National Center for Education Statistics – Public High School Four-Year On-Time Graduation Rates and Event Dropout Rates: School Years 2010–11 and 2011–12 (April 28, 2014) “This report includes four-year on-time graduation rates and dropout rates for school years 2010-11 and 2011-12. A four-year on-time graduation rate provides measure of the percent of students that successfully complete high… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Psychological Perspectives: Cognition and Decision Making
Findley, Keith A. and O’Brien, Barbara, Psychological Perspectives: Cognition and Decision Making (May 19, 2014). Chapter Three in Examining Wrongful Convictions: Stepping Back, Moving Forward, Carolina Academic Press, 2014 Forthcoming. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2438869 “In this chapter from the forthcoming edited volume entitled, EXAMINING WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS: STEPPING BACK, MOVING FORWARD, we offer an overview of what… Continue Reading
Wired – new feature for Google+ Photos called Stories
“Stories is a new Google+ Photos feature that automates photo album creation. It collects your photos and videos into natural groupings–like a weekend trip you took to the mountains, or a child’s soccer game–clustered around out-of-the ordinary moments. Then it builds a narrative for you around those clusters of photos, almost instantly and without any… Continue Reading
European Banking Authority publishes its 2013 annual report
“This edition of the EBA Annual Report takes stock of the first three years of activity of the Authority which contributed to the repair of the EU banking system by promoting the cleaning of EU banks’ balance sheets and strengthening their capital position. The EBA also brought forward its work on the development of a… Continue Reading
International Trade, Risk, and the Role of Banks
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Reports – Friederike Niepmann, Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr. Staff Report No. 633. September 2013 , Revised April 2014 “Banks play a critical role in facilitating international trade by guaranteeing international payments and thereby reducing the risk of trade transactions. This paper employs banking data from the United States to document new empirical patterns regarding… Continue Reading
Global liquidity regulation, supervision and risk management
Keynote address by Mr Stefan Ingves, Chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and Governor of Sveriges Riksbank, to the DNB seminar “Liquidity risk management – the LCR and beyond”, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 15 May 2014. As prepared for delivery – “Good afternoon. It is my great pleasure to be with you in Amsterdam today at… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Federal Autism Activities, Medicare, Nanomanufacturing, Tax Policy
FEDERAL AUTISM ACTIVITIES: Funding and Coordination Efforts, GAO-14-613T: Published: May 20, 2014. Publicly Released: May 20, 2014. MEDICARE: Further Action Could Improve Improper Payment Prevention and Recoupment Efforts, GAO-14-619T: Published: May 20, 2014. Publicly Released: May 20, 2014. NANOMANUFACTURING AND U.S. COMPETITIVENESS: Challenges and Opportunities, GAO-14-618T: Published: May 20, 2014. Publicly Released: May 20, 2014. STATE DEPARTMENT: Process to Track Responses to… Continue Reading
FDA Provides Latest Information on Jerky Pet Treat Investigation
News release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an update on its ongoing investigation into pet illnesses and deaths in animals that ate jerky pet treats. This update includes the latest information about complaints of illnesses, FDA’s collaboration with the CDC on a new case control study, and new findings revealed through the… Continue Reading
NPR launches searchable database of over 300 memorable commencement speeches
NPR – “Something funny has happened to the familiar commencement address in the past 10 years. That something is YouTube. Steve Jobs’ 2005 address at Stanford, to take just one example, has been viewed upwards of 20 million times. We are now in a golden age of the commencement speech as a hilarious, inspiring form of popular… Continue Reading
World Health Statistics 2014
“World Health Statistics 2014 contains WHO’s annual compilation of health-related data for its 194 Member States, and includes a summary of the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and associated targets. This year, it also includes highlight summaries on the ongoing commitment to end preventable maternal deaths; on the need to act… Continue Reading
Bank Size and Systemic Risk – IMF
Laeven, Luc and Ratnovski, Lev and Tong, Hui, Bank Size and Systemic Risk (May 15, 2014). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2437729 “Large banks are riskier, and create more systemic risk, when they have lower capital and less-stable funding. Large banks create more systemic risk (but are not individually riskier) when they engage more in market-based activities or… Continue Reading
New report – student debt rising faster at state universities with the highest-paid presidents
Institute for Policy Studies – “State universities have come under increasing criticism for excessive executive pay, soaring student debt, and low-wage faculty labor. In the public debate, these issues are often treated separately. Our study examines what happened to student debt and faculty labor at the 25 public universities with the highest executive pay (hereafter… Continue Reading
