A ninth-grade ethnic studies class has a remarkably prolonged and strong positive impact on students, increasing their overall engagement in school, probability of graduating and likelihood of enrolling in college, according ...
Education
Sep 6, 2021
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Many people have responded to the uncertainty, boredom and anxiety of the pandemic by drinking more.
Other
Aug 25, 2021
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New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham VA Medical Center's Stefan Kertesz, M.D., reports that, among veterans experiencing homelessness, unsheltered experiences correlate with individual ...
Social Sciences
Aug 20, 2021
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Every day, children across the nation experience traumatic events.
Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2021
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Current research suggests minority individuals are more apt to trust government authorities with similar ethnicity because of perceived shared life experiences. But according to new research from the University of Kansas, ...
Education
Aug 12, 2021
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Researchers who study crime are increasingly recognizing that context matters—that is, that actions, including crime, are shaped by the people and settings in which individuals offend. A new study examined whether others' ...
Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2021
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Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole is one of the most distinctive and least studied aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system. A new study analyzed seven years of federal sentencing data to investigate ...
Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2021
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A new study has examined whether specific elements of individuals' prior criminal records—current supervision status of probation or parole—affected receiving a new prison sentence in Michigan in the mid-2000s. The study ...
Social Sciences
Aug 9, 2021
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Like beauty, fairness is in the eye of the beholder. In the workplace, whether or not we believe that a supervisor has treated us fairly depends on a number of factors, including motive, according to new research from the ...
Social Sciences
Aug 9, 2021
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The Elizabeth River Project (ERP) has teamed with researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and William & Mary to build an online mapping tool that can help the non-profit and other community partners better ...
Environment
Jul 20, 2021
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