Tag: quick reads
As patients turn to medical crowdfunding, concerns emerge about privacy
Jeremy Snyder, Simon Fraser University
Facebook recently announced that it is getting more involved in the personal crowdfunding business. Individual users will have the option...
The demographics of the #resistance
Dana R. Fisher, University of Maryland; Dawn Marie Dow, University of Maryland, and Rashawn Ray, University of Maryland
Since the inauguration of Donald Trump, hundreds...
Poor and middle-income families need a better way than 529s to...
Robert H. Scott III, Monmouth University and Steven Pressman, Colorado State University
A college education is increasingly necessary for success in today’s economy....
Why Ramadan is called Ramadan: 6 questions answered
Mohammad Hassan Khalil, Michigan State University
Editor’s note: The Muslim month of fasting, Ramadan, starts Friday, May 27, 2017. Mohammad Hassan Khalil, associate...
‘Moonlight’ schooled Hollywood on race. Can it take on school discipline,...
Derek Black, University of South Carolina
This year’s Academy Award winner for best picture tackles a difficult topic in the education world today:...
Rewriting NAFTA has serious implications beyond just trade
Jessica Trisko Darden, American University School of International Service
President Donald J. Trump has called the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) our...
The myth of the college dropout
Jonathan Wai, Duke University and Heiner Rindermann, Chemnitz University of Technology
When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was asked to give this year’s commencement...
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...
