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Teaching Syndemics

Teaching Anthropology

Secondly, syndemic health conditions adversely interact through various biological or psychological mechanisms or pathways. 2017, Foundations of Biosocial Health: Stigma and Illness Interactions and Stigma Syndemics. 2017, Stigma Syndemics: New Directions in Biosocial Health. Why teach syndemics? Mendenhall, E. Ostrach, B.,

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PROOF POINTS: Only a quarter of federally funded education innovations benefited students, report says

The Hechinger Report

Under this program, called Investing in Innovation or i3, the federal government gave out $1.4 The low success rate for new ideas is “psychologically disappointing,” said Barbara Goodson, lead author of the report and an expert in educational research at the consulting firm Abt Global. The failure rate was 74 percent.

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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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As enrollment falls and public skepticism grows, some colleges are cutting their prices

The Hechinger Report

In the 10 years through 2016, college tuition and fees increased by 63 percent , or three times as much as all the other products and services measured by the government, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. A lot of it has to do with psychology,” said Stuebner. Annual increases in the cost of college long surpassed inflation.

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With higher ed in crisis, the lack of financial oversight is glaring

The Hechinger Report

Government agencies and accrediting bodies have safeguards to protect students from such abrupt college closures, but the oversight is often weak or too late. In theory, government agencies and accrediting bodies have safeguards to protect students from such abrupt college closures. Credit: Yvonne Mendez. They could have warned us.”.

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What has happened when campuses shut down for other disasters? A coronavirus case study

The Hechinger Report

In the wake of the 2017 Tubbs Fire in California’s wine country, a Santa Rosa Junior College poll revealed how many students were suffering from stress and needed mental health services, said President Frank Chong. And as government funding also fell, tuition doubled. Now it’s more dealing with it psychologically than physically.”.

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OPINION: It’s time to change the way students are disciplined in school

The Hechinger Report

Government Accountability Office reported that Black students represented 15.5 The 2017 Brown Center Report on American Education: Race and school suspensions found that Black students lose up to four times more days of instruction to suspensions than their white peers. But when will we finally “do better?”.