economics, psychology, policy

1. A useful documentary ("The Flaw") on the economic crisis aired last night. Featuring the likes of Robert Shiller, Robert Frank...

4.6 million students in the United States (1 out of every 4) took a college-level online course at the start of the 2008/9 academic year. Th...

They might attend their lectures, do additional hours of study and get good grades; but... what are students learning in college? A recent a...

According to the Nature blog " The Great Beyond ", it was announced today that Spain will restrict one of its main PhD fellowship ...

This article from the New York Times reports "The emotional health of college freshmen — who feel buffeted by the recession and stres...

The European University Association (EUA) has announced the launch of TRACKIT! : a two-year project which will undertake a comparative study...

Does the Performance on Principles of Economics Courses Affect the Overall Academic Success of Undergraduate Business Majors? Rupert G. Rhod...

A draft of the long awaited Hunt Report is available here . The draft is dated August 8th so it possible that the published version will dif...

Key recommendations from the Hunt Report (or National Strategy for Higher Education ) have been announced today in the Irish Independent. T...

The Irish Independent has an interesting piece on the socio-economic background of higher education grant recipients. In particular it docu...

The news from this years' Irish Times "feeder lists" is... well not news at all since it tells a depressingly familiar tale o...

Writing on his blog , Ferdinand von-Prondzynski discusses in detail a report in the Irish Independent newspaper, which states that Irish hi...

Today on his blog , Ferdinand von-Prondzynski discusses a new Higher Education Authority publication: Study of Progression in Irish Higher E...

Readers may or may not be aware of this report to the Irish Minister for Education and Science: " Policy Options for New Student Contri...

The role of class-size in primary education has between discussed before on this blog. Earlier this year Kevin and Mark both posted intere...

The evidence base for fair admissions: can we achieve excellence and social justice? The University of Manchester 7 - 8 July 2011 A unique...

The Lake Wobegon effect, as described by Wikipedia , is also known as illusory superiority or the above average effect . It is a "cogni...

1. President Barack Obama chose Austan Goolsbee to succeed Christina Romer as the head of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers. Here, the W...

"Trinity College will be releasing a report on semesterisation and its effect on students’ exam results next month, according to the co...

" The manner in which students are admitted for third level education and in particular the points system have become matters of increa...