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Researchers Try Using AI Chatbots to Conduct Interviews for Social Science Studies

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As the legislative election in France approached this summer, a research team decided to reach out to hundreds of citizens to interview them about their views on key issues. But the interviewer asking the questions wasn’t a human researcher — it was an AI chatbot.

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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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New Effort Hopes to Make ‘Weed-Out’ Courses More Equitable

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Organic chemistry , anyone?) Research by the nonprofit Gardner Institute and other groups has found that these typically-freshman-year classes tend to prune some kinds of students from academic tracks more than others. Research shows students may drop out or change their major based on these gateway courses.” history surveys.

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Facing Pressure on Enrollment, Will Colleges Support More Transfer Students?

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It’s really unacceptable,” says John Fink, a senior research associate and program lead at the Community College Research Center. “As Even though he fit in at the Puente program at his third college, he struggled to pass English 101 there, having trouble completing a research paper assignment. It’s a disappointing status quo.

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The Metaverse Hype Died Down. Where Does That Leave Colleges That Invested In It?

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But the concept resonated, says Marcy Drummond, the college’s vice president of economic and social mobility innovation. The university must strike a delicate balance between its commitment to serving its students and its aim to compete as a top-notch research institution with other, more cash-flush universities, Heiberger says.

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Concrete change: the innovative chemistry of sustainable cement

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Concrete change: the innovative chemistry of sustainable cement Published: The global cement industry is gigantic, so finding ways to reduce its impact on the climate is essential for a sustainable future. The chemistry of cement It is the use of resources, especially raw materials, that forms the current focus of Theo’s research.

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As Student Need Rises, More College Faculty Set Up Emergency Aid Funds

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As she made progress toward her major, chemistry, and needed fewer courses directly related to that degree, the state grant she relied on covered fewer of her credit hours, leaving her with thousands more dollars to pay. Yet the researcher also described the program as a “band aid.” I describe us as a bridge, almost,” Franczyk says. “A