Looking at individual semesters doesn’t tell the full story.
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Looking at individual semesters doesn’t tell the full story.
Continue readingAchievement gaps do decrease for active learning classes, but the amount of active learning matters.
Continue readingFirst-gen and low-income Asian/white students fare better than racially underrepresented students.
Continue readingThe percentage grading scale can lead to more students failing and over-count low grades.
Continue readingEven when the CVs are otherwise identical, physics faculty preferred applicants from majority groups as opposed to candidates from minority groups.
Continue readingFaculty at more prestigious universities tend to publish more. However, faculty at prestigious universities tend to be trained at prestigious universities. So it is the training or their current position that causes their productivity bump?
Continue readingMany instructors fear that switching from lecture to active learning will result in worse student evaluations. That doesn’t appear to be the case.
Continue readingYep, women who perform the same as men perform don’t feel they are as capable of doing physics.
Continue readingThe GRE: great at acting as a barrier to underrepresented groups, not so good as a predictor of completing graduate school.
Continue readingPhysics is less diverse than other physical sciences. Do graduate school admission processes contribute to this?
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