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Could a polio vaccine stop the coronavirus pandemic? (video)
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2020 — The COVID-19 pandemic has scientists considering a few less-conventional options while vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 are being developed. One option might be the oral polio vaccine. We chatted with one of the researchers proposing the idea…
Could a polio vaccine stop the coronavirus pandemic? (video)
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2020 — The COVID-19 pandemic has scientists considering a few less-conventional options while vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 are being developed. One option might be the oral polio vaccine. We chatted with one of the researchers proposing the idea…
NIH invests in rapid innovation and development for COVID-19 testing
UMass Medical School, UMass Lowell center to perform key role
Initial motivation, a key factor for learning in massive open online courses
Analysing the psychological factors that influence the learning of the participants in the courses known as MOOCs
‘Ethnic spaces’ make minority students feel at home on campus
“Ethnic spaces” at U.S. universities make students from underrepresented minority groups feel a greater sense of belonging and engagement with their campus, new research suggests. Many universities already have designated facilities, such as social areas and cultural centers, specifically for…
£100k bid success means new Urgent & Emergency nursing course starts in 2021
A NEW course at the University of Huddersfield focuses on Urgent and Emergency care systems and will help ensure that NHS resources are used as efficiently and effectively as possible. The innovative Urgent and Emergency Care Nursing Associate Apprenticeship has…
£250k government grant enables 750 students to work with LEP SMEs
The Student Engagement in Knowledge Exchange competition will see students, both undergraduates and postgraduates, work in inter-disciplinary teams on real-world business problems with actual companies
NJIT 2020 Goldwater Scholar class among largest in US
NJIT undergrads continue to earn the nation’s top academic honors, the latest being a new university record of four students named Goldwater Scholars this year by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. The scholarship is recognized among…
Rinker receives funding for project on anthropology teaching
Cortney Hughes Rinker, Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, received $18,120 from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia for the project: “Teaching Cultural Anthropology for 21st Century Learners.” Via this project, Rinker and her collaborators are working to create…
Undergraduate Student Audrey Cope Named 2020 Truman Scholar
Augustana University undergraduate Audrey Cope ‘21 is one of just 62 college students nationwide to receive the prestigious 2020 Truman Scholar Award, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation announced Wednesday evening. Cope is the tenth Augustana student to win the award in the university’s history and is the first to be honored since 2005.
Innovating the peer-review research process
Researchers find ways to modernize time-intensive process that plagues many academics
Making chemistry education more engaging with computers
The recent COVID-19 outbreak has been the main reason behind several temporary school closures around the world. This has made the idea of continuing to pursue educational activities during this time a challenging proposition. The current lockdowns implemented in different…
Making chemistry education more engaging with computers
The recent COVID-19 outbreak has been the main reason behind several temporary school closures around the world. This has made the idea of continuing to pursue educational activities during this time a challenging proposition. The current lockdowns implemented in different…
Student led efforts can help make college campuses ‘safe and stigma free’ zones
Increasing evidence supports an association between participation in peer-to-peer led events and decreases in prejudice and discrimination around mental health
Students often do not question online information
CORA study examines students’ ability to critically assess information from the Internet and from social media
Asian universities close gap on US schools in world rankings by increasing STEM funding
Despite gains, the imbalance between STEM and humanities, and lack of innovation, set ceiling on growth for Asian universities
An experimental study demonstrates the effectiveness of online learning
High-quality online courses are no less effective than traditional classes when it comes to student learning outcomes. Online courses provide an opportunity to expand access to high-quality education without increasing costs: the number of students that universities will be able…
Online education platforms could scale high-quality STEM education for universities
Online and blended (online and in-person) STEM instruction can produce the same learning outcomes for students as traditional, in-person classes at a fraction of the cost, finds research published today in Science Advances . A team of researchers from the…
After affirmative action bans, underrepresented student enrollment lags demographic trends
Washington, D.C., April 7, 2020 — In states that have banned affirmative action, the share of underrepresented minorities among students admitted to and enrolling in public universities has steadily lost ground relative to changing demographic trends among those states’ high…
News announcement from the MIT Press
MIT Press publishes fiftieth title in Essential Knowledge series
Springer Nature makes key textbooks freely accessible for educators, students & academics
A range of essential textbooks from all disciplines will be freely available to support higher education institutions worldwide
Chemistry education goes online
With colleges and universities around the world shuttered because of the COVID-19 pandemic, chemistry teachers are navigating the shift to online learning. There are several factors to consider in this effort, from technology to accessibility. Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN),…
JONED, a new online free-access journal open in the field of neuroeducation
A new space for neuroscience and education
Discovery by UMass Lowell-led team challenges nuclear theory
Researchers test the way we understand forces in the universe
$1 million grant for UC Davis-led online learning project
With most teaching going remote because of COVID-19, a new grant for the LibreTexts project at the University of California, Davis, will help bring personalized online learning to students around the world. Launched by UC Davis Professor Delmar Larsen in…
Unequal access codes
What helps and what hinders access to good education in Russian regions
Pain in a well-toned body
A study at Goethe University shows: many sport students reach the limits of their physical ability, but prefer not to talk about it
Most significant international Learning Analytics conference will take place — fully online
The ‘International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge 2020’ (LAK20) is dedicated to the measurement and analysis of data from technology-based learning processes — registration is still open
Seductive details inhibit learning
PULLMAN, Wash. – When teachers use a funny joke, a cat video or even background music in their lessons, it can keep students from understanding the main content. These so-called “seductive details,” information that is interesting but irrelevant, can be…
Brief entrance test can predict academic success within first year of study in economics
Chances of study success in economics could be determined at the beginning of studies; results of the WiWiSET project
JoVE offers free access to extensive STEM education video library
Collection of resources aid remote teaching & learning
Dana Born named SIOP Fellow
Dana Born, PhD has been named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). Dr. Born was granted Fellow status by the SIOP Executive Board at its most recent meeting. The profession of industrial and organizational psychology…
SIOP recognizes Janet L. Kottke for Distinguished Teaching Career
Janet L. Kottke, PhD has been honored with the Distinguished Teaching Contributions Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). Mentor, inspiring, dedicated…these are just a few of the words used by students to describe Dr. Janet L.…
Underrepresented college students benefit more from ‘active learning’ techniques in STEM courses
Switching from passive techniques, such as lectures, to inquiry-based “active learning” methods in college STEM courses has a disproportionate benefit for underrepresented students, which includes low-income students & Latinx, African-American, Native-American, Native-Hawaiian/Pacific-Islander students.
Surrey wins award for Best University Work Placement Service 2 years in a row
The Employability and Careers Team at the University of Surrey has won the National Undergraduate Employability (NUE) Award for the Best University Placement Service (over 500 placements)
Underrepresented college students benefit more from ‘active learning’ techniques in STEM
Students from different backgrounds in the United States enter college with equal interest in STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics. But that equal interest does not result in equal outcomes. Six years after starting an undergraduate STEM degree,…
Clower examining North Carolina community college labor market
Clower Examining North Carolina Community College Labor Market Terry Clower, Director, Center for Regional Analysis; Northern Virginia Chair; Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, received $27,128 from the John M. Belk Endowment for a project in which he will…
Sleeter receives funding for project developing history teaching modules
Nathan Sleeter, Research Assistant Professor, Center for History and New Media, received funding for a project in which researchers with Mason’s Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) will create teaching modules for instructors working in secondary and…
Diversity semantics shift higher ed inclusivity away from students of color
Affirmative action in higher education was originally meant to rebalance the scales of mostly-white, mostly-male institutions. But a study from the University of Colorado Denver found that the legal semantics of two landmark Supreme Court cases have redefined the focus…
Diversity semantics shift higher ed inclusivity away from students of color
Affirmative action in higher education was originally meant to rebalance the scales of mostly-white, mostly-male institutions. But a study from the University of Colorado Denver found that the legal semantics of two landmark Supreme Court cases have redefined the focus…
Challenges and opportunities for women in physics
More women than ever are pursuing STEM education; why do they remain underrepresented in their fields?
Technology in higher education: learning with it instead of from it
MU researcher examines impact of digital learning on student creativity
Technology in higher education: learning with it instead of from it
MU researcher examines impact of digital learning on student creativity
Irish higher education institutions and Elsevier sign a pilot transformative agreement to support open access for research in Ireland
Dublin, February 18, 2020 – A consortium of publicly-funded Irish higher education institutions and Elsevier , a global leader in information analytics specializing in science and health, have agreed the country’s first open access program with a major scientific publisher…
A new learning model to enhance citizen participation
How to teach citizens to become active members of the society? Peter Ehrström, Head of Research in Regional Science, and Marina Lindell, Project Researcher at the Social Science Research Institute of Åbo Akademi University in Vaasa, Finland, approached the question…
Canterbury Tales is first major literary work developed as an app
A University of Saskatchewan-led international team has produced the first web and mobile phone app of Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales –the first major literary work augmented by new scholarship, in any language, presented in an app. “We want the…
Parkinson’s Foundation awards new physical therapy grant
NEW YORK & MIAMI — January 28, 2020 — The Parkinson’s Foundation announced that it has awarded its first-ever Parkinson’s Foundation Physical Therapy Faculty Award to three physical therapists, totaling $30,000. The physical therapists, all graduates of the Parkinson’s Foundation…
Parkinson’s Foundation awards new physical therapy grant
NEW YORK & MIAMI — January 28, 2020 — The Parkinson’s Foundation announced that it has awarded its first-ever Parkinson’s Foundation Physical Therapy Faculty Award to three physical therapists, totaling $30,000. The physical therapists, all graduates of the Parkinson’s Foundation…
UTEP receives $1M to increase number of students who pursue graduate engineering studies
The University of Texas at El Paso’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department was awarded $1 million from the National Science Foundation to help low-income, academically talented undergraduate students in engineering successfully advance to graduate studies. The Pathways to Success in…