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Rethinking Inequality: What 50,000 Ancient Homes Tell Us About Power, Wealth, and Human Choices

Anthropology.net

Drawing on data from over 50,000 ancient homes spread across six continents and 10,000 years of human history, the research team measured the economic disparities of the past through one of its most visible clues: the size of people's houses. “We found no one-size-fits-all explanation,” said co-author Lane M. Bogaard, A.,

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An unnoticed result of the decline of men in college: It’s harder for women to get in

The Hechinger Report

Toward the end of filling out the class, there would definitely be a push to look for more men to admit,” said Medley, who was in her role at Brandeis from 2012 to 2014. Brandeis accepted 44 percent of male applicants compared to 36 percent of female applicants in 2012-2013, according to data the university reports to the federal government.

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A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children

The Hechinger Report

For this experiment, the researchers spent years developing four separate project-based units on history, geography, economics and civics. The curriculum development was the subject of a 2012 paper.)

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Print References/Reading List/Bibliography in Your Syllabus (With Some Style) in R Markdown and {stevemisc}

Steven V. Miller

Economic Threats or Societal Turmoil? Peace Economics, Peace Science and #> Public Policy* 24(1). #> Economic Anxiety or Ethnocentrism? Geography, #> Territory, and Conflict.” Economic Threats or Societal Turmoil? #> #> #> Gibler, Douglas M., Hutchison, and Steven V. > #> Gibler, Douglas M.,

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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

Nobody can own spectrum, but they can get a license to use specific frequencies, which the FCC grants by geography. And a number of lease holders fell prey to economic realities —the company that had leased Albemarle County’s spectrum, for example, struggled in the great recession and had to back out of the deal in 2012.

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Baltoscandia: The geopolitical ghost that may just have a future

Strange Maps

public domain) Baltoscandia was dreamed up back in 1928 by Sten de Geer, a Swedish geography professor. He suggested that there was more to this group of countries than just geographic proximity and cultural similarity: Cooperation between them could have economic, military, and political dimensions. Credit : Giedrius S.,

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As Humanities Fight for Support, New Journal Aims to Celebrate Their Role in Public Life

ED Surge

Its open to all disciplines, geographies, periods, methodologies, authors, and audiences across the humanities. One of the editors, Sarah Nuttall, is a professor of literary and cultural studies at the Wit Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.