Tag: higher ed attainment
Only about 1 in 5 engineering degrees go to women
Danyelle Tauryce Ireland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Despite various efforts to encourage...
Alcohol is becoming more common in sexual assault among college students
Mary P. Koss, University of Arizona
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
3 ways to make ‘belonging’ more than a buzzword in higher...
Michelle Samura, Chapman University
“Belonging” is trending.
You can see it in evolving executive titles, such...
What is a 529 college savings plan? An economist explains
Robert H. Scott III, Monmouth University
The college savings plan known as a “529” is often touted as a...
Colleges routinely fail to ask about new hires’ history of sexual...
Susan Fortney, Texas A&M University and Theresa Morris, Texas A&M University
When three graduate students sued Harvard University in...
3 things that influence college graduates from rural areas to return...
Stephanie Sowl, Iowa State University
When high-achieving students from rural areas go off to college and graduate, they often...
Colleges accused of conspiring to make low-income students pay more
Robert Massa, University of Southern California
Sixteen universities – including six in the Ivy League – are accused in...
College students with young kids – especially mothers – find themselves...
Claire Wladis, CUNY Graduate Center
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
We found that college students who have...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
