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Someone's race, however, seems to be a factor in whether they support college athletes’ economic rights.
Many children stuck at home during the pandemic are watching more YouTube videos than ever, for both entertainment and education.
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More than 70% of college students engage in some form of procrastination, research shows.
Richard Nixon, celebrating his election on Nov. 7, 1968, campaigned against a backdrop of racial inequality, civic unrest and polarized politics.
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There are similarities between the law-and-order language used by the 1968 and 2020 presidential candidates and the racial tension and political polarization both years. But much is different.
As Greenland’s glaciers retreat, they are losing ice at a faster and faster rate.
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Greenland's glaciers have retreated so far that they can no longer support the ice sheet that feeds them. The ice sheet system has reached a new normal of consistent annual ice loss.
Millions of U.S. students are engaged in remote learning.
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Researchers examined the voting behavior of 5,762 students at 120 colleges and universities. Two groups stood out as an untapped electoral resource – if the candidates can turn out Gen Z.
A patient receives a shot in a clinical trial for a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Our best shot at ending the pandemic is by achieving herd immunity through widespread use of a vaccine. But that won't happen unless people believe it's safe.
Así comienza el día escolar en tiempos de pandemia.
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Debido a la pandemia de COVID-19, el aprendizaje ha pasado a un plano virtual, lo que puede representar grandes retos para los alumnos, docentes y padres de familia.
Campesinos zapotecas regresan de la ‘milpa,’ un jardín comunal, en Oaxaca, México.
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Los zapotecas están sobreviviendo a la pandemia haciendo lo que siempre han hecho cuando el gobierno mexicano no puede -- o no quiere -- ayudarlos: recurrir a las tradiciones indígenas.
The global pandemic has interrupted supply chains for almost 75% of US companies.
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Medical supply shortages during the pandemic revealed that US industries are unable to provide essential goods in a crisis. A return to domestic production would boost incomes and prepare us for the next crisis.
Students’ positive attitudes toward conservative ideas are the same before and after four years of college.
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Ice cores can preserve evidence of 'black swan' events like pandemics and droughts, but the glaciers from which they are collected are disappearing.
Des fermiers zapotèques reviennent de leur « milpa ». Ces parcelles de jardin fournissent une grande partie de la nourriture des communautés, à Oaxaca, au Mexique.
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Les Zapotèques du sud du Mexique, communauté qui se caractérise par une forte solidarité interne, ont décidé de pratiquement se couper du monde pour échapper à l’épidémie.
This is what the school day currently looks like in many parts of the U.S.
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One big complication with K-12 distance learning is how hard it is to get children and teens to log in and do their schoolwork. But there are things teachers and families can do to help.
Zapotec farmers return from their ‘milpa,’ the garden plots that provide much of the communities’ food, in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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The Zapotec people of southern Mexico have always relied on each other to solve problems when the government can't, or won't, help. That's proving to be a pretty effective pandemic response.
The suit alleges improprieties by Wayne LaPierre and other current and former NRA officials.
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A team of scholars have been documenting the sound of worship for six years. Since the lockdown, they have heard a different form of religious expression.
Latinx students majoring in business are underrepresented in higher education.
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Cyphert Distinguished Professor; Professor of Learning Technologies; Director of The Research Laboratory for Digital Learning, The Ohio State University
Assistant Curator for the Ohio State Historic Costume & Textiles Collection, Adjunct Instructor for the Columbus College of Art and Design, The Ohio State University