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Ancient Instincts, Modern Power Struggles: How Evolution Still Shapes Human Society

Anthropology.net

From political power struggles to economic inequality and environmental exploitation, an evolutionary past rooted in dominance, survival, and competition still drives much of human behavior today. The drive to secure food and territory manifests in economic competition and resource hoarding.

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Announcing the 2024 Students of History Scholarship Winner

Students of History

This prestigious scholarship, which has been awarded each year since 2017, recognizes a college-bound senior who has excelled in history education. She also shared insights from her Law and Public Policy class, where she engaged in mock trials and debates, and from her Psychology class, where she created a memorable baby book project.

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OPINION: Teachers need our help in tough times like these, so let’s give it to them

The Hechinger Report

Those are four of the top five emotions K-12 teachers reported feeling back in 2017 — well before the pandemic and 18 months of unfinished learning, trauma and economic instability. Frustrated. Overwhelmed. However, 7 in 10 of these same educators did not feel prepared to implement trauma-informed practices.

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PROOF POINTS: Study finds guaranteed free tuition lures low-income students

The Hechinger Report

A 2017 study by Harvard economist Raj Chetty found that many elite colleges, including the majority of the Ivy League, enroll more students from the top 1 percent than the bottom 60 percent. A draft was circulated by the National Bureau of Economic Research in March 2022.

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A regional public university’s identity crisis

The Hechinger Report

Given current circumstances, Richard Vedder, an economics professor emeritus at Ohio University, has decided to teach his fall course, “Economic History of Europe,” for a salary of $1. Richard Vedder, an economics professor emeritus at Ohio University and national expert on higher education finances, began teaching at O.U.

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OPINION: The pandemic exposes just how much support college students need

The Hechinger Report

college students with lifetime diagnoses of mental health conditions in 2017 was 36 percent, compared with 22 percent in 2007. The coronavirus pandemic has compounded long-standing mental health struggles, exposing more students to the trauma of personal and familial illness, financial hardship, displacement and psychological harm.

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A college where the graduation rate for black students has been 0 percent — for years

The Hechinger Report

ASHTABULA, Ohio — Alexis Turner listened carefully as the administrators at the freshman orientation for Kent State University at Ashtabula ticked through the student groups she could join on campus that fall: English Society, Psychology Club, Student Veterans Association. This story also appeared in Eye on Ohio.

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