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Announcing the 2024 Students of History Scholarship Winner

Students of History

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. Toyosi’s exemplary academic performance and leadership qualities were highlighted in the glowing recommendations from her teachers.

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How a disgraced method of diagnosing learning disabilities persists in our nation’s schools

The Hechinger Report

A cross-section of a brain scan sits on the desk of Tim Odegard, a professor of psychology at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. government in 1977 asked that schools look for a “severe discrepancy between levels of ability and achievement” when screening children for learning disabilities.

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Students have their own demands for school reopening

The Hechinger Report

“No one was considering the psychological toll each reopening plan would take on students,” she said. No one was considering the psychological toll each reopening plan would take on students,” she said. I’m taking a government course so I can graduate, and it’s not offered. Credit: Chloe Pressley.

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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. But that time appears to be over.”. College is still expensive.

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Competition Can Motivate, Encourage and Inspire Students. But It Can Also Harm Them.

ED Surge

The American Psychological Association (APA) defines competition as “any performance situation structured in such a way that success depends on performing better than others.” That was too hard to bear. Every quarter, I strived to get one of those trophies just to hear my family cheer.

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Webinar Series: Engaging the 2024 U.S. Election: An Expert Roundtable

Political Science Now

Meet the Panelists: Dr. Andra Gillespie ‘s courses and research cover African American Politics, particularly the politics of the post-Civil Rights generation of leadership, and political participation, in which she uses experimental methods of inquiry.

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First-gen students at elite colleges go from lonely and overwhelmed to empowered and provoking change

The Hechinger Report

Alfred “Red” Joseph, a senior history and philosophy major, and Lyndsi Burcham, a junior psychology major, stand outside Irvine Auditorium before the opening ceremony of the fourth annual 1vyG Conference at Penn, holding the SWAG given to attendees bearing theme “Focusing on the Future.”