Pennsylvania Community Colleges First To Adopt Voluntary Framework Of Accountability State-Wide
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania's 14 public community colleges today announced that they will adopt the Voluntary Framework of Accountability (VFA) as their state-wide accountability metrics.  The colleges thus become the first state-wide system in the nation to publicly endorse the new framework, launched last year by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). "This bold step by the Pennsylvania colleges reflects a willingness to step up and respond to challenges identified in the recently released report of the 21st-Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges"  (), stated AACC President Walter G.

Global Speech Technology Industry
NEW YORK, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Speech Technology Industry _ This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Speech Technology in US$ Million by the following Product Segments: Automatic Speech Recognition, Text-to-Speech, and Speaker Verification.

McGraw-Hill Research Foundation Policy Paper Cites Urgent Need to Improve Effectiveness of Instruction in Adult Education
NEW YORK, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Studies forecast that from 2007 to 2032, better-educated individuals retiring from the U.S. workforce will be replaced by younger workers who have lower levels of skills and education.  This statistic, combined with the fact that the gap between our most and least educated is already among the highest in the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries, underlines the critical need for improving the quality of adult education programs to ensure the future competitiveness of the American workforce.   Helping undereducated and underprepared adults to learn requires a targeted set of skills and the cornerstone to strengthen these programs is to improve the preparation and effe ...

Global Voice/Speech Recognition Systems Industry
NEW YORK, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:Global Voice/Speech Recognition Systems Industry global outlook series on Voice/Speech Recognition Systems provides a collection of market briefs, concise summaries and statistical anecdotes of research findings.