Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
How Can We Improve Delivery of Diagnostic Assessment for Children with Possible Autism?
A team working in collaboration with NHS England believe their work will have significant impact in answering which existing models of autism diagnostic service delivery offer high quality, timely and cost-effective solutions, and the factors that underpin their success.
Jargon May Be Even Worse for Communicating Complexity Than You Thought
Jargon, a specialized language or set of expressions used by a specific group, is by its nature exclusionary, so it’s likely no surprise that scientific, technical or legal jargon may leave outsiders in the cold. A series of studies from researchers at Ohio State University suggests that jargon may turn off people well beyond an offending passage, and that one popular way to soften any harm – using jargon but immediately defining it – may not work.
Finding Students: ALA Contributing to the 2020 Census
The American Library Association is preparing academic libraries for the U.S. Census — the decennial count of every person living within the […]
What Social Factors Stop Students from Taking Internships?
When her college started requiring students to complete an internship in order to graduate, it created a serious dilemma for Janelle.
“I wouldn’t be able to do classes, do the internship and work to make money – which is kind of important because I’m basically just paying for school as I can,” Janelle said in an interview for a study of internships during her junior year in South Carolina…
Unleashing the Opportunity of Research in Latin America
An upward trend in the productivity of Latin American researchers, increased collaboration between them and scholars from other regions, and societal, cultural, and economic characteristics all make Latin America an ideal “natural laboratory” to build and test management theories.
When Is a Terrorist Not a Terrorist?
David Canter revisits the problem of labeling too many violent acts as ‘terrorist’
White House Budget Would Reduce NSF, Kill Minerva
Although the budgets released by the administration of U.S President Donald Trump have been seen more as gestures than serious spending plans, […]
It’s About Time: For Shareholders and Bondholders Alike, Temporal Orientation is What Really Counts
When it comes to supporting long-term value enhancing strategies, the temporal orientation (i.e., whether they are dedicated or transient investors) of both shareholders and bondholders matters much more than the type of security they purchased
