Success of the CCNA Program: Six-month Follow-up

In this study, Indiana University, as an independent, third party evaluator, focuses on the overall impact of the CCNA program on student success, six months after completion of the program. They compared the success of CCNA students to a "comparison group" of similar students drawn from the same high schools or community colleges who did not enroll in the CCNA program.

The study showed that the CCNA program had an "education effect" on high school students and an "employment effect" on community college students in the United States. High school students with a career interest in IT who completed the CCNA program were 10% more likely than other students at the same school to take the SAT/ACT exam and 50% more likely to enroll in a 4-year university program. Community college students who completed the CCNA program were 30% more likely to get a full-time job and averaged a 20% higher salary ($40,660 vs. $33,950). In addition, there was a powerful effect on student attitudes concerning the value of learning and the effort they are willing to expend in learning.
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Spanish Teaching Resources

Spanish teaching resources for CCNA Discovery: Networking for Home and Small Businesses & Working at a Small-to-Medium Business or ISP and CCNA Exploration: Network Fundamentals & Routing Protocols and Concepts are now available to Networking Academy instructors. These can be accessed through Academy Connection and include Interactive Course Guides (ICGs), Instructor Reference Guides (IRG), and PowerPoint Presentations (PPTs). The Spanish resources will also be available for CCNA Discovery: Introducing Routing and Switching in the Enterprise & Designing and Supporting Computer Networks and CCNA Exploration: LAN Switching and Wireless & Accessing the WAN this summer. Check back regularly for information regarding future translation projects.
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Conference Presentation

Kristen DiCerbo, PhD., a member of the CLI Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics team, presented two papers relating to how students learn computer networking skills at the American Educational Research Association conference, March 24-28 in New York City. Over 14,000 education researchers were expected to attend the conference highlighting significant research around the globe to improve educational systems, address access and opportunity, and strengthen student learning and achievement.
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John Morgridge Scholarship

Ten students from post-secondary institutions in the United States were given the opportunity to apply for the John Morgridge Pilot Scholarship Program that will be used to partially fund the continuation of their training at their Academy. Cisco Learning Institutes proudly announces the winners.
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K-5 Mathematics Conference

Cisco Learning Institute has teamed up with the NCAMTE, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and others to sponsor a retreat for NC colleges and university mathematicians and mathematics educators in May 2008 titled 'Designing a K-5 Mathematics Specialist Certificate Program'.
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ICGs Available

Interactive Course Guides Available for new Discovery courses (Introducing Routing and Switching in the Enterprise & Designing and Supporting Computer Networks) and new Exploration courses (LAN Switching and Wireless & Accessing the WAN). Academy Instructors, get prepared to teach the new curricula. Find teaching ideas, learn about critical concepts, and view discussion topics.
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Computational Science

Cisco Learning Institute has teamed up with the North Carolina School of Science and Math (NCSSM) and Parabon^® Computation to bring Computational Science to K-12 classrooms around the United States.
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AsiaPac Presentation

Cisco Learning Institute Presents at Cisco Networking Academy AsiaPac Conference in Hong Kong. Eliza Kienitz and Cathy Llewellyn teamed up with John Lim, AsiaPac Technical Manager, to present 'Cisco Learning Institute - Supporting Instructors, Supporting Students'.
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