June 19, 2023
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How hip-hop has enhanced American education over the past 50 years, from rec rooms to classrooms
Educators are increasingly turning to hip-hop to engage young people in school. Goodboy Picture Company/E+ via Getty Images Toby Jenkins, ... -
American Indians forced to attend boarding schools as children are more likely to be in poor health as adults
Research reveals what generations of tribes know firsthand: that forced assimilation and unhealthy conditions at compulsory boarding schools takes ...June 19, 2023 -
Cost and lack of majors are among the top reasons why students leave for-profit colleges
Students who attend for-profit colleges on average have higher student loan debt than those who attend public institutions. FatCamera via Getty ...June 9, 2023 -
Drawing, making music and writing poetry can support healing and bring more humanity to health care in US hospitals
Facing a blank page can be an exercise in courage. stellalevi/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images Marlaine Figueroa Gray, University of ...June 9, 2023 -
Millions of women are working during menopause, but US law isn’t clear on employees’ rights or employers’ obligations
Hot flashes can happen anywhere, including at work. Aleksei Morozov/iStock via Getty Images Plus Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia; Bridget J. ...June 9, 2023 -
‘From Magic Mushrooms to Big Pharma’ – a college course explores nature’s medicine cabinet and different ways of healing
People for millennia have used what grows around them as medicine. LorenzoT81/iStock via Getty Images Plus Heather McIlvaine-Newsad, Western ...June 9, 2023 -
AI-Threatened Jobs Are Mostly Held by Women, Study Shows
While artificial intelligence is seeding upheaval across the workforce, from screenwriters to financial advisors, the technology will ...May 29, 2023 -
Computer Science Student Aims to Break Bamboo Ceiling for Asian Americans
Just like the Chinese laundry stereotype persists so are many Filipinos who continue to be typeset as nurses or physician assistants. Often grouped ...May 23, 2023