Tag: quick reads
State efforts to close the K-12 digital divide may come up...
Stephanie Holcomb, Rutgers University; Andrea Hetling, Rutgers University; Gregory Porumbescu, Rutgers University - Newark , and Vishal Trehan, Rutgers University - Newark
Racial and ethnic diversity is lacking among nonprofit leaders – but...
Atinuke Adediran, Fordham University
About 87% of nonprofit CEOs in the U.S. were white in 2019, down from 90%...
What is pay-as-you-throw? A waste expert explains
Lily Baum Pollans, Hunter College
Pay-as-you-throw is a policy that charges people for the amount of trash they toss out. It’s also sometimes called variable-rate...
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...
How changing parental beliefs can build stronger vocabulary and math skills...
Julie Pernaudet, University of Chicago; Dana Suskind, University of Chicago, and John List, University of Chicago
The Research Brief is a short take about...
Facebook became Meta – and the company’s dangerous behavior came into...
Eric Smalley, The Conversation
Meta, née Facebook, had a rough year in 2021, in public opinion if not financially....
Cellphone bans in the workplace are legal and more common among...
Richard Carlson, South Texas College of Law Houston
Cellphones in the workplace can be a distraction – but they...
What is the Fed taper? An economist explains how the Federal...
Edouard Wemy, Clark University
Tapering refers to the Federal Reserve policy of unwinding the massive purchases of Treasury bonds...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
