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Inviting Community College Students to See Themselves as University Researchers

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A new data analysis shows that only about a third of students starting in community colleges transfer to four-year schools, and only 48 percent of those who transfer earn a bachelor’s degree within six years of starting higher ed. He was like, ‘Not only that, but you already have your foot in the water. Good job, I’m proud of you.’

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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With these insights from his research, Emil hopes that future policymakers will design public policies that not only use differential treatment to improve access to education and promotion opportunities, but that also restructure school districts and businesses in ways that reduce inequality in education and labour markets.

Economics 111
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The importance of community for reducing social isolation

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Language is also a barrier to social inclusion in the US,” explains Lidia. “If If immigrants don’t speak enough English to get by, they will struggle to access resources and fully integrate into a new community in a new country.” And, if immigrants are undocumented, they may live in fear of discovery and so avoid social contact.

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Fire trackers: how can we use modelling techniques to predict where wildfires will occur?

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It involves not just fire behaviour but also animal ecology, human ethics, social science, engineering, politics, environmental law, health science and mathematics.” A good knowledge of statistics and coding is vital for analysing data. “We How can the next generation of bushfire researchers be successful?

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What lessons can we learn from past pandemics?

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Some of the hardest hit regions were the world’s remotest places, as they did not have access to medical care. Studying the 1918 influenza pandemic enables social scientists to better understand how social inequalities contribute to different mortality outcomes.

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Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see?

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When researchers visit the facility to capture images, they are supported by scientists, including research software engineers who help them process their data and access software. Once this is done, the CTC video footage will be accessible to artificial intelligence image analysis techniques.