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Death row inmates await Biden's promise to end federal executions
This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldIn whispers through air ducts and notes under cell doors, prisoners debate whether president will fulfill campaign promiseMon 22 Mar 2021 10.02 EDTThrough notes passed under cell doors with string and conversations whispered through air ducts, death row prisoners in Indiana are debating whether Joe Biden will fulfill his campaign promise to halt .Biden hasn’t spoken publicly about capital punishment since taking office four days after the Trump administration at the penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, where federal...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldIn whispers through air ducts and notes under cell doors, prisoners debate whether president will fulfill campaign promiseMon 22 Mar 2021 10.02 EDTThrough notes passed under cell doors with string and conversations whispered through air ducts, death row prisoners in Indiana are debating whether Joe Biden will fulfill his campaign promise to halt .Biden hasn’t spoken publicly about capital punishment since taking office four days after the Trump administration at the penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, where federal...WW…
A social-belonging intervention improves STEM outcomes for students who speak English as a second language
Students who speak English as a second language (ESL) are underserved and underrepresented in postsecondary science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. To date, most existing research with ESL students in higher education is qualitative. Drawing from this important body of work, we investigate the impact of a social-belonging intervention on anticipated changes in belonging, STEM GPA, and proportion of STEM credits obtained in students’ first semester and first year of college. Using data from more than 12,000 STEM-interested students at 19 universities, results revealed that...…Students who speak English as a second language (ESL) are underserved and underrepresented in postsecondary science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. To date, most existing research with ESL students in higher education is qualitative. Drawing from this important body of work, we investigate the impact of a social-belonging intervention on anticipated changes in belonging, STEM GPA, and proportion of STEM credits obtained in students’ first semester and first year of college. Using data from more than 12,000 STEM-interested students at 19 universities, results revealed that...WW…
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