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I know the issue of laptops in university classrooms is highly contentious, but this is worth the read... https://www.chronicle.com/…/Don-t-Insult-Your-Class…/241972/ Source: NCSA

“With a crown of stars in her hair and a toga-like dress, she's as patriotic as ever. She's also, for the first time [...]

A poignant examination of education and the role of HBCUs. https://www.facebook.com/pbs/videos/10155990954745256/ Source: NCSA

“Perhaps the progress the civil rights movement had fought for had missed parts of the country.” https://mobile.nytimes.com/…/…/us/black-churches-trump.html… Source: NCSA

Academic risk taking and creativity vs. The quest for the A https://www.theatlantic.com/…/5…/perfect-grades-dont-matter/ Source: NCSA

A reconsideration of the unilateral “opioids are bad” narrative that leaves chronic pain sufferers feeling like addicts. https://themighty.com/…/this-is-us-kevin-opioid-painkiller…/ Source: NCSA

Hmmm...”While a majority of whites in the poll say discrimination against them exists, a much smaller percentage say that they have actually experienced [...]

Happy Fall! The 2017 NCSA Fall newsletter is now posted. Two important things to note: 1) Instructions on conference submissions are included here, [...]

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Eastern Illinois University invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure track, Instructor position in Sociology to begin [...]

The Spring/Summer Newsletter The 2017 Spring/Summer Newsletter is out! Click here to read about the keynote address and plenary speaker from this year's [...]