College men more likely to seek grade changes than college women
"Professor, my final grade in your class is a C. Is there anything I can do to get a B-minus?"
"Professor, my final grade in your class is a C. Is there anything I can do to get a B-minus?"
Education
Feb 24, 2020
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New USC research into how teachers evaluate the mathematical ability of students suggests that white teachers and teachers of color alike have biases that favor white and male students.
Social Sciences
Dec 13, 2019
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In 2008, a group of Chicago Public Schools students were on a leadership retreat for Black male students roughly 40 miles outside the city. Ignoring the cold of the fall night, 16 of those students left their bunks to take ...
Social Sciences
Sep 16, 2019
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A new study of racial and ethnic disparities in school discipline found that black middle school students were significantly less likely than their white peers to receive verbal or written warnings from their teachers about ...
Social Sciences
Jul 29, 2019
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Though less likely to study in a formal technology or engineering course, America's girls are showing more mastery of those subjects than their boy classmates, according to newly released national education data.
Education
Apr 30, 2019
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First-year engineering students who gravitate toward progressive ideas, including about gender equity in the workplace, tend to drink less alcohol, according to a study by a University of Kansas researcher. The findings could ...
Social Sciences
Mar 25, 2019
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If you go strictly by the official account, heatstroke was the cause of death for University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair. McNair died earlier this year following a grueling practice in which training staff failed ...
Social Sciences
Aug 20, 2018
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There's nothing like a good laugh to lighten a mood, especially when the atmosphere is serious—like it can be in a science classroom.
Social Sciences
Aug 15, 2018
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If you believe it, you can achieve it. You've probably heard this motivational phrase more than once. But what if your beliefs about your own intelligence compared to others come down to your gender?
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2018
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p>Female college students are more likely to abandon studies in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines than their male classmates, and new research from the University of Washington suggests that those ...
Social Sciences
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