Researchers have found that today’s students, despite being ‘digital natives,’ have a hard time distinguishing what is real and what is fake online. Metaliteracy might provide the answers.
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Are Americans at increasing risk of being killed in a terrorist attack? A sociologist explains how the way we remember the dead may make it feel that way.
For-profit colleges and universities have been in a lot of trouble. But the case of Trump University is different. To start with, it cannot even be called a for-profit university.
Yes, climate change is creating conditions for the extraordinary wildfires near Fort McMurray, Alberta, but El Niño played a bigger role, says atmospheric scientist.
Breaches of confidential information are inevitable. But we can limit their size and scope, and therefore their damage.
It was a true media bonanza – and we now know that the media played a powerful role in influencing public perception of guilt or innocence.
Nombreux sont les étudiants qui décident de partir à l’étranger. Mais l’Amérique n’est plus la terre promise. Troisième volet de notre série sur l’internationalisation de l’enseignement supérieur.
As universities set up campuses globally, the blanket protections of academic freedom are becoming increasingly difficult to guarantee.
In recent years, a large market in higher education has emerged. From 2.1 million students studying abroad in 2001, the number has gone up to roughly 4.5 million. How is the US faring?
To understand the wide array of information in today’s world, we need a different kind of literacy. Some researchers call that ‘metaliteracy.’
Puerto Rico’s economic woes have led some analysts to compare it to Greece. Paradoxically, Puerto Rico’s colonial status explains both its growth and the impending financial debacle.
Universities across 32 countries are operating 235 global branch campuses across 73 nations. What does this trend mean? What changes is it bringing?
New research couldn’t find evidence for a controversial theory of how our sense of smell works.
Sanctions have a terrible track record of success because they’re usually too weak to work and too easy to get around.
Brothers, Kamiar and Arash Alaei were imprisoned in Iran in 2008 for their work with HIV. Under a new government, Iran’s health minister, Hassan Hashemi, has blamed “misinformation and unscientific claims…
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Lecturer, Program Director, Globalization Studies, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Dean and SUNY Distinguished Professor, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Research Assistant in Educational Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Professor of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Professor of Political Science and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Director for Behavioral Health Promotion and Applied Research, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Professor Of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Research Fellow at Project on International Security, Commerce and Economic Statecraft, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Director, Institute for Social and Health Equity; Social and Healty Equity Endowed Chair, Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Graduate Assistant, University at Albany, State University of New York
