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Report: Faculty of Color in Psychology Face Structural Hurdles in Academia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to the report, faculty of color can be subject to several “taxes” in academia. Citation bias and authorship inequities arise in the use of bibliometrics such as the h-index, citation counts, and impact factors, as these metrics fail to accurately capture long-term impact or predict future contributions.” Dr. Michelle Y.

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MIT and Harvard lift U.S. universities past U.K. in world rankings

University Business

QS ranked 1,594 institutions across 54 different subjects, taking into account a total of 15,700 academic programs. school gained the top spot in 32 out of the 54 subjects examined with Harvard and MIT securing the most per subject with 14 and 11, respectively. University of Oxford (U.K.) In total, 256 U.S.

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Study: 'Disruptive' science is on the decline

Confessions of a Community College Dean

To measure disruption, the authors used a previously tested metric called the CD index, which characterizes how papers and patents change networks of citations in science and technology. Yet the Kohn-Sham paper has an index of -0.22, indicating consolidation of previous work, the Nature paper argues. in 1950, compared to under 0.1

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Gamekeepers, poachers, policy wonks and knowledge

SRHE

However, promotions and kudos sit firmly in citations and h-indexes rather than short form communication. The event description pitched the former, in government, thinking that academic research is too narrow, theoretical or impenetrable for their purposes focusing on critique rather than practical solutions. More West Wing below.

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Scholarly Conversations, Seed Documents, and the Regressive New WorldCat

Academic Librarian

Thus, if the same book or two is discovered through a catalog search, a subject index search, and in the bibliography of an article in a subject-specific scholarly encyclopedia, it’s probably a source the student needs. I write this after a traumatic experience. A seed document is one that helps students find that conversation.

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AI/ML in EdTech: The Miracle, The Grind, and the Wall

eLiterate

It has indexed large swathes of the internet and many books. Anyway, after a few days of intermittent tinkering, I was able to produce a chatbot that could carry out a sustained and informative conversation about David Hume’s theory of epistemology, to the point where it gave me new insights into the subject.

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Find a Good College Fit: Academics

Great College Advice

They have a good sense of what is important in a subject, and they can marshal their own resources to ensure their own academic success. Find the Right Fit: Start with Academics Finding the right college fit is tough. About as tough as finding a good pair of shoes. I recently bought a pair of shoes. I’m hard to fit. My feet are pretty wide.