A desire to succeed despite adversity motivates people to pursue a legal career, but barriers caused by finances and careers advice are obstacles, a new study suggests.
Social Sciences
Nov 9, 2022
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The Olusosun landfill sprawls across 100 acres (40ha) in Nigeria's largest city, Lagos. Initially situated at the outskirts of the city, it is now at the city's center due to urban encroachment. Olusosun is often described ...
Social Sciences
Nov 8, 2022
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New research suggests the "growth mindset" strategy favored by some educators to improve student performance hasn't lived up to its promise—resulting in time and effort dedicated to growth mindsets in the classroom without ...
Education
Nov 7, 2022
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Nancy Latham is the executive director of the Council on Teacher Education and an associate dean in the College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Latham spoke with News Bureau education editor Sharita ...
Education
Sep 22, 2022
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The decades-long decline in U.S. college enrollment experienced its largest two-year decrease in more than 50 years this spring. Universities increasingly face stiffer competition with less money from state budgets, which ...
Economics & Business
Sep 10, 2022
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With abortion banned in at least 11 states—with more about to prohibit or strictly limit the medical procedure soon—it will likely increase the proportion of women who are single mothers, with a greater burden falling ...
Social Sciences
Jul 19, 2022
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New technologies and widespread internet and smart phone adoption have led to an increased availability of digital financial services, many of which are offered by non-traditional financial-service providers including so-called ...
Economics & Business
Jul 7, 2022
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Roughly 6% of the UK population provide informal unpaid care, and 60% of people in the UK will be carers at some point in their lives. This includes a number of people who are carers while studying at university.
Education
Apr 19, 2022
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Studying abroad in college can be a glamorous, once-in-a-lifetime learning opportunity.
Education
Mar 7, 2022
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People's ability to support themselves has declined more in middle-income countries than in rich ones during the pandemic. This is clear from a study in which University of Gothenburg researchers are among those presenting ...
Economics & Business
Feb 17, 2022
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