISPANICS BECOME MORE PREVALENT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
U.S. Bureau of Census, March 4, 2009
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school.html
Hispanic students comprised 12 percent of full-time college students, both undergraduate and graduate students, in 2007, up from 10 percent in 2006, according to U.S. Census Bureau tables. Hispanics comprise 15 percent of the nation’s total population.
A RISING SHARE: HISPANICS AND FEDERAL CRIME
The Pew Hispanic Center, February 18, 2009
http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=104
Sharp growth in illegal immigration and increased enforcement of immigration laws have altered the ethnic composition of offenders sentenced in federal courts. In 2007, Latinos accounted for 40% of all sentenced federal offenders-more than triple their share (13%) of the total U.S. adult population.
ENGLISH LITERACY OF FOREIGN-BORN ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES: 2003
National Center for Education Statistics, March 17, 2009
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009034.pdf
The brief draws on data from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) to explore the English literacy of foreign-born adults living in households in the United States. It presents the English literacy scores of foreign-born adults age 16 and older by race/ethnicity, age of arrival in the United States, years spent in the United States, highest level of educational attainment, and language spoken before starting school. Scores are reported on three literacy scales: prose, document, and quantitative. Findings indicate that English literacy scores of foreign-born adults varied across a variety of background characteristics.
UNEMPLOYMENT ROSE SHARPLY AMONG LATINO IMMIGRANTS IN 2008
The Pew Hispanic Center, February 22, 2009
http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=102
The unemployment rate for foreign-born Hispanics increased from 5.1% to 8.0%, or by 2.9 percentage points, from the fourth quarter of 2007 to the fourth quarter of 2008. During this same time period, the unemployment rate for all persons in the labor market increased from 4.6% to 6.6%, or by 2.0 percentage points.
U.S. Bureau of Census, March 4, 2009
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school.html
Hispanic students comprised 12 percent of full-time college students, both undergraduate and graduate students, in 2007, up from 10 percent in 2006, according to U.S. Census Bureau tables. Hispanics comprise 15 percent of the nation’s total population.
A RISING SHARE: HISPANICS AND FEDERAL CRIME
The Pew Hispanic Center, February 18, 2009
http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=104
Sharp growth in illegal immigration and increased enforcement of immigration laws have altered the ethnic composition of offenders sentenced in federal courts. In 2007, Latinos accounted for 40% of all sentenced federal offenders-more than triple their share (13%) of the total U.S. adult population.
ENGLISH LITERACY OF FOREIGN-BORN ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES: 2003
National Center for Education Statistics, March 17, 2009
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009034.pdf
The brief draws on data from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) to explore the English literacy of foreign-born adults living in households in the United States. It presents the English literacy scores of foreign-born adults age 16 and older by race/ethnicity, age of arrival in the United States, years spent in the United States, highest level of educational attainment, and language spoken before starting school. Scores are reported on three literacy scales: prose, document, and quantitative. Findings indicate that English literacy scores of foreign-born adults varied across a variety of background characteristics.
UNEMPLOYMENT ROSE SHARPLY AMONG LATINO IMMIGRANTS IN 2008
The Pew Hispanic Center, February 22, 2009
http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=102
The unemployment rate for foreign-born Hispanics increased from 5.1% to 8.0%, or by 2.9 percentage points, from the fourth quarter of 2007 to the fourth quarter of 2008. During this same time period, the unemployment rate for all persons in the labor market increased from 4.6% to 6.6%, or by 2.0 percentage points.
WOMEN IN AMERICA
MILESTONES IN U.S. WOMEN’S HISTORY
International Information Program, U.S, Department of State, February 25, 2009
http://www.america.gov/st/diversity-english/2009/February/20080325190828liameruoy0.3090631.html?CP.rss=true
The article covers people and events that moved women’s rights forward.
PLACES WHERE WOMEN MADE HISTORY
National Park Service, 2009
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/pwwmh/
The itinerary focuses on 75 historic places in New York and Massachusetts associated with the varied aspects women's history. It shows the accomplishments of many American women who made outstanding contributions to education, government, medicine, the arts, commerce, women's suffrage and the early civil rights movement.
U.S. CELEBRATES WOMEN’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD EVERY MARCH
International Information Program, U.S. Department of State, February 24, 2009
http://www.america.gov/st/diversity-english/2009/February/20090224164038xlrennef0.6375086.html
The author and environmentalist Rachel Carson is the inspiration for the 2009 National Women’s History Month theme, Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet. Carson’s 1962 book, Silent Spring, focused the world’s attention on the harm to human health and the environment caused by the indiscriminate use of pesticides.
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: MARCH 2009: FACTS FOR FEATURES
U.S. Bureau of Census, January 2009
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/pdf/cb09ff-03.pdf
Starting with the number of females, 154.7 million, as of October 1, 2008, the report shows earnings, education, and other topics related to women.
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: WOMEN TAKING THE LEAD TO SAVE OUR PLANET
Library of Congress, March 2009
http://womenshistorymonth.gov/
The website offers exhibits & collections, images, profiles and more related to women’s history.
International Information Program, U.S, Department of State, February 25, 2009
http://www.america.gov/st/diversity-english/2009/February/20080325190828liameruoy0.3090631.html?CP.rss=true
The article covers people and events that moved women’s rights forward.
PLACES WHERE WOMEN MADE HISTORY
National Park Service, 2009
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/pwwmh/
The itinerary focuses on 75 historic places in New York and Massachusetts associated with the varied aspects women's history. It shows the accomplishments of many American women who made outstanding contributions to education, government, medicine, the arts, commerce, women's suffrage and the early civil rights movement.
U.S. CELEBRATES WOMEN’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD EVERY MARCH
International Information Program, U.S. Department of State, February 24, 2009
http://www.america.gov/st/diversity-english/2009/February/20090224164038xlrennef0.6375086.html
The author and environmentalist Rachel Carson is the inspiration for the 2009 National Women’s History Month theme, Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet. Carson’s 1962 book, Silent Spring, focused the world’s attention on the harm to human health and the environment caused by the indiscriminate use of pesticides.
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: MARCH 2009: FACTS FOR FEATURES
U.S. Bureau of Census, January 2009
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/pdf/cb09ff-03.pdf
Starting with the number of females, 154.7 million, as of October 1, 2008, the report shows earnings, education, and other topics related to women.
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: WOMEN TAKING THE LEAD TO SAVE OUR PLANET
Library of Congress, March 2009
http://womenshistorymonth.gov/
The website offers exhibits & collections, images, profiles and more related to women’s history.
lundi 16 février 2009
RELIGION USA
U.S. RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 2008
http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/report-religious-landscape-study-full.pdf
An extensive new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life details the religious affiliation of the American public and explores the shifts taking place in the U.S. religious landscape. Based on interviews with more than 35,000 Americans age 18 and older, the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey finds that religious affiliation in the U.S. is both very diverse and extremely fluid.
The Landscape Survey confirms that the United States is on the verge of becoming a minority Protestant country; the number of Americans who report that they are members of Protestant denominations now stands at barely 51%.
RELIGION AND SECULARISM: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, December 3, 2007
http://pewforum.org/events/?EventID=161
Given the recent popularity of several high-profile books on atheism, the Pew Forum invited Wilfred McClay, a distinguished professor of intellectual history, to speak on the historical relationship between religion and secularism in America. McClay argued for a distinction between two types of secularism.
OVERVIEW: THE CONFLICT BETWEEN RELIGION AND EVOLUTION
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, February 4, 2009
http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=395
Almost 150 years after Charles Darwin published his groundbreaking work On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Americans are still fighting over evolution. If anything, the controversy has recently grown in both size and intensity. In the last five years alone, for example, debates over how evolution should be taught in public schools have been heard in school boards, town councils and legislatures in more than half the states.
A RELIGIOUS PORTRAIT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, January 30, 2009
http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=389
Compared with other racial and ethnic groups, African-Americans are among the most likely to report a formal religious affiliation, with fully 87% of African-Americans describing themselves as belonging to one religious group or another, according to the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, conducted in 2007 by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life. Latinos also report affiliating with a religion at a similarly high rate of 85%; among the public overall, 83% are affiliated with a religion.
FAITH ON THE HILL: THE RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, December 19, 2008
http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=379
Members of Congress are often accused of being out of touch with average citizens, but an examination of the religious affiliations of U.S. senators and representatives shows that, on one very basic level, Congress looks much like the rest of the country. Although a majority of the members of the new, 111th Congress, which will be sworn in on Jan. 6, are Protestants, Congress, like the nation as a whole, is much more religiously diverse than it was 50 years ago. Religious Landscape Survey of over 35,000 American adults finds that some smaller religious groups, notably Catholics, Jews and Mormons, are better represented in Congress than they are in the population as a whole. However, certain other smaller religious groups, including Buddhists, Muslims and Hindus, still are somewhat underrepresented in Congress relative to their share of the U.S. population.
AMERICAN RELIGIOUS IDENTIFICATION SURVEY 2008
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 2008
http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/report-religious-landscape-study-full.pdf
An extensive new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life details the religious affiliation of the American public and explores the shifts taking place in the U.S. religious landscape. Based on interviews with more than 35,000 Americans age 18 and older, the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey finds that religious affiliation in the U.S. is both very diverse and extremely fluid.
The Landscape Survey confirms that the United States is on the verge of becoming a minority Protestant country; the number of Americans who report that they are members of Protestant denominations now stands at barely 51%.
RELIGION AND SECULARISM: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, December 3, 2007
http://pewforum.org/events/?EventID=161
Given the recent popularity of several high-profile books on atheism, the Pew Forum invited Wilfred McClay, a distinguished professor of intellectual history, to speak on the historical relationship between religion and secularism in America. McClay argued for a distinction between two types of secularism.
OVERVIEW: THE CONFLICT BETWEEN RELIGION AND EVOLUTION
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, February 4, 2009
http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=395
Almost 150 years after Charles Darwin published his groundbreaking work On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Americans are still fighting over evolution. If anything, the controversy has recently grown in both size and intensity. In the last five years alone, for example, debates over how evolution should be taught in public schools have been heard in school boards, town councils and legislatures in more than half the states.
A RELIGIOUS PORTRAIT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, January 30, 2009
http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=389
Compared with other racial and ethnic groups, African-Americans are among the most likely to report a formal religious affiliation, with fully 87% of African-Americans describing themselves as belonging to one religious group or another, according to the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, conducted in 2007 by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life. Latinos also report affiliating with a religion at a similarly high rate of 85%; among the public overall, 83% are affiliated with a religion.
FAITH ON THE HILL: THE RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, December 19, 2008
http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=379
Members of Congress are often accused of being out of touch with average citizens, but an examination of the religious affiliations of U.S. senators and representatives shows that, on one very basic level, Congress looks much like the rest of the country. Although a majority of the members of the new, 111th Congress, which will be sworn in on Jan. 6, are Protestants, Congress, like the nation as a whole, is much more religiously diverse than it was 50 years ago. Religious Landscape Survey of over 35,000 American adults finds that some smaller religious groups, notably Catholics, Jews and Mormons, are better represented in Congress than they are in the population as a whole. However, certain other smaller religious groups, including Buddhists, Muslims and Hindus, still are somewhat underrepresented in Congress relative to their share of the U.S. population.
AMERICAN RELIGIOUS IDENTIFICATION SURVEY 2008
Trinity College, March 2009
http://www.americanreligionsurvey-aris.org/
The American population self-identifies as predominantly Christian but Americans are slowly becoming less Christian. The U. S. population continues to show signs of becoming less religious, with one out of every five Americans failing to indicate a religious identity in 2008.
IMMIGRANTS
IMMIGRANTS AND THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS
Migration Policy Institute, January 2009
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/lmi_recessionJan09.pdf
As the nation sinks into a recession that may be the worst since the Great Depression, the economic crisis raises fundamental questions about future immigration flows to and from the United States and how current and prospective immigrants will fare.
IMPENDING DEADLINES ON A NUMBER OF IMMIGRATION DECISIONS AWAIT OBAMA
Migration Policy Institute, January 15, 2009
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?id=717
The new administration will likely face pressure from immigrant advocates, labor organizations, and business groups — many of whom are hoping for a dramatic change in immigration policy under the new Obama presidency, with or without legislative action in Congress.
BUILDING TOMORROW’S WORKFORCE: PROMOTING THE EDUCATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF HISPANIC IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN AMERICA
Excelencia in Education, January 21, 2009
http://www.edexcelencia.org/pdf/Building%20Tomorrow's%20Workforce%20full%20report.pdf
Strategic partnerships between industry and community colleges that engage younger Hispanic immigrants can boost the economy by training an important proportion of U.S. workers for future jobs. The report looks at six innovative partnerships throughout the country.
AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES
The Migration Policy Institute, February 2009
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?ID=719
The number of African immigrants in the United States grew 40-fold between 1960 and 2007, from 35,355 to 1.4 million. Most of this growth has taken place since 1990.
Compared to other immigrants, the African born tend to be highly educated and speak English well. However, they are also more likely not to be naturalized US citizens than other immigrants.
Migration Policy Institute, January 2009
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/lmi_recessionJan09.pdf
As the nation sinks into a recession that may be the worst since the Great Depression, the economic crisis raises fundamental questions about future immigration flows to and from the United States and how current and prospective immigrants will fare.
IMPENDING DEADLINES ON A NUMBER OF IMMIGRATION DECISIONS AWAIT OBAMA
Migration Policy Institute, January 15, 2009
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?id=717
The new administration will likely face pressure from immigrant advocates, labor organizations, and business groups — many of whom are hoping for a dramatic change in immigration policy under the new Obama presidency, with or without legislative action in Congress.
BUILDING TOMORROW’S WORKFORCE: PROMOTING THE EDUCATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF HISPANIC IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN AMERICA
Excelencia in Education, January 21, 2009
http://www.edexcelencia.org/pdf/Building%20Tomorrow's%20Workforce%20full%20report.pdf
Strategic partnerships between industry and community colleges that engage younger Hispanic immigrants can boost the economy by training an important proportion of U.S. workers for future jobs. The report looks at six innovative partnerships throughout the country.
AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES
The Migration Policy Institute, February 2009
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?ID=719
The number of African immigrants in the United States grew 40-fold between 1960 and 2007, from 35,355 to 1.4 million. Most of this growth has taken place since 1990.
Compared to other immigrants, the African born tend to be highly educated and speak English well. However, they are also more likely not to be naturalized US citizens than other immigrants.
AFRICA AMERICANS
AFRICA AMERICANS
February 2009
All previous web alerts can be found at:
http://france.usembassy.gov/politics-alert.html
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH
Library of Congress, February 2009
http://www.loc.gov/law/help/commemorative-observations/african-american.php
National African American History Month had its origins in 1915 when historian and author Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. This organization is now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (“ASALH”). Through this organization Dr. Woodson initiated the first Negro History Week in February 1926. Dr. Woodson selected the week in February that included the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, two key figures in the history of African Americans.
FREE AT LAST: THE U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
U.S. Department of State, International Information Programs, January 2009
http://www.america.gov/publications/books-content/free-at-last.html
This publication recounts how African-American slaves and their descendants struggled to win — both in law and in practice — the civil rights enjoyed by other Americans. It is a story of dignified persistence and struggle, a story that produced great heroes and heroines, and one that ultimately succeeded by forcing Americans to confront squarely the shameful gap between their universal principles of equality and justice and the inequality, injustice, and oppression faced by millions of their fellow citizens
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A LEGACY OF FREEDOM
U.S. Department of State, International Information Programs, 2008
http://www.america.gov/publications/books/lincoln.html
The year 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. president often considered the greatest of this country’s leaders. Americans’ reverence for Lincoln began with his tragic death by assassination in 1865, at the end of a brutal civil war in which 623,000 men died, the American Union withstood its greatest test, and slavery was banished. And his hallowed place in the iconography of America continues.
AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES
The Migration Policy Institute, February 2009
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?ID=719
The number of African immigrants in the United States grew 40-fold between 1960 and 2007, from 35,355 to 1.4 million. Most of this growth has taken place since 1990.
Compared to other immigrants, the African born tend to be highly educated and speak English well. However, they are also more likely not to be naturalized US citizens than other immigrants.
A RELIGIOUS PORTRAIT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, January 30, 2009
http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=389
Compared with other racial and ethnic groups, African-Americans are among the most likely to report a formal religious affiliation, with fully 87% of African-Americans describing themselves as belonging to one religious group or another, according to the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, conducted in 2007 by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life. Latinos also report affiliating with a religion at a similarly high rate of 85%; among the public overall, 83% are affiliated with a religion.
February 2009
All previous web alerts can be found at:
http://france.usembassy.gov/politics-alert.html
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH
Library of Congress, February 2009
http://www.loc.gov/law/help/commemorative-observations/african-american.php
National African American History Month had its origins in 1915 when historian and author Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. This organization is now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (“ASALH”). Through this organization Dr. Woodson initiated the first Negro History Week in February 1926. Dr. Woodson selected the week in February that included the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, two key figures in the history of African Americans.
FREE AT LAST: THE U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
U.S. Department of State, International Information Programs, January 2009
http://www.america.gov/publications/books-content/free-at-last.html
This publication recounts how African-American slaves and their descendants struggled to win — both in law and in practice — the civil rights enjoyed by other Americans. It is a story of dignified persistence and struggle, a story that produced great heroes and heroines, and one that ultimately succeeded by forcing Americans to confront squarely the shameful gap between their universal principles of equality and justice and the inequality, injustice, and oppression faced by millions of their fellow citizens
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A LEGACY OF FREEDOM
U.S. Department of State, International Information Programs, 2008
http://www.america.gov/publications/books/lincoln.html
The year 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. president often considered the greatest of this country’s leaders. Americans’ reverence for Lincoln began with his tragic death by assassination in 1865, at the end of a brutal civil war in which 623,000 men died, the American Union withstood its greatest test, and slavery was banished. And his hallowed place in the iconography of America continues.
AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES
The Migration Policy Institute, February 2009
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?ID=719
The number of African immigrants in the United States grew 40-fold between 1960 and 2007, from 35,355 to 1.4 million. Most of this growth has taken place since 1990.
Compared to other immigrants, the African born tend to be highly educated and speak English well. However, they are also more likely not to be naturalized US citizens than other immigrants.
A RELIGIOUS PORTRAIT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, January 30, 2009
http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=389
Compared with other racial and ethnic groups, African-Americans are among the most likely to report a formal religious affiliation, with fully 87% of African-Americans describing themselves as belonging to one religious group or another, according to the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, conducted in 2007 by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life. Latinos also report affiliating with a religion at a similarly high rate of 85%; among the public overall, 83% are affiliated with a religion.
EDUCATION USA
EDUCATION February 2009
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT IN THE UNITED STATES: 2007
U.S. Bureau of the Census, January 2009
http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p20-560.pdf
This report provides estimates of educational attainment in the United States, including comparisons by demographic characteristics, such as age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Information about educational attainment among the native-born and foreign-born populations is included.
FROM QUALIFICATIONS TO RESULTS: PROMOTING TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS THROUGH FEDERAL POLICY
Center for American Progress, January 28, 2009
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/01/pdf/het.pdf
This paper briefly explains why a focus on effectiveness is needed and how it might work, and it describes current federal policy related to teacher quality. It then provides some new ideas about how federal policy can stimulate change at the state and local level to help states and districts move from a qualifications focus to an effectiveness focus.
MAPPING NEW DIRECTIONS: HIGHER EDUCATION FOR OLDER ADULTS
American Council on Education, January 16, 2009
http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ProgramsServices/CLLL/Reinvesting/MapDirections.pdf
Despite successful efforts by some colleges and universities to create lifelong learning programs for adults aged 55 and older, many institutions remain stuck in outmoded, one-dimensional views of this population, according to the report. It offers recommendations to colleges and universities for broadening the participation of older adults who will comprise one-third of the nation’s overall population by 2030.
TRENDS IN COLLEGE SPENDING: WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM? WHERE DOES IT GO?
Delta Cost Project, January 16, 2009
http://www.deltacostproject.org/resources/pdf/trends_in_spending-report.pdf
The report examines revenue and expenditure data for nearly 2,000 public and private non-profit colleges and universities, representing more than 75 percent of higher education enrollment, and analyzes recent trends, focusing on the period from 2002 to 2006. It is the most up-to-date and comprehensive assessment of higher education finance in the nation.
ARTS & THE ECONOMY: USING ARTS AND CULTURE TO STIMULATE STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
National Governors Association, January 15, 2009
http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0901ARTSANDECONOMY.PDF
Fostering the arts and culture sector has played a vital role in state economic development, according to the report. Arts and culture-related industries, collectively known as “creative industries,” provide direct economic benefits to states and communities by creating jobs, attracting new investments, generating tax revenues and stimulating tourism and consumer purchases.
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT IN THE UNITED STATES: 2007
U.S. Bureau of the Census, January 2009
http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p20-560.pdf
This report provides estimates of educational attainment in the United States, including comparisons by demographic characteristics, such as age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Information about educational attainment among the native-born and foreign-born populations is included.
FROM QUALIFICATIONS TO RESULTS: PROMOTING TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS THROUGH FEDERAL POLICY
Center for American Progress, January 28, 2009
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/01/pdf/het.pdf
This paper briefly explains why a focus on effectiveness is needed and how it might work, and it describes current federal policy related to teacher quality. It then provides some new ideas about how federal policy can stimulate change at the state and local level to help states and districts move from a qualifications focus to an effectiveness focus.
MAPPING NEW DIRECTIONS: HIGHER EDUCATION FOR OLDER ADULTS
American Council on Education, January 16, 2009
http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ProgramsServices/CLLL/Reinvesting/MapDirections.pdf
Despite successful efforts by some colleges and universities to create lifelong learning programs for adults aged 55 and older, many institutions remain stuck in outmoded, one-dimensional views of this population, according to the report. It offers recommendations to colleges and universities for broadening the participation of older adults who will comprise one-third of the nation’s overall population by 2030.
TRENDS IN COLLEGE SPENDING: WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM? WHERE DOES IT GO?
Delta Cost Project, January 16, 2009
http://www.deltacostproject.org/resources/pdf/trends_in_spending-report.pdf
The report examines revenue and expenditure data for nearly 2,000 public and private non-profit colleges and universities, representing more than 75 percent of higher education enrollment, and analyzes recent trends, focusing on the period from 2002 to 2006. It is the most up-to-date and comprehensive assessment of higher education finance in the nation.
ARTS & THE ECONOMY: USING ARTS AND CULTURE TO STIMULATE STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
National Governors Association, January 15, 2009
http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0901ARTSANDECONOMY.PDF
Fostering the arts and culture sector has played a vital role in state economic development, according to the report. Arts and culture-related industries, collectively known as “creative industries,” provide direct economic benefits to states and communities by creating jobs, attracting new investments, generating tax revenues and stimulating tourism and consumer purchases.
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