Tuesday, September 14, 2004
[IWS] OECD: EDUCATION AT A GLANCE, 2004 [14 September 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
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From the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Education at a Glance 2004 - Summary of Chapters
http://www.oecd.org/document/7/0,2340,en_2649_34515_33712135_1_1_1_1,00.html
(scroll down for tables/data)
If you have access to SourceOECD at your university, company, library, it is available full-text via this service.
Press Release
Education Levels Rising in OECD Countries but Low Attainment Still Hampers Some
http://www.oecd.org/document/31/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33710751_1_1_1_1,00.html
14/09/2004 - More people around the world are completing university courses and other forms of tertiary education than ever before, according to the 2004 edition of Education at a Glance, the OECD's annual compendium of education statistics. However, progress has been uneven across countries and some have significantly fallen behind, potentially compromising their future ability to keep up with economic and social progress.
On average across OECD countries, half of today's young adults now enter universities or other institutions offering similar qualifications at some stage during their life (Table C2.1). An average 32% complete a first university-level degree, but this ranges from less than 20% in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Switzerland to 45% in Australia and Finland (Table A3.1).
AND MUCH MORE....
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
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Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Education at a Glance 2004 - Summary of Chapters
http://www.oecd.org/document/7/0,2340,en_2649_34515_33712135_1_1_1_1,00.html
(scroll down for tables/data)
If you have access to SourceOECD at your university, company, library, it is available full-text via this service.
Press Release
Education Levels Rising in OECD Countries but Low Attainment Still Hampers Some
http://www.oecd.org/document/31/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33710751_1_1_1_1,00.html
14/09/2004 - More people around the world are completing university courses and other forms of tertiary education than ever before, according to the 2004 edition of Education at a Glance, the OECD's annual compendium of education statistics. However, progress has been uneven across countries and some have significantly fallen behind, potentially compromising their future ability to keep up with economic and social progress.
On average across OECD countries, half of today's young adults now enter universities or other institutions offering similar qualifications at some stage during their life (Table C2.1). An average 32% complete a first university-level degree, but this ranges from less than 20% in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Switzerland to 45% in Australia and Finland (Table A3.1).
AND MUCH MORE....
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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