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What's New

Last updated: April 25, 2008

What's New in the Department of Advanced Education and Literacy:

Recent Site Updates:

Adult Literacy Strategy

Council of the Federation Call for Nominations

Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Literacy Call for Nominations

Co-operative Graduate Hiring Incentive (COGHI)

Manitoba Student Aid Annual Report 2005-2006 (34 pages)

Millennium Adult Learner Bursary

Private Vocational Institutions Act - Training Completion Fund Annual Report 2006 (5 pages)

Student Aid Fall/Winter Applications Now Available Online

Student Aid Debt Counselling Tool

Council on Post Secondary Education - Survery of Early Leavers (121 pages)

Manitoba News Releases:

April 24, 2008: More Training, New Investment in Retention Centrepieces of Expanded Nursing Strategy

April 14, 2008: Adult Learners to Benefit from Province's New Literacy Initiatives

April 8, 2008: Province Announces $4.5 Million Investment in University Labs and College Programs

Government of Manitoba News Releases - Historical

Department of Education, Citizenship and Youth News Releases - Historical

What's New in Canada:

Statistics Canada

February 7, 2008: University Enrolment, 2005/2006

February 7, 2008: University degress, diplomas and certificates awarded, 2005

February 5, 2008: Cities and growth: Knowledge spillovers in the adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies

B.C. Ministry of Economic Development

February 5, 2008: Program helps tourism/hospitality, trucking industries

New Brunswick Population Growth Secretariat

February 1, 2008: Summit and action plan to retain youth and international students in New Brunswick

Prince Edward Island Department of Education

February 1, 2008: Provincial government launches Workplace Learning Campaign

The Canadian Council on Learning (CCL)

February 7, 2008 (web release): CCL posts Quality Assurance in Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition Issues and Strategies for Post-Secondary Institutions

Canadian Labour Congress

February 8, 2008: Employment: The numbers are good, still much more is expected from the federal government

The Conference Board of Canada (free registration is required)

February 2008: New graduates' workforce readiness: The mid-market perspective

Polytechnics Canada

February 6, 2008: Polytechnics Canada urges fairness in post-secondary investment for Budget 2008

What's New in the World:

United States:

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor

February 7, 2008: House overwhelmingly approves bill to address rising college prices and remove other barriers to college enrollment

The American Association of Community Colleges

January 31, 2008: AACC statment regarding the College Board's Action Agenda for Community Colleges

The College Board Center for Innovative Thought

January 2008: Winning the skills race: An action agenda for community colleges (56 pages)

Institute for High Education Policy

December 2007: From asipration to action: The role of middle school parents in making the dream of college a reality (43 pages)

MDRC

January 2008: The Enhanced Reading Opportunities Study (264 pages)

Inside Higher Ed News

February 8, 2008: House, focusing on cost, approves Higher Education Act

United Kingdom:

The Sector Skills Development Agency

February 4, 2008: Major challenges faced by education and training workforce

Other International Releases

European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)

February 4, 2008 (web release): Modernising Vocational education and training, a report on current VET research

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

February 1, 2008: Teaching, learning and assessment for adults