Sexists in White Coats: Men Favored for Laboratory Jobs
New research finds a male applicant is more likely to be hired for a job as manager of a science laboratory manager.
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The Benefits of Interracial Roommates
In a study, minority college students randomly assigned a white roommate ended their freshman year with higher GPAs than those who shared living spaces with other minorities.
Chicago Teachers’ Strike: What Do We Want? Better Management Gurus Might Help
How the education reform agenda takes its cues from bad management philosophy—and ignores what actually works in business
Mediocre Report Card for Charter Schools
Do students attending charter schools outperform their peers? The highly charged issue is the subject of intense debate…
Gangster Anthropologist
Jorja Leap / Youth violence researcher / University of California, Los Angeles
Arts-Heavy Preschool Helps Children Grow Emotionally
New research finds low-income kids in an arts-enhanced preschool program have a more positive attitude than their peers, and are better able to manage negative emotions.
Infant Intelligentsia: Can Babies Learn to Read? And Should They?
THE VIDEO CLIP on Larry Sanger’s website shows the cofounder of Wikipedia looking both scholarly and paternal with…
Silicon Valley’s Siege of Higher Ed
The new tech boom in the Bay Area isn’t just driving up rents in San Francisco; it’s also…
The Third Act: Professor Schwarzenegger
Can the former governor get state and local governments to do what the federal government can’t? And can he do it through a post-partisan academic think tank?