Fostering ‘Engagement’ with College Students on Welfare
A study looked at how colleges can help foster engagement with students on public assistance. Read more ›
Watergate Book for Children, Narrated by a Fly on the Wall
On the 45th anniversary of President Nixon's resignation, a new book for middle schoolers retells the Watergate scandal and from the point of view of a fly on the wall. Read more ›
The Hidden Surveillance Behind Big Data
The surveillance we're experiencing now from AI is at a level previously only written about in science fiction novels. Read more ›
Prison Populations Are Exploding in Latin America. Here’s Why.
We hear a lot about mass incarceration as an issue in the U.S., but new research shows that it's also a problem in Latin America, along with overcrowded prisons Read more ›
Movies, Media, Myths, and Mass Shootings
Do movies contribute to misperceptions about mass shootings? Read more ›
Instead of Telling Women to Lean In, Teach Them How to Negotiate
It's not as catchy as "Lean in!" but learning to negotiate could be key in overcoming gender gaps and bias in the workplace. Read more ›
The Prison-to-College Pipeline: ‘Enacting Our Duty as a Society’
John Jay College of Criminal Justice has been working to combat the problem of mass incarceration with an innovative program called the Prison-to-College Pipeline (P2CP). Read more ›
Think a Trigger Warning Will Make Things Better? Actually, It Won’t
A new study found that trigger warnings have little impact on how people react to disturbing material. Read more ›
How Gender and Sexuality Shaped Modernism
A new book traces how gender and sexuality studies have transformed what scholars know about modernism. Read more ›