Harvard fights to keep enrolling international students – 4 essential reads about their broader impact

By: Jason C.K. Chan, Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University, Zohara Assadipour, Graduate Student in Cognitive Psychology, Iowa State University Inserting brief quiz questions into an online lecture can boost learning and may reduce racial achievement gaps, even when students are tuning in remotely in a distracting environment. That’s a main finding of our recent […]
Gender balance in computer science and engineering is improving at elite universities but getting worse elsewhere

By: Joseph Cimpian, Professor of Economics and Education Policy, New York University The share of computer science and engineering degrees going to women has increased at the most selective American universities over the past 20 years and is approaching gender parity, while the proportion has declined at less selective schools. Those are the main findings of a […]