Students who are the first in their family to attend college tend to see it as a means to improve their personal lives and as an opportunity for social mobility. That contrasts with the main message students get from policymakers ...
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2022
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In 2018, city dwellers in Germany with a high level of education (Abitur) cycled 70 minutes per week on average, twice as much as in 1996. For residents of less urban areas without Abitur, however, hardly anything changed ...
Social Sciences
Jan 10, 2022
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Higher education in the United States spans five orders of magnitude, from the tiny institutions like the 26-person Deep Springs College in the high desert of eastern California to behemoths, like Arizona State University's ...
Education
Nov 1, 2021
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By now it's no secret: college enrollment is down, and it's way down among men. In fact, the gender gap is the widest it's ever been in the history of higher education, with women making up roughly 60% of college students ...
Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2021
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New research focused on college students training to become K-12 teachers emphasizes the need to recruit and enroll more diverse students in teacher education programs.
Education
Sep 9, 2021
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The level of public acceptance of evolution in the United States is now solidly above the halfway mark, according to a new study based on a series of national public opinion surveys conducted over the last 35 years.
Social Sciences
Aug 20, 2021
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Working mothers are often expected to work like they don't have children and raise children as if they don't work. This impossible standard is at the root of gender inequalities in the workplace, according to two new Washington ...
Social Sciences
Jul 21, 2021
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It's easy to catch but often difficult to detect. Some cases are mild, while some are dangerous. Some of us are more capable of fighting it off.
Social Sciences
Jun 30, 2021
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A college education is estimated to add $1 million to a person's lifetime earning potential, but for some students the path to earning one is riddled with obstacles. That journey is even more difficult for students who have ...
Education
Jun 1, 2021
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A new study released by a team of researchers in the Department of Education Reform indicates that students who visited the University of Arkansas on multiple field trips as eighth graders began to prepare for college, possibly ...
Education
Feb 24, 2021
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