Archives for February, 2020

Free Webinar: How To Get Published!
Presentations
February 27, 2020

Free Webinar: How To Get Published!

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AAPSS Names Five 2020 Fellows
Career
February 27, 2020

AAPSS Names Five 2020 Fellows

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A Renaissance Primer on Academic Writing
Business and Management INK
February 27, 2020

A Renaissance Primer on Academic Writing

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Building a Digital Archive of Centuries of Records about Enslaved Peoples
Innovation
February 25, 2020

Building a Digital Archive of Centuries of Records about Enslaved Peoples

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How Can We Improve Delivery of Diagnostic Assessment for Children with Possible Autism?

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.

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Jargon May Be Even Worse for Communicating Complexity Than You Thought

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.

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Finding Students: ALA Contributing to the 2020 Census

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 […]

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What Social Factors Stop Students from Taking Internships?

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…

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Unleashing the Opportunity of Research in Latin America

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.

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When Is a Terrorist Not a Terrorist?

When Is a Terrorist Not a Terrorist?

David Canter revisits the problem of labeling too many violent acts as ‘terrorist’

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White House Budget Would Reduce NSF, Kill Minerva

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, […]

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It’s About Time: For Shareholders and Bondholders Alike, Temporal Orientation is What Really Counts

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

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