Posted by Dan Galpin, Developer Advocate This blog post is part of a weekly series for #11WeeksOfAndroid. For each of the #11WeeksOfAndroid, we’re diving into key areas so you don’t miss anything. This week, we…
Administrators can help students know how to get…
During the standard campus orientation, incoming students are looking forward to meeting new friends and scheduling classes for their very first semester. For hours on end, they participate in sessions, learning about university policy as…
Graduate students should have more of a voice…
People often speak about “getting a seat at the table”: accessing places where decisions unfold. Academe has its own tables, and it matters who sits at them and, even more, who does not. As doctoral…
Academic Minute: Black Girls and Women in Mathematics
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Spelman College Week: Viveka Borum Brown, associate professor in the department of mathematics, explores feelings of isolation among Black women majoring in math. Learn more about the Academic…
It’s About Time. Make the Most of the…
By Shanna Swendson, @ShannaSwendsonPart of The Writer’s Life Series JH: Managing time is one of the more difficult things about being a writer. Shanna Swendson shares tips on how to keep writing, and how to stop the…
This PropTech Startup is Looking to Change the…
Courtesy of IE School of Architecture & Design Florian Schaffner has had a passion for architecture ever since his childhood. After he finished his bachelor’s degree in business at IE University, he went straight on…
Women in economics get interrupted, study shows
Female economists probably didn’t need a quantitative study to know that they get asked more questions when presenting than their male counterparts. Indeed, many female academics are familiar with manterruptions, an offshoot of the mansplaining…
Academic Minute: Gender-Neutral Language
Today on the Academic Minute: Deborah Bennett, professor of liberal arts at the Berklee College of Music, explores limits of teaching languages with only masculine or feminine pronouns. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.…
Academic Minute: Markets and Social Justice
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Scripps College Week: Nancy Neiman, the Mary Wig Johnson Professor of Teaching, explains why we can't count on free markets to erase social injustices. Learn more about the…