Just over half of young adult Americans live with their parents, an unprecedented proportion that is doubtless linked to the coronavirus but also reflects a deeper trend, researchers said Friday.
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Sep 4, 2020
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Fifty years ago, communities across America began efforts to make school districts more racially integrated, believing it would ease racial disparities in students' educational opportunities. But new evidence shows that while ...
Social Sciences
Sep 23, 2019
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Racial disparity in special education is growing, and it's more complex than previously thought. New research from Michigan State University examined how often black and Hispanic students are identified as needing special ...
Economics & Business
Jul 2, 2019
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In the United States, heightened hostility toward Hispanic immigrants is common in contemporary public discourse, as are fears about Hispanic immigrants and crime. We know that the treatment of Hispanic immigrants differs ...
Social Sciences
Jun 10, 2019
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Since the settlement of Jamestown in 1607 and the start of the Colonial period, the U.S. has been predominantly white.
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Apr 30, 2019
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A researcher at The University of Texas at San Antonio has co-authored a study examining important cognitive and non-cognitive predictors of entering science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields for Hispanic ...
Social Sciences
May 24, 2018
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"Undermatching" is a term to describe when high-performing students, typically from economically-disadvantaged households, attend less competitive colleges than their qualifications permit.
Social Sciences
May 17, 2018
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UConn researcher Angran Li, a doctoral student in sociology, has found that one size does not fit all students when it comes to parents helping with homework, and that parental involvement in homework can be particularly ...
Social Sciences
Apr 12, 2018
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By age three, children from low-income families hear 30 million fewer words than those from higher-income families. This "word gap" widens over time and can have serious consequences for a child's language proficiency, academic ...
Social Sciences
Jun 8, 2017
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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed recommendations to improve female progression in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses. Their study surveyed women in two-year courses, ...
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2017
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