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    If historically Black colleges and universities can improve web accessibility, Black students with disabilities may have far greater access to educational opportunities

If historically Black colleges and universities can improve web accessibility, Black students with disabilities may have far greater access to educational opportunities

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In the digital age universities rely on their websites to attract new students and to interact with existing ones. For those students who have vision or hearing impairment, then web accessible websites are incredibly important. In new research, ZW Taylor examines the web accessibility of the landing pages of all 100 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). He finds […]

September 20th, 2019|Education, Featured, Z.W. Taylor|0 Comments|
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    Oxcart rather than “Snowplow” or “Lawnmower” Parents: Our Students’ Parents are NOT the Problem

Oxcart rather than “Snowplow” or “Lawnmower” Parents: Our Students’ Parents are NOT the Problem

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In the wake of a recent poll on parental involvement with adult children’s lives, and the US College admissions scandal, Charis Thompson stands up for the majority of students’ parents who are doing their best for their children, often under difficult circumstances.

A US poll on parental involvement in adult children’s lives from earlier this year got a lot of attention. […]

September 7th, 2019|Charis Thompson, Education, LSE Comment|0 Comments|
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    Charting the rise and fall of North American leadership in global science: Insights from the population of Nobel Laureates.

Charting the rise and fall of North American leadership in global science: Insights from the population of Nobel Laureates.

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For the majority of the last century North America has been at the epicentre of global scientific research. However, through the course of the 21st century other countries have begun to close this gap in a number of ways, notably China is now the global leader in published research and is on course to overtake the US in […]

May 25th, 2019|Arlette Jappe, David Pithan, Education, Thomas Heinze|0 Comments|
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    Black students’ choices are at least as important as colleges’ policies in reducing the black-white degree gap

Black students’ choices are at least as important as colleges’ policies in reducing the black-white degree gap

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Despite policies to counter the legacy of discrimination, such as affirmative action, black students are still far less likely to complete a bachelor’s degree compared to whites. In new research Christina Ciocca Eller and Thomas A. DiPrete find that black students are actually more willing to enter-four year colleges than whites, and that their own actions do at least […]

May 22nd, 2019|Christina Ciocca Eller, Education, Thomas A. DiPrete|0 Comments|
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How Senator Joe Biden got it wrong on busing in the 1970s

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Former Vice President Joe Biden leads in recent Democratic primary polling, and is considered by many to be the front-runner to win the Party’s presidential nomination next year. Biden’s presidential ambitions have meant that greater scrutiny has been placed on his 36-year Congressional record.  Richard Johnson takes a close look at then-Senator Biden’s opposition to the federally mandated system […]

May 16th, 2019| Richard Johnson, Education|0 Comments|
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    Book Review: Dissident Knowledge in Higher Education edited by Marc Spooner and James McNinch

Book Review: Dissident Knowledge in Higher Education edited by Marc Spooner and James McNinch

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In Dissident Knowledge in Higher Education, editors Marc Spooner and James McNinch bring together contributors including Noam Chomsky, Linda Tuhiwai Smith and Eve Tuck to offer critical perspectives on the impact of neoliberalism and new managerialism on universities. Grounded in rigorous research, this is a worthy read for scholars, policymakers and education practitioners, writes Khalaf Mohamed Abdellatif.

Dissident Knowledge in Higher Education. Marc Spooner and […]

February 17th, 2019|Book Reviews, Education|0 Comments|
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    The Los Angeles teachers’ strike is the latest dispute in a national movement

The Los Angeles teachers’ strike is the latest dispute in a national movement

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As of today, tens of thousands of teachers in one of America’s largest cities have walked off the job in the latest dispute between a teachers’ union and a school district. Bradley D. Marianno writes that the Los Angeles teachers’ strike is both a continuation of the national ‘Red4Ed’ movement – which has seen teachers’ strikes across the US […]

January 14th, 2019|Bradley D. Marianno, Education|1 Comment|
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    Book Review: The Textbook and the Lecture: Education in the Age of New Media by Norm Friesen

Book Review: The Textbook and the Lecture: Education in the Age of New Media by Norm Friesen

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Does it seem that education is somehow always lagging behind the latest technologies? In The Textbook and the Lecture: Education in the Age of New Media, Norm Friesen presents a longue durée study of the historical relationship between education and technologies of reading and writing in order to reframe accusations of ‘inertia’ in education. This is a useful introduction to a media […]

August 26th, 2018|Book Reviews, Education|0 Comments|
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    “It’s school desegregation, stupid”: arguments over education policies have played an important role in presidential elections since the 1960s

“It’s school desegregation, stupid”: arguments over education policies have played an important role in presidential elections since the 1960s

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In most 2016 election post-postmortems the role of education as a political issue has received relatively little attention. DeeAnn Grove argues that party positions towards school desegregation are actually key to understanding the white vote in the 2016 and past elections. She finds that since the 1960s, moderate white voters have had both a strong commitment to equal opportunities via […]

August 20th, 2018|DeeAnn Grove, Education|0 Comments|
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    Book Review: The Case Against Education: Why the Education System is a Waste of Time and Money by Bryan Caplan

Book Review: The Case Against Education: Why the Education System is a Waste of Time and Money by Bryan Caplan

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In The Case Against Education: Why the Education System is a Waste of Time and Money, Bryan Caplan argues that students spend too much time in formal education, which serves less to enhance skills and understanding that to ‘signal’ one’s value to future employers. Caplan’s proposal to reduce education funding is controversial, writes Aveek Bhattacharya, but the book will prove an […]

June 3rd, 2018|Aveek Bhattacharya, Book Reviews, Education|0 Comments|
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