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Am very excited to be speaking at tomorrow's 7:30am Accreditation Liaison Officers (ALO) breakfast at #MSCHE2024 where I'll be representing the Beyond Transfer Policy Advisory Board & promoting credit mobility for all students: bit.ly/4fWWRMl #highered Sova

The Dana Center #math pathways model, which modifies traditional math remediation to be 1 semester & to be applicable to real-life situations, increased completion of students' first college-level math courses: bit.ly/4eBhR9J MDRC #highered Susan Sepanik UT Dana Center

Sugar was rationed in UK during WWII, & the rationing didn't end until 9/53. Data show that resulting differences in in utero & early life sugar exposure strongly affected the later adults' chances of developing #diabetes & #hypertension : bit.ly/3O6QTMi #health #sugar

Research: "people are quite good at discerning true from false info...partisan bias in responses to true and false info is pervasive & strong...skepticism against belief-incongruent true info is [>] gullibility to belief-congruent false info. bit.ly/3Os4Epd #psychology

Here's great info on what happens to dual enrollment&other college credits earned in high school when students enter community & bachelor's IHEs. Spoiler: dual enrollment doesn't save as much college tuition as we think: bit.ly/3V2Gi9k #highered Amy Richardson David Knight

Dual enrollment (college courses taught to high school students) in #Nevada has grown hugely in past 5 years (it is 6 X greater now than it was then). bit.ly/3UXrf0s But where are data showing that this enrollment actually saves students time & $ in college? #highered

The #California public IHE vertical transfer situation differs from #NYC @cuny. In NYC if you're a good student wanting to transfer from a commun. to a bachelor's IHE, there will be a commutable spot for you. Not in California, hurting students. bit.ly/3ZcLBW6 #highered

Emerging evidence from the 4 states in which community colleges giving bachelor's degrees is most common indicates that high percentages of students in these programs complete their degrees and are subsequently employed: bit.ly/4105RLP #HigherEd Elizabeth Meza

When first-generation college students don't persist in a college, it is more likely they have stopped out (vs. transferred) than is the case for students with college-educated parents: bit.ly/3OnWdv3 #highered

Enter MariTide, a new weight loss drug that needs fewer injections than the GLP-1 drugs & appears to take off significant weight that stays off. But it needs more safety testing: nyti.ms/418pgdx #health #obesity #weightloss Gina Kolata

In this research "Mansplaining," i.e. unresponsive advice ("unsolicited, generic, & prescriptive recommendations") by men "negatively affected women’s self-perceptions, leaving them feeling less respected, powerful, & trusting." bit.ly/4fMX9oM #Psychology

This research examines community college and transfer stigma in detail: bit.ly/4g4OGgD Unfortunately, such stigma is prevalent, such that numerous people conceal that they attended a community college before transferring and obtaining their bachelor's degree. #highered

Communities of practice can be a very useful component of academic initiatives such as the American Talent Initiative bit.ly/4iizfU3 and the Articulation of Credit Transfer Project bit.ly/494uJnA American Talent Initiative Ithaka S+R #HigherEd The City University of New York

Dual enrollment (college classes taught to high school students) is now growing significantly in bachelor's IHEs, not just just in associate IHEs, but its hard to get these students to subsequently matriculate in that bachelor's IHE: bit.ly/3Zkqwry #highered

3 community college bachelors program myths: 1) They duplicate existing academic programs & steal students from colleges 2) C.C.s lack quality & produce poor outcomes 3) Its easy for C.C. bachelor's programs to get approved" bit.ly/3B3q0X1 #HigherEd Cecilia Rios-Aguilar Debra Bragg

When researchers talk about culture in chimps, the examples they give are almost always associated w. obtaining or consuming food or drink: bit.ly/3Zkfhzm The #evolution of these complex behaviors isn't surprising given #Food's necessity for survival. Cassandra Gunasekaram

A study of ~80,000 people in 27 countries found "lifelong singles were less extraverted, less conscientious, less open to experiences...and less satisfied with their lives" compared to "ever-partnered individuals" bit.ly/4iwEAqS #psychology Julia Stern

See this new report by Maggie Fay et al. from @ccrc with excellent insights about how @cuny scaled up corequisite remediation (& decreased traditional, prerequisite, remediation): bit.ly/3P3twEd CAPR #highered #Math #cuny

Altho #California legislation mandating remediation reform has resulted in many more Black & Latino men passing college-level #math, are still large student success gaps when these groups are compared to other student pops: bit.ly/3VqbAqG Public Policy Institute of California #HigherEducation