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Universities Can Combat Misinformation By Sharing Research With the Public

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Here’s my New Year’s resolution for higher education: extend the reach of research to the people. research practices used to enhance transparency from design to dissemination). It’s part of a growing recognition that research really belongs to the people. The public, less so. These are great to emulate across disciplines.

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Our Nation’s Public Schools are Failing Neurodivergent Learners. That Needs to Change.

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As our family has been navigating the complexity of supporting our neurodivergent daughter to thrive in our local public school, I’ve found myself drawing up this metaphorical story of three young trees, which has become symbolic for me. million students in public K-12 schools in the United States who qualified for special education services.

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As Public Skepticism of College Grows, Students Become Savvier Customers

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I’ve been researching cases of people my age doing [college], and then they get out and they use their degree and they still struggle to make a living for themselves,” he says. “If This is the second episode of a podcast series we’re calling Doubting College, where we’re exploring: What happened to the public belief in college?

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169 Tech Tip #51 Find Public Domain Images

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Today’s tip: Find Public Domain Images. Sub-category: Internet, Security, Search/Research, MS Office, Google Apps. Q: I know ‘fair use’ allows students to use most online images for educational purposes, but I want them to know how to find public domain pictures for everyday, non-school use. Category: Images.

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How Podcasting Is Changing Teaching and Research

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To research the volume, he interviewed 101 podcasters in education, asking them about their motivations and views on the craft. Let's explain that we didn't come to this idea by pulling it out of the sky or because we had a particular opinion about something before we started doing the research. Let's let people in.

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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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Universities Turn To More Public-Private Partnerships To Meet Student Needs

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To meet this demand, public universities are showing an increased interest in public-private partnership agreements that bring profit motives into the public sector. Research and development partnerships are also up. Universities are most interested in offering telehealth and mental health services, the survey found.