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Research: The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Learning

TeachThought

Corriveau and Kurkul (2016) administered a study of preschool-aged students about how they choose from whom to learn. The purpose of the study was to see if a preschoolers’ preference in informer is related to SES (Corriveau & Kurkul, 2016). Teaching Sociology, 47(3), 204–218. Low-SES students preferred the active voice.

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Active learning as a pedagogical strategy to enhance the learning of anthropology

Teaching Anthropology

Research in teaching anthropology suggests that students learn and understand the subject better by being involved (Copeland and Dengah, 2016) and applying the knowledge both in theoretical and in real-world situations. New York, NY: Springer. Copeland T., & Dengah, F. Involve me and I learn”: Teaching and applying anthropology.

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Saint Leo University plans the nation’s first veteran studies bachelor’s degree program

The Hechinger Report

Until now, the work has been done by students of sociology and psychology and anthropology. Some scholars who have been studying veterans have published their work in the Journal of Veterans Studies , which was established in 2016 by Mariana Grohowski, who is also the editor.

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Enrollment and financial crises threaten growing list of academic disciplines

The Hechinger Report

It was two weeks before the university would be abruptly shut down by the coronavirus, and every corner of the campus seemed jampacked — except this quiet classroom, where a handful of students were studying the societies and cultures of the Caribbean. So the projects brought in teams from African studies programs who understood the culture.

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When the man behind the curtain is female: More women now hold key education policymaker jobs

The Hechinger Report

She succeeded Rick Simpson, who served nine speakers, from 1991 to 2016, advising them and other Democratic caucus members on education policy. When you’re the only one, you don’t have much choice but to conform to the culture. When there are many of you, you get to shape the culture.” Hers is a distinctly powerful position.

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Jobless college students are being given summer jobs to mentor younger peers

The Hechinger Report

College Bridge for All, which launched in 2016, has hired 80 CUNY students on top of the 120 it normally takes on in the summer, at $17 an hour, and given many of them bigger-than-usual caseloads, Myers said. They also help build a college-going culture, according to Myers. That takes a lot of people. Credit: James D’Haiti.

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A tough-to-swallow reason college keeps costing more: the price of meal plans

The Hechinger Report

In its strategic plan, it singles out its dining operations as “creating a culture of hospitality and service excellence for campus constituents and visitors while providing financial returns.”. Sodexo reported 2016 revenues of more than $21 billion, Aramark , $14.4 It’s big business. billion, and Compass Group more than $24 billion.