September 22, 2020
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Many colleges have gone test-optional – here’s how that could change the way students are admitted
Will ‘test-optional’ policies help or hurt college applicants? LeoPatrizi/ E+ via Getty Images Angela Farmer, Mississippi State ... -
Tips for living online – lessons from six months of the COVID-19 pandemic
Life online isn’t ideal, but it is manageable. Alistair Berg/DigitalVision via Getty Images Pamela Scott Bracey, PhD, Mississippi State ...September 22, 2020 -
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Department of Education investigating Princeton after school acknowledges systemic racism
Federal authorities launched a sweeping probe of Princeton University after the Ivy League school acknowledged the role systemic racism has played ...September 19, 2020 -
Future teachers often think memorization is the best way to teach math and science – until they learn a different way
Problem-solving is key to math and science instruction. Pekic/Getty Images Peter C. Cormas, California University of Pennsylvania The Research ...September 19, 2020 -
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New Census data reveals no progress has been made on closing the overall gender pay gap
New data released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that, between 2018 and 2019, no progress was made on closing the overall wage gender ...September 18, 2020 -
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University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student apologizes for falsely claiming to be Black
A doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison issued a public apology this week after accusations emerged online that they were ...September 17, 2020 -
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College Kids Are Freaking Out About Their Infected Campuses
For Daniel Gardner, 19, a junior at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., the dread and dejection set in before classes even started ...September 15, 2020 -
Why female bosses get different reactions than men when they criticize employees
Both men and women find critical feedback harder to take from a woman. pixelfit/E+ via Getty Images Martin Abel, Middlebury Imagine that your ...September 12, 2020