Posts Tagged ‘higher education’
College athletes learn to lose ‘dumb jock’ label
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — College coaches who emphasize players’ academic abilities may be the best defense against negative typecasting of student athletes. Continue…
Monday, April 22, 2013 14:19 - 3 Comments
Society & Culture - Apr 15, 2013 16:08 - 8 Comments
Moms with elite education opting out of careers
VANDERBILT (US) — Female graduates from top-ranked universities who become mothers are working less despite the promise of higher wages, new research finds. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 19, 2013 10:06 - 0 Comments
Double majors ‘cross-pollinate’ campus
VANDERBILT (US) — College students with double majors are the kind of innovative thinkers that society needs to tackle its big problems, a new report suggests. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 14, 2013 8:31 - 0 Comments
College doesn’t raise risk of substance abuse
PENN STATE (US) — Despite the high level of binge drinking on college campuses, enrollment doesn’t lead to substance abuse later in adulthood—and in some cases, may actually prevent it. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 11, 2013 10:17 - 0 Comments
When colleges betray students after sexual assault
U. OREGON (US) — A study of female college students finds that those who felt betrayed by an institution they trusted after reporting a sexual assault suffered more from anxiety and other post-traumatic effects. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 8, 2013 7:26 - 5 Comments
College fails to lower divorce for black women
RUTGERS (US) — A college education is linked to lower divorce rates for white women, but black women are not getting the same benefit, a study shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 22, 2013 18:53 - 0 Comments
Can cash entice college students to stay?
CORNELL (US) — Scholarships that aim to keep the best and brightest students in state during and after college don’t always convince them to stick around, research suggests. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 14, 2013 12:10 - 0 Comments
College grads fared better during recession
STANFORD (US) — The economic recession has hit recent US college graduates hard. But a new study shows it hit those with less education even harder. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 16, 2012 11:45 - 0 Comments
STEM may help teens with autism clear hurdle
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Young people with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) gravitate toward STEM majors in college, but just getting there is still a struggle. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 15, 2012 12:37 - 2 Comments
Is zero tolerance too hard on students?
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Zero-tolerance policies that rely heavily on suspensions and expulsions hinder teens who have been arrested from completing high school or pursuing a college degree. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 13, 2012 14:08 - 7 Comments
Should colleges drop calculators in math class?
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Math instructors promoting calculator usage in college classrooms may want to rethink their teaching strategies. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 10, 2012 15:01 - 1 Comment
Racial quotas for college put to test in Brazil
EMORY (US) — A racial quota system at one of the leading universities in Brazil raised the proportion of black students from low-income families, without lowering their efforts to succeed. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 30, 2012 11:18 - 0 Comments
Scholarship loss higher for African-American men
U. MISSOURI (US) — African-American men are the most likely to lose state lottery-funded scholarships with academic stipulations, according to a new study. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 27, 2012 13:22 - 4 Comments
Merit hiring may omit top candidates
STANFORD (US) — Sometimes it is only by taking race and gender into account that schools and employers can admit and hire the best candidates, a new report argues. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 27, 2012 12:48 - 0 Comments
Family ties spur Latinos’ college success
U. MISSOURI (US) — Hispanics are enrolling in the higher education system at a greater rate than ever, yet are still less likely than their non-Hispanic peers to enter college or earn degrees. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 20, 2012 15:02 - 7 Comments
Preschool pays off in college and beyond
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Adults who participated in a high quality early education program in the 1970s are still reaping benefits from the experience, a new study shows. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 20, 2011 11:15 - 0 Comments
Economic fallout: The college loan crunch
PENN STATE (US) — The rising cost of a college education and limited access to financial aid may create a less productive workforce and steeper wealth inequity, a new study finds. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 2, 2011 13:21 - 3 Comments
PhD effect: Low blood pressure for years
BROWN (US) — Years in graduate school may be good for both mind and body. A new study suggests advanced education is linked to lower blood pressure, particularly for women. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 21, 2011 12:52 - 0 Comments
Final straw events cause drop outs
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Depression and loss of financial aid may cause college students to consider dropping out, but a death in the family doesn’t have a significant impact. (more…)
