School of Education Assistant Professor OiYan Poon writes in The Conversation that when it comes to the ongoing debate over affirmative action in U.S. college admissions, both opponents and supporters among Asian Americans have plenty to say.
Both sides of the debate had a flawed understanding of fundamental aspects of how affirmative action is practiced in the United States.
As sociologists who have researched oil and gas drilling, we think this measure would enhance the rights of those who live near these sites.
Updating rules and standards to keep up with the times is a critical and positive update to the trade deal tying the North American continent together.
As sociologists who have researched oil and gas drilling, we think this measure would enhance the rights of those who live near these sites.
Whether you’re a farmer managing hundreds of acres of corn, a school teacher in care of young children at recess, or an unsuspecting tourist excited to watch the dolphin show, hail storms matter.
Conservationists have begun to think that if their planning took more account of people’s rights and needs, it might be more effective. But does social equity really mean the same thing across all of conservation?
In the coming decades, DIY biologists could provide patients with the knowledge needed to produce for themselves the drugs their lives depend on.
Child poverty has been relatively high in the U.S. since the late 1970s; for children in a female-headed household, the rate is near 50 percent.