Hello and happy Friday! This week we’ve got social science research on first-generation students and the crisis in higher education, new research on how anti-immigrant groups exaggerate immigration projections, and sociological perspectives on the civil rights case, Loving v. Virginia.
There’s Research on That!:
“Push for Completion May Harm First-Generation Students,” by Jean Marie DeOrnellas. In response to University of Wisconsin-Superior’s recent decision to cut academic programs, we rounded up research to discuss how these decisions may affect first-generation students.
Discoveries:
“Exaggerating Immigration on the Internet,” by Lucas Lynch. New research in Social Problems investigates how anti-immigrant groups manipulate immigration projections in the United States.
Clippings:
“How Do We Talk about Sexual Violence?” by Allison Nobles. Vox talks to Heather Hlavka about the language we use to describe and define sexual violence.
From Our Partners:
Sociological Images:
“Pod Panic & Social Problems,” by Evan Stewart.
Contexts:
“Virginia is for Lovers,” by Gretchen Livingston, Peter Wallenstein, Angela Gonzales, and Christopher Bonastia.
Council on Contemporary Families:
“Millennials, Gender, and a More Open Society,” by Barbara J. Risman.
And a Few from the Community Pages:
- Cyborgology reflects on technology in India, paywalls in academia, and Amazon’s second headquarters.
- Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies discusses the problem with comparing Hitler to a bully.
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