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Research Guides: Education Industry

This page provides recommended resources for starting your research in education industry.

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Industry Overview

News and Journal Articles
  • ABI/INFORM Global [icon - Stanford] - use subject term "education" in combination with related sub-categories and keywords to find relevant articles.
  • Business Source Complete [icon - Stanford] - browse the subject term "education" to select appropriate match; use in combination with the other subjects or keywords to find relevant articles.
  • ERIC [icon - Stanford] - search for full-text journal articles on education-related topics from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database.

Directories
  • World of Learning [icon - Stanford] - search the database for information on higher education insitutions worldwide. This source provides basic information on each listed school and also includes basic information on education structure, regulations, and governeing bodies for each country.
  • GuideStar [icon - GSB Network] - search the database of nonprofit organizations such as schools of all levels and educational foundations. This source provides basic information and IRS filings, form 990.
  • Higher Education Directory (Latest in Reference Room: Education section) - browse the listing of accredited higher education institutions arranged by state. Also includes lists of national, regional, and professional accrediting agencies of higher education. • catalog record

Statistics
  • National Center for Education Statistics - in "Tables & Figures" section, browse current and comparative data for all levels of education. Online full-text of the latest editions of The Condition of Education and The Digest of Education Statistics. From US Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences.
  • Chronicle of Higher Education - "Special Issues and Data" section contains higher education-related statistics, such as compensation data for educational professionals and executives, searchable database of endowments funds for 150 colleges and universities and more. Also includes data on for-profit universities and the Chronicle's interactive quarterly index of For-Profit Higher education.
  • World Bank EdStats - the historical statistics on over 100 educational indicators worldwide along with individual country prifiles with educational data.
  • Council of Graduate Schools - the "Research" section includes annual "Graduate Enrollment and Degrees Report" and links to pertinent sources on higher education statistics.

Ranking
  • Best Graduate Schools - annual ranking of American graduate shools performed by U.S. News & World Report. Premium access [icon - Stanford] is available to Stanford users (Inquire at the Jackson Library Information Desk)
  • Business School Rankings & Profiles - annual ranking of top US and selected non-US MBA programs and undergraduate business programs from Business Week.

Associations & Organizations
  • Department of Education - the main US government body in education website. Also includes links to states' departments of education and to education-related data and statistics.
  • Professional Education Associations - a selected list of links to professional organizations for educational professionals.

 

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