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$282.8 Billion Worldwide Digital Classroom Industry to 2026 - Identify Growth Segments for Investment - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

The digital classroom market consists of sales of digital classroom equipment and related product by entities (organizations, sole traders, and partnerships) that are used for transforming a physical classroom extends into a digital space.

Key Points: 
  • The digital classroom market consists of sales of digital classroom equipment and related product by entities (organizations, sole traders, and partnerships) that are used for transforming a physical classroom extends into a digital space.
  • The main product types in digital classrooms include digital classroom hardware, digital classroom content, and digital classroom software.
  • The digital classroom hardware market consists of sales of digital classroom hardware and tools by entities (organizations, sole traders, and partnerships) that are used to set up the digital space.
  • Hereby internet is the main driver for the growth of the digital educational systems and digital classroom market.

Artificial Intelligence Comes to Campus: Gray Associates Announces Predict Program Size Software That Improves Higher Education Decisions for Academic Program Professionals

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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

CONCORD, Mass., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GRAY Associates today announces its continued commitment to accelerating higher education's future and growth strategy through innovative new software tools and expanded data-informed academic program evaluation support.

Key Points: 
  • CONCORD, Mass., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GRAY Associates today announces its continued commitment to accelerating higher education's future and growth strategy through innovative new software tools and expanded data-informed academic program evaluation support.
  • Gray's sophisticated new Predict Program Size offering has launched, joining the PES+ (Program Evaluation System) Software to empower academic program professionals to make smart data-informed program planning decisions.
  • This new machine learning-based approach provides universities a way to predict enrollments and graduations and to make better decisions about the use of their valuable resources.
  • These advancements not only include Predict Program Size but also Predict Margins for Economics, and a new Program Portfolio Management dashboard."

New Digital Advancement Municipal Index shows the importance of digital access for U.S. cities' prosperity

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

The Digital Advancement Municipal Index uses 16 key indicators to profile U.S. cities' prosperity in the digital economy.

Key Points: 
  • The Digital Advancement Municipal Index uses 16 key indicators to profile U.S. cities' prosperity in the digital economy.
  • The index shows that while digital access and adoption are foundations for a vibrant city, they work jointly with other factors to improve quality of life.
  • Digital Advancement Municipal Index tool shows the impact of digital infrastructure on U.S. cities' overall prosperity
    The interactive digital tool offers city leaders seeking to achieve digital advancement a clearer perspective on the greatest opportunities to drive impact in their communities.
  • "The Digital Advancement Municipal Index is an excellent resource for cities across the country," said Juliet Fink-Yates, the digital inclusion manager for the City of Philadelphia's Office of Innovation and Technology.

Annual Survey Reveals Overall Perceptions of Asian Americans are Worsening in the U.S. as Most Americans Fail to Understand Asian American Experiences

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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading Asian Americans to Unite for Change (LAAUNCH) and The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) today announced the findings of the second annual "STAATUS" Index—Social Tracking of Asian Americans in the U.S.—a comprehensive, annual assessment of American attitudes of Asian Americans. The survey reveals that nearly one third of Americans are unaware of anti-Asian violence despite a nearly 340 percent increase of attacks against Asian Americans in 2021 and one in five Americans believe Asian Americans are at least partly responsible for COVID-19.

Key Points: 
  • LAAUNCH and TAAF plan to release the STAATUS Index survey annually to track changes in American perceptions regarding Asian Americans.
  • Asian Americans are among the least likely to feel like they belong and are accepted in the U.S., especially younger Asian Americans.
  • Asian Americans still go unseen despite Americans acknowledging their economic and cultural contributions to the U.S.
    Over 70% of respondents believe that Asian Americans have benefited the U.S.
  • The STAATUS IndexSocial Tracking of Asian Americans in the U.S.is a comprehensive, annual assessment of attitudes and stereotypes towards Asian Americans.

Where Americans Stand on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Long Island University Hornstein Center National Poll

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Monday, May 2, 2022

BROOKVILLE, N.Y., May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Results of a newly released Long Island University Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling and Analysis national poll reveal where Americans stand on the threat of Russia's invasion of Ukraine as the war enters its third month.

Key Points: 
  • BROOKVILLE, N.Y., May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Results of a newly released Long Island University Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling and Analysis national poll reveal where Americans stand on the threat of Russia's invasion of Ukraine as the war enters its third month.
  • Americans were asked if they believed that Russia's military invasion of Ukraine is a threat to the United States.
  • ABOUT THE LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY STEVEN S. HORNSTEIN CENTER FOR POLICY, POLLING, AND ANALYSIS
    The Long Island University Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling, and Analysis conducts independent polling, empirical research, and analysis on a wide range of public issues.
  • Long Island University, founded in 1926, continues to redefine higher education, providing high quality academic instruction by world-class faculty.

Are Pay Disparities Lurking in Your Organization?

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Monday, May 2, 2022

NEW YORK, May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- While only 28% of employers believe pay inequity exists within their organizations, over four in five (82%)1 have had to adjust pay as a result of a pay equity audit. And, while 93% of respondents endorsed using analytics for making pay decisions, just 38% actually did so.

Key Points: 
  • Fifty-three percent of companies that self-reported pay inequities said senior leadership has a high impact on driving pay disparities within their workforce.
  • In addition to investigating factors that contribute to pay inequities, XpertHR's Pay Equity 2022 report shares data-centered, training-focused and communication-driven solutions for closing wage gaps.
  • The software combines people, pay and DEI data to deliver analytics-based pay strategies that take the complexity out of pay equity, wage gaps and fair pay.
  • The survey addressed several topics, including drivers of pay inequity, measures used to ensure pay equity and their effectiveness, what function leads pay equity efforts, and more.

Where Americans Stand on Coronavirus and Mask Mandates on Planes: Long Island University Hornstein Center National Poll

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Monday, April 25, 2022

Americans were asked if they supported the removal of mask mandates onboard airline flights to reduce the likelihood of contracting the coronavirus; 42% of respondents said yes.

Key Points: 
  • Americans were asked if they supported the removal of mask mandates onboard airline flights to reduce the likelihood of contracting the coronavirus; 42% of respondents said yes.
  • Overall, 53% of respondents said yes, the highest since June 2021 through national polls conducted by the Long Island University Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling and Analysis.
  • This Long Island University Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling, and Analysis online poll was conducted through SurveyMonkey from April 21 22, 2022 among a national sample of 1,584 adults ages 18 and up.
  • ABOUT THE LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY STEVEN S. HORNSTEIN CENTER FOR POLICY, POLLING, AND ANALYSIS
    The Long Island University Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling, and Analysis conducts independent polling, empirical research, and analysis on a wide range of public issues.

AARP Relaunches its Livability Index to Reveal America's Top-Scoring Cities and Towns in 2022

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Monday, April 18, 2022

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AARP's Public Policy Institute launched the updated AARP Livability Index today, the most comprehensive, web-based tool of its kind that scores every neighborhood and community in the United States—in all 50 states and the District of Columbia—for the services and amenities that affect people's lives the most as they age.  

Key Points: 
  • "The AARP Livability Index provides the clearest picture yet of how well a community meets needs across one's lifespan, regardless of income, physical ability or ethnicity."
  • For the first time, the 2022 AARP Livability Index includes accessory dwelling units (ADUs), highlighting states that have enacted laws to support and promote ADUs (also known as in-law suites or guest houses).
  • In addition to the top-scoring large, mid-size, and small cities, the new Index showcases the top-scoring "small towns" of populations between 5,000 to 24,999.
  • The AARP Livability Index is a trusted resource among organizations to promote livability and support location decision making in communities nationwide.

FAU Poll: Consumer Confidence Rising Among U.S. Hispanics

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Thursday, April 14, 2022

BOCA RATON, Fla., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite a higher cost of living from rising inflation, the Hispanic population in the United States was more optimistic about its finances heading into the new year than it was at the end of 2021.

Key Points: 
  • FAU BEPI asked five questions of respondents, and they displayed increasing optimism in four of the five.
  • "This is important because millennial Latinos make up a large part of the Latino adult population," said Monica Escaleras , Ph.D., director of FAU BEPI.
  • Hispanics also were more optimistic about the country's short-term and long-term outlooks than they were in the fourth quarter.
  • The FAU poll is based on a sampling of 612 Hispanic adults from Jan. 1 to March 31.

Pledges: A Critical Ingredient for Black-Led Credit Union

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Minnesota residents are being urged to pledge their support of Minnesotas first Black-led community credit union.

Key Points: 
  • Minnesota residents are being urged to pledge their support of Minnesotas first Black-led community credit union.
  • According to organizers, responses to the form is how regulators gauge the community interest and support in having the credit union chartered to become a financial institution that meets their needs.
  • The process of bringing in a credit union requires a tremendous amount of effort and input.
  • For more information about the credit union or how you can help, go to www.learnaboutvillage.org or email [email protected] .