The Broken Link Between Higher Education and Workplace Readiness
Worldwide, higher education is linked to higher levels of employment and life evaluation. But the most recent evidence suggests that the link between higher education and graduates' workplace readiness...
View ArticleWorkplace Health: Benefits Aren't Enough
Workplace policies and benefits alone are insufficient to improve health outcomes. Employers should also focus on improving the work environment.
View ArticleThe Key to Solving Volkswagen's Identity Crisis
Creating a strong culture that can support an organization's identity requires effort, measurement and management. Volkswagen should focus on four key priorities to begin repairing the organization...
View ArticleTop Gallup-Purdue Index Findings of 2015
Gallup editors highlight some of the most important findings from the Gallup-Purdue Index in 2015.
View ArticleThe Best Business Articles of 2015 on the Workplace
Some of the discoveries Gallup made in 2015 about managers and their employees could shape workplaces for years to come.
View ArticleK-12 Leaders: Student Engagement, Hope Top Measures of a School
More than eight in 10 U.S. K-12 superintendents say student engagement with classwork, hope for the future and the percentage of students who graduate from high school are "very important" measures of...
View ArticleMigration May Benefit Those at Home in Bulgaria, Romania
The authors in this guest piece offer a perspective on the relationship between having close contacts living in other countries and civic engagement. Using World Poll data, the authors study this...
View ArticleIncome Inequality Hurts Life Ratings Worldwide
The persistent rise in the share of income that the top 1% in many countries hold may be hurting the life ratings of the other 99%, with concerning implications for public health and national...
View ArticleGlobal Prosperity Hinges on Closing Jobs-Education Gap
Diplomatic Courier gathered leaders from business, academia and nonprofits at Gallup in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 13 to discuss innovative strategies addressing a simple goal: better preparing young...
View ArticleCollege Presidents: Pell Grant Students Lag in Degree Completion
About half of college and university presidents say degree completion rates for Pell Grant-eligible students at their institutions are less than 50%. Eight percent say the rate is fewer than one in...
View ArticleGlobal Data Spotlight Needs to Shine on Those With Disabilities
Proper data collection is essential to ensure no one worldwide is left behind, especially the 15% of the world's population that experiences significant disabilities.
View ArticleNew Gallup Book Focuses on Strengths-Based Parenting
Parents can shape a better future for their children by embracing their kids' individuality and helping them develop their talents into strengths, says Gallup's new book Strengths Based Parenting.
View ArticleSolid Data Drive President's Computer Science Initiative
President Barack Obama's new $4 billion Computer Science for All initiative addresses a significant problem uncovered in a recent study Google and Gallup conducted.
View ArticleRussian and Western Media Battle for Influence
Gallup shared results last week from its World Poll surveys in Russia and 11 neighboring states on people's perceptions of Western and Russian news coverage of the situation in Ukraine and Crimea.
View ArticleFemale Student-Athletes Win Big on Great Jobs, Lives
Female former student-athletes outperform other college graduates on important career and life outcomes, according to a new analysis based on the Gallup-Purdue Index.
View ArticleAddressing the Teacher Shortage: Advice for School Leaders
More than 150,000 new teachers will need to be hired this year. School leaders should consider four major factors as they prepare to embark on this mass-hiring journey.
View ArticleWomen's Life Ratings Get Better With Full-Time Jobs
Women worldwide are less likely than men to work full time for an employer, yet both are most likely to rate their lives very positively if they are so employed. Living with children under 15 increases...
View ArticleStudents Have the Will to Succeed, but Many Lack the Ways
Many students in the U.S. have positive ideas about their future, but they often have no clue regarding how to make the future they envision a reality.
View ArticleThe Happiest People in the World?
Leaders know that wealth isn't everything -- a great society has people who see their lives well and live their lives well. This year's Global Emotions Report shows the countries in which people are...
View ArticleUsing Employee Engagement to Build a Diverse Workforce
Diversity is an important issue in hiring, especially in Silicon Valley. But various Gallup studies have examined the combination of diversity, employee engagement and inclusion that provides a...
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