Meta-Analysis: Technology-Led Education Drastically Curbs Recidivism
Education programs in prison have a massive impact on recidivism. Based on a new study, the largest to date measuring the effectiveness of prison education programs, "inmates who participated in correctional education programs had 43 percent lower odds of returning to prison than inmates who did not." The study also set out to find whether technology-led instruction among inmates could cut down on recidivism as well as teacher-led instruction. The results were positive.
MoreHigh-Performance Computing Sees Surge, Led by Sub-$500,000 Systems
The lower end of the high-performance computing segment saw a double-digit surge in the second quarter of 2013, helping to propel HPC as a whole to a 34.7 percent increase in systems delivered from the same period a year ago.
More2 Texas Schools Pursue Competency-Based Liberal Ed Degree
Two Texas institutions are developing a degree program that will use competency-based credits. Texas A&M University-Commerce and South Texas College are creating a bachelor of applied sciences in organizational leadership.
MoreMIT Gets Bundle To Research Brains, Minds, and Machines
MIT has just received a five-year, $25 million grant specifically to study how human intelligence emerges from brain activity. The National Science Foundation made the award to fund creation of a multi-institutional research facility called the Center for Brains, Minds and Machines.
MoreMobile Device Thefts Rampant on College Campuses
For the second year in a row universities are the fifth most popular location for thefts of mobile devices to occur in the United States.
MoreReport Tablets Sales Will Top PC Shipments by 2015
Tablet shipments will outpace PC shipments for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to a new forecast from market research firm International Data Corporation.
MoreWake Forest Joins Cross-Institutional Online Course Consortium
Wake Forest University has become the eighth school to join 2U's Semester Online program, which offers hybrid, self-paced, credit-bearing courses.
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