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Walking along the McIntyre River on Lakehead University's Thunder Bay campus, it's easy to miss the thousands of years of history beneath one's feet.Students have been digging up the Thunder Bay, Ont., campus for treasure for years, where there are more than a dozen archaeological sites located on the traditional territory of Fort William First Nation.Thousands of artifacts have been extracted which show evidence of people quarrying and using local stone, called taconite, to make tools."Stone tools were important for…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain High school and middle school students in remote learning environments are more likely to be exposed to identity-based harassment, and have a greater likelihood of reporting the behavior, according to researchers. The findings suggest that employing transparency, streamlined reporting processes and restorative practices could help educators combat this type of bullying, which has been…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from City, University of London, in collaboration with the University of Surrey, De Montfort University, Universities UK (UUK) and the National Centre (NatCen) for Social Research have conducted the first pilot study into students' experiences of all forms of violence and victimization at UK universities. …

In February, while going to the library to check out a manga comic one of my students recommended, I (Thomas Franich) grabbed a copy (as I always do) of Scientific American and read the February editorial “Let Teenagers Sleep.” The editors advocated for delaying school start times based on overwhelming evidence that teens are biologically driven to go to bed later and wake up later than other age groups. The editors pushed for that change because later start times were linked to students’ well-being and possible…

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Monday, May 22.Roughly 44,000 immigrants without legal status attend college in California. But unlike some of their peers who have been granted protections under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival, those students are prohibited from working campus jobs.University of California leaders want to change that, announcing they’ll start exploring pathways to hire students who aren’t covered by DACA.The university’s regents voted last week to form a…

A study conducted by The Ohio State University suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected college students’ decision-making capabilities. Stress caused by the global event was found to have potentially overwhelmed students’ cognitive resources, leading to less consistent decision-making and difficulty in evaluating information effectively, with students more likely to fluctuate between intuitive and analytical thinking based on the framing of the scenario.The consistency of decision-making declined when…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In just a few months, higher education has moved from being afraid of how generative AI like ChatGPT could help students cheat, to cautiously embracing it by allowing students to use it under certain circumstances. In getting to grips with how AI will change education and society, we've heard…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain While previous research has focused primarily on anti-Black racism in predominantly white spaces, a study led by DeMarcus Jenkins, assistant professor of education (educational leadership) in the Penn State College of Education, examined the educational experiences of Black students in a predominantly Latino high school. The students' sense of unbelonging and feeling that their experiences…

The Czech automaker enjoyed a long and successful run in India with its mid-size sedan, the Rapid, before discontinuing it to make way for the new and sportier Slavia. The Slavia has now continued the momentum and is proving itself as a worthy replacement for the Rapid. However, even after discontinuation, the company couldn’t completely let it go. Recently, at its ‘Safer With Skoda Trackday’ event held at the National Automotive Test Tracks (NATRAX) facility in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, Skoda showcased a convertible…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For most of U.S. history, tattoos have been associated with sailors and bikers, but not church-going people. As tattoos have become more popular, with nearly one-third of U.S. adults sporting at least one tattoo, religious-themed tattoos have also increased. A recent study examined the behaviors of college students with tattoos, including religious tattoos.…