Giving a talk today to psych PhD students at UMass Boston on #altac careers and, at this point, I thought it would be helpful to keep a public google doc with links to resources I commonly share. Here it is! Feel free to share! docs.google.com/document/d/1QV…

Why is children's well-being plummeting? Peter Gray and colleagues blame plummeting opportunities for independent play, which is the ONLY way kids get opportunities to solve problems independently and develop confidence in themselves. Let Grow jpeds.com/article/S0022-…

* laughs in AltAc *

New on the HxA Blog: Student learning is enhanced when dissenting viewpoints are voiced, but too many students are reluctant to discuss contentious topics in class. HxA's Nicole Barbaro shares three strategies for faculty to help get students talking. heterodoxacademy.org/blog/self-cens…

“When people are exposed to popularly held ideas, their thinking tends to be lazy and narrow,...But when they hear a minority point of view, a rarer perspective, their thinking expands” Exactly as articulated by JS Mill

On the blog, Nicole Barbaro explains that the data from the HxA Campus Expression Survey shows that students who interact more with their peers are more likely to share their viewpoints in class. We need to get students talking. heterodoxacademy.org/blog/self-cens…

Best research centre in world? I think it's Centre for Culture and Evolution at Brunel University London. They're looking for new Director! Come lead amazing evolutionary & cross-cultural psychologists, anthropologists, behavioural ecologists. Centre for Culture and Evolution jobs.ac.uk/job/CZS909/pro…

Student self-censorship in the classroom is a problem that should concern all educators. Nicole Barbaro shares what faculty can do about it this week on the blog. heterodoxacademy.org/blog/self-cens…

Passive lecturing does not provide enough opportunities for students to discuss and share their views in class. On the blog, Nicole Barbaro shares strategies for faculty to get students talking. heterodoxacademy.org/blog/self-cens…

When contentious topics are the focus of class discussion, Nicole Barbaro recommends norm setting at the beginning of class to remind students of the value of viewpoint diversity for their learning. heterodoxacademy.org/blog/self-cens…

Detailed data on pandemic learning loss. Large learning losses across the board, affecting poor districts most. But, demographic differences were small within communities. Long lockdowns and physical and mental pandemic effects were main drivers. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

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Student-self censorship harms student learning, argues Nicole Barbaro Find out what you can do about it, this week on the blog. heterodoxacademy.org/blog/self-cens…

You often hear that full siblings "share 50% of their DNA." But did you know this is actually the median and the range is pretty wide, roughly between 40–60%? journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/a… isogg.org/wiki/Autosomal…

We're thrilled to welcome 13 new Campus Communities to our growing Network. “Our expanding program signals real hunger in higher education for authentic community, tenacious thought, and a return to first principles on campus,” said @kylesebvitale heterodoxacademy.org/hxannouncement…

We need to stop telling grad students and adjunct faculty to "keep their head down." They can play a transformative role in changing campus climate, especially in classrooms where they are doing most of the teaching on campus. youtube.com/watch?v=ZgC1AE…

What a fun convo with Nicole Barbaro about academia, Twitter, and the importance of talking to people who disagree with you about things.