In 2013 Isabel Young and I co-authored That's What She Said, the NUS-commissioned study of lad culture in higher education which found that sexist banter and laddish activities could sometimes spill over into sexual harassment and assault.
Current use of e-cigarettes was analysed using a logistic regression model adjusting for sex, ethnicity and education, which found that current use differed by smoking status (χ=25.74, p<0.001).
In 2004, when Todd S. Nelson was chief executive of the University of Phoenix, the nation's largest for-profit college, he signed a $9.8 million settlement with the Department of Education, which found that Phoenix had "systematically and intentionally" broken the federal rules against paying recruiters for students.
The Times also sourced a recent survey of education officials which found the total amount of defaulted loans, $76 billion, is greater than the yearly tuition bill for all students at public two- and four-year colleges and universities.
The most complete picture I've seen of for-profit education spending practices comes from a Senate report about Bridgepoint Education's Ashford University, which found that, per student, $2,714 went to recruitment of students, $1,522 went to shareholders, and only $700 went to education.
This concurs with recent US guidelines about the content of NBS education, and with previous studies, which found that written educational materials have tended to emphasize the purpose and benefits of NBS more than other elements.
Consider a report from the well-respected education think tank The Education Trust, which found particularly high levels of debt for students at for-profit colleges, and embarrassingly low graduation rates.
Gillard, as education minister, commissioned the Gonski report, which found that more money was urgently needed to stop poorer schools and disadvantaged students from falling further behind.
One speaker cited a survey which found South Africa's education system to be one of the worst and most expensive in the world.
Citing an insurance industry report in May, which found that driver education programs do little to enhance safety except for beginning drivers, the critics said Ford and other automakers should improve the stability of sport utility vehicles instead.
Last year, the House of Commons education select committee conducted an inquiry which found that white working-class children are falling far behind their classmates and called for swift action to support struggling pupils.
