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11/11/2023
Find out from Nature Careers why postdocs’ enthusiasm for an academic career plummets:
Falling behind: postdocs in their thirties tire of putting life on hold Temporary contracts, low salaries and cost-of-living hikes force many researchers to put off parenthood and other big decisions.
11/06/2023
The 2024 Ida Lawrence Research Summer Internship Application is now open. As an Intern in Research, you'll work with experts nationally and internationally known as thought leaders, trusted advisors, and go-to collaborators for their high-impact work addressing significant educational and societal goals. Please click the link below for more information on ETS and to apply:
2024 Ida Lawrence Research Summer Internship Program in Princeton, New Jersey, United States For more than 75 years, we have amplified products and services based rigorous research and our belief in the power of learning. Driven by our mission to advance quality and equity in education, ETS provides learning solutions, pioneering research and trusted assessments that help guide learners aro...
06/26/2023
From Methods in Psychology: Quantitative research artifacts as qualitative data collection techniques in a mixed methods research study
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590260123000061?dgcid=raven_sd_via_email
06/13/2023
Only Two Days Left to Register for The Multivariate Quantitative Methods & Stats Workshop June 20-30, 2023, offered by Howard Graduate School and NAEP-HU SEI. To apply, please click here: https://howardsei.org/workshops -edac-4211-b663-85a45d7abf07
05/31/2023
There are only two days left to apply for the Basic Quantitative Research Methods Workshop, June 5-16 presented by ETS and the Graduate School. Accelerate your research and your degree!
The workshops are offered synchronous and online with Canvas and Zoom, so you can attend from anywhere.
Applications are open to any graduate students affiliated with Howard University.
Schedule:
Basic Quantitative Methods and Statistics Workshop, June 5 – 16, 10am-2pm [Must apply by this Thursday]
Multivariate Research Methods and Statistics Workshop, June 20 – 30, 10am-2pm
So Apply Now, Learn More, or Ask a Question
04/17/2023
Free Summer Workshops:
NAEP-Howard Statistics and Evaluation Institute Skills you need for your grad degree!
10/17/2022
Racial Bias in Healthcare:
Negative Patient Descriptors: Documenting Racial Bias In The Electronic Health Record | Health Affairs Journal Little is known about how racism and bias may be communicated in the medical record. This study used machine learning to analyze electronic health records (EHRs) from an urban academic medical center and to investigate whether providers’ use of negative patient descriptors varied by patient race o...
09/14/2022
Timely feedback on research can improve graduate student's wellbeing:
This lab asked depressed Ph.D. students what’s hardest—and what parts of grad school help them cope Teaching gave them a sense of purpose and accomplishment, many students reported
09/13/2022
Why account for s*x in research
The fraught quest to account for s*x in biology research Funders and publishers are increasingly asking researchers to account for the role of s*x in experiments — a requirement that’s contentious and hard to get right.
08/30/2022
US research agencies will have to make the results of all federally funded research free to read in public repositories as soon as they are published by the end of 2025.
US government reveals big changes to open-access policy Biden administration instructs all US agencies to require immediate access to federally funded research after it is published, starting in 2026.
07/27/2022
What motivates some to earn more than one doctoral degree
Do two PhDs make twice the researcher? Some scientists earn two PhD degrees to expand their skills, cross fields or create a niche research programme.
Psychology of Diversity: The Road from Racism to Inclusion has new opportunities for those researching how prejudice, racism and stereotypes affect people’s psychological, social, educational and economic well-being throughout the life span:
https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/PDRI
Some resources for funding your research can be found here:
https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/funding/faqs