Gay Men on Campus: Smart, Studious, Involved
An economist taking a new look at existing data suggests that gay men do incrementally better at college than straight men, while bisexual women do worse than their peers.
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Making Diversity a Value, and Not an Event
Tom Price is blogging for Miller-McCune.com from the 3rd annual Conference on Understanding Interventions That Broaden Participation in Research Careers.
Community Building Keeps Students on the Scientifc Path
Tom Price is blogging for Miller-McCune.com from the 3rd annual Conference on Understanding Interventions That Broaden Participation in Research Careers.
Young Metrosexuals Get Better Grades
Researchers from the University of Miami show that well-groomed high school students have higher grade point averages than their slovenly classmates.
The Financial Carnage on Campus
Amid the destruction wrought by the global financial crisis, should American colleges and universities be seeking a bailout plan of their own?
The Anxiety of Test Taking
The Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice at Stanford University just released a study on the effects of the California High School Exit Exam on graduation rates. About half of 50 U.S. states require students to take a similar test at the end of high school in order to graduate.
Leon Botstein: In It for the Duration
A Miller-McCune interview of intellectual provocateur Leon Botstein.
A History in the Making
Julie Cajune leads a groundbreaking Montana initiative to compile American-Indian history and include it in public education.
Racism in Schools: Unintentional But No Less Damaging
Just Communities is dedicated to teaching educators about unintentional racism, which it says is a key contributor to the persistent achievement gap.
Hot for Teacher
The complicated relationship between male professors and their female students has garnered plenty of wide ranging cultural interest.…