Credit: CC0 Public Domain Higher education in the United States spans five orders of magnitude, from the tiny institutions like the 26-person Deep Springs College in the high desert of eastern California to behemoths, like Arizona State University’s city-sized 130,000. A new study by Santa Fe Institute researchers examines how […]
Month: November 2021
Social media is reshaping British universities’ value systems in a scramble for likes and shares
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Universities’ value judgements about research are becoming ‘coupled’ to social media platforms as they compete for funding by demonstrating their influence beyond academia, an analysis suggests. The study, by researchers at the University of Cambridge, focused on how universities use social media in ‘impact’ case studies, […]
U.S. adolescents are receiving less sex education in key topics than 25 years ago
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Only half of young people in the United States are getting sex education that meets minimum standards, according to a Rutgers researcher who found that adolescents are not receiving critical information. Of even greater concern is that a significant percentage of young people do not receive […]
Would a longer school day help children catch up after the pandemic?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain COVID-induced school closures in 2020 resulted in the majority of pupils in England—at primary and secondary level—missing around 40 days of school on site. Schools around the globe were similarly affected, though to different extents. As recent figures from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development […]
You think it’s not a college sport? Buckle up as esports is now a degree pursuit, too
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For several years, colleges in the hunt for students have transformed campus spaces into esports venues where young video gamers immersed in Dota 2, Fortnite or Arena of Valor could compete at the club and varsity level. Now, West Virginia University is taking things further. It […]
Report reveals opportunities for new era of patron-centered library services
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Lean Library today released “Librarian Futures,” a white paper based on a large-scale survey of 4,000 librarians and patrons that examines librarian-patron workflows and relationships. The report finds that while patrons are unaware of the full extent of librarian support (with 77% beginning research discovery outside […]