Opinion writer Jay Caspian Kang shares his view that affirmative action policies merely make for “cosmetically diverse” campuses, rather than contributing to broader social justice initiatives. Natasha Warikoo, a professor of sociology at Tufts University, believes affirmative action is worth saving, and we should find ways to reframe it.

An interview with Priya Fielding-Singh, the author of “How the Other Half Eats.”

Corporate executives increasingly share the same political views. Learn about the (lack) of laws that shaped this trend and the consequences for society.

Compared with homes in primarily white neighborhoods, homes in primarily Black areas have consistently been undervalued by tens of thousands of dollars over the last decade, after accounting for fundamental factors that contribute to home values SEATTLE , April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- (NASDAQ:

You know the saying: “There are no shortcuts in life.” What if that saying is just wrong? In his new book Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life, the mathematician Marcus du Sautoy argues that shortcuts can be applied to practically anything: music, psychotherapy, even politics.

A review of papers published in the Journal of Economic Development shows big disparities in which countries get studied, and by whom.

Even a tiny bit of gender bias can change the trajectory of a career.

The cost of improvement is becoming unsustainable

The long read: Medical research and practice have long assumed a narrow definition of the ‘default’ human, badly compromising the care of anyone outside that category. How can this be fixed?

Nearly 70% of darker Latinos said their skin color prevented their job advancement.

Even accounting for factors lenders said would explain disparities, people of color are denied mortgages at significantly higher rates than white people.

Appraisers should avoid using words that lend themselves to bias judgments. Instead, the appraisal report should document objective facts. “Bias” in

People are finally paying attention to mental health at work, but some major myths are holding us back. Adam breaks down what we get wrong about mental health at work, what individuals and organizations can do to start getting it right, and why we all need compassion more than empathy. Thanks to our guests Demar Derozan, Sally Maitlis, Darlene Upton and Paul Bloom for joining us on this episode.

On this episode, we dive into the changing conversation about race and ethnicity in medicine. We hear stories about why it’s harder for Black Americans to get kidney transplants, why “Asian” is too broad of a category when it comes to public health, and how we could collect better, more meaningful data.

In Registered Reports (RRs), initial peer review and in-principle acceptance occurs before knowing the research outcomes. This combats publication bias and distinguishes planned and unplanned research. How RRs could improve the credibility of research findings is straightforward, but there is little empirical evidence. Also, there could be unintended costs such as reducing novelty. 353 researchers peer reviewed a pair of papers from 29 published RRs from psychology and neuroscience and 57 non-RR comparison papers. RRs outperformed comparison papers on all 19 criteria (mean difference=0.46; Scale range -4 to +4) with effects ranging from little improvement in novelty (0.13, 95% credible interval [-0.24, 0.49]) and creativity (0.22, [-0.14, 0.58]) to larger improvements in rigor of methodology (0.99, [0.62, 1.35]) and analysis (0.97, [0.60, 1.34]) and overall paper quality (0.66, [0.30, 1.02]). RRs could improve research quality while reducing publication bias and ultimately improve the credibility of the published literature.

In this paper, we suggest a systematic approach for developing socio-technical assessment for hiring ADS. We suggest using a matrix to expose underlying assumptions rooted in pseudoscientific...

The real problem with the Mercator projection

One school using the software saw that a student’s face was captured more than 1,000 times during the week

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Philipp Brandt, Stefan Timmermans Sociological Science June 17, 2021 10.15195/v8.a10 Abstract We propose an abductive logic of scientific inference for quantitative research.