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Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

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Scientific knowledge is proliferating in an unprecedented rate with an increasing number of journal articles and research papers published every year across various disciplines from humanities to medicine and technology. As researchers, our research stands on the shoulders of other researchers.

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Harvard and MIT Launch Nonprofit to Increase College Access

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As the group’s new CEO, Stephanie Khurana, put it in an interview with EdSurge this week: “The focus of the mission is to really help postsecondary completion and issues of economic mobility.” That might include doing research, building tech tools or helping manage organizations.

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College ‘Deserts’ Disproportionately Deter Black and Hispanic Students from Higher Ed

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In recent years, a growing body of research has looked at the impact of college ‘deserts’ — sometimes defined as an area where people live more than a 30-minute drive to a campus — and found that those residing close to a college are more likely to attend.

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The Political Right Is Slamming the Door on College Access

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million in the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center--a big historical change. With the exception of wartime, the United States has never been through a period of declining educational attainment like this ,” says Michael Hicks, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State University.

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Why Schools Should Focus on Social Capital Development — Not Just Skills

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We live in a world where who you know can matter, but also where systems of power benefit those with certain networks and access to resources, as sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, father of social capital theory, explained decades ago. Perhaps … it’s not just about the skills we bring to the table. Here’s a taste of why — and how.

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This Is Your Brain on Math: The Science Behind Culturally Responsive Instruction

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As the math educator in residence at Just Equations, a nonprofit focused on the intersection of math and equity, I research math education and I think a lot about my years in the classroom. In one of the lessons , students accessed the Agriculture Department’s Food Access Research Atlas to locate food deserts in their city.

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What Schools Miss When They’re Missing Relationship Data

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Earlier this month, a new study in Nature revealed a key predictor of economic mobility: connectedness. The analysis also yielded a new species of school-level data, charting the degree of economic connectedness within individual high schools and colleges across the country. For the past two years, VNL has worked with the Annie E.

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