VCU Sociology

really cool

A recent large-scale study has found that the more often students take courses with at least 40 pages of reading a week *and* 20 pages of writing in a semester, the greater their gains on the Collegiate Learning Assessment. So, all things being equal, these are good minimums. really good and relevant to our conversations in the department about standards,etc.

we see, for example, innovative school programs showing great success in serving immigrant English language learner high school students, we may want to know more about the nuances and factors in place. Such findings will help develop more contextualized understandings of how the programs actually work to improve youth outcomes. With such deeper understandings, study findings may be more likely to inform interventions in other settings or encourage policy or funding decisions to support program expansion.

we do this mini project in my undergrad race class on how residential segregation isn't "natural" but made. i always use the "what bus can you take to short pump? and when does it stop running?" example. this read has some links for me to add to their background reading

Tressie, nice companion to the Census chart you bookmarked. And likely in 2020, new "Middle Eastern / Northern Africa" category.

this continues to be a challenge for online surveys. worth sharing with students.

job ad gives some ideas on tools, methods, markets for data viz.