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CogSciSci Conference, May 2024

Dr. Preece

I strongly recommend playing with the resources, but also looking at the Royal Meterological Society’s fabulous [link] including their brilliant practicals, demos and experiments. Hugely grateful for all who came along and contributed, and always happy to talk and follow up conversations if I can help!

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The college-going gap between Black and white Americans was always bad. It’s getting worse

The Hechinger Report

Fifty-six percent of Black students at four-year universities and colleges go part time at some point, versus 42 percent of white students, making it far less likely that they will graduate within six years, according to the advocacy group Complete College America. “I It’s just the way society is.”

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Short Course: Learning for Democracy: Lessons in Power and Persuasion

Political Science Now

Instructor : Titus Alexander has four decades of experience in civic education, engagement, and advocacy at a local, national, and international level. He currently teaches an advanced apprenticeship in Campaigning, Leadership and Management for Britain’s biggest trade union.

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Billions in federal financial aid is going to students who aren’t graduating

The Hechinger Report

Many who do enroll end up worse off than they started out, struggling to repay loans they took out to pay for educations they never finished; Pell recipients are nearly twice as likely as other students to borrow, the public-policy organization Demos says. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update.