The Conversation Archive
A D Carson, Clemson University In the wake of the resignation of University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe, much is being written about the power of collective action among student groups to affect positive change on their campuses. The …
Frank T McAndrew, Knox College The Haunted House is a time-honored horror setting. All of us have shivered our way through spooky flicks such as The Haunting, The Amityville Horror, The Sentinel and Poltergeist. It’s not only at the movies …
Vanessa K Dalton, University of Michigan and Lauren MacAfee, University of Michigan On May 11 the Obama administration released updated guidance on insurance coverage of contraception. The announcement provides much-needed clarification for insurance plans regulated by the Affordable Care Act …
By Mindy L Kornhaber, Pennsylvania State University “Opt Out,” a civil disobedience movement against state-mandated testing in elementary and secondary education, is growing rapidly across the United States. Last year, Opt Out protests occurred in about half the states. This …
By Ebony O McGee, Vanderbilt University Dressed in a black hoodie and sagging jeans, DeAndre (name changed) swaggers down the street, singing loudly the gritty lyrics of a gangsta rap. This routine typifies DeAndre’s journey to and from school. Many …
Elizabeth Head, University of Kentucky Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia in older adults. At the moment there is no cure, but many clinicians feel that the earlier one is diagnosed, the better the possibilities are for …
Robert E. Rains, Pennsylvania State University and Dara E. Purvis, Pennsylvania State University On April 28, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Obergefell v Hodges, challenges arising in four states (Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Michigan) to anti-same-sex marriage laws. The …
Kimberly Moffitt, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; John Rennie Short, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Kate Drabinski, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Michael Sierra-Arevalo, Yale University Editor’s note: Protests erupted Monday into violence in Baltimore following the funeral of …
By Elizabeth Caucutt, University of Western Ontario Put together, these findings paint a bleak picture of how the fates of generations of poor children are largely sealed before they even set foot in a classroom, suggesting the current K-12 school …
Written b yJeane W Anastas, New York University President Barack Obama took a significant step on April 9 when he approved a statement supporting state-level bans on “conversion or reparative” therapies for LGBT youth. One part of the statement merits …
