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Baseball’s Outsiders: Race and Gender in the Early Years, September 7, 2019
On Saturday, September 7 at 2 pm, join Dr. Leslie Heaphy for an enlightening afternoon highlighting both women’s baseball before 1915 and 19th century black baseball in New Jersey. In the 1890’s daring “bloomer girls” played baseball while the National…
Read MoreSlow Going on Faculty Diversity
Nick Hazelrigg reports on a study, published by the Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy, which shows very little progress, particularly at research universities. The study is based on federal data from 2013 to 2017. To read the report, click…
Read More“Where Can Poetry Take You?” Mercer County Community College Lecture, November 7, 2018
Nicole Homer, Professor of English at MCCC, will deliver a talk on Wednesday, November 7, at noon in the Communications Building, Room 109. Her talk is part of MCCC’s fall 2018 Distinguished Lecture Series at the West Windsor Campus, 1200…
Read MoreDoes Teacher Diversity Matter in Student Learning?
“Research shows that students, especially boys, benefit when teachers share their race or gender. Yet most teachers are white women.” Claire Cain Miller reports on several studies about the impact of teacher gender and race on student achievement. While training…
Read MoreFacial Recognition is Accurate, If You’re a White Guy
While some facial recognition software can identify gender, the accuracy of its results varies by skin tone and gender, accurate 99 percent of the time if the photo is of white men, but erroneous up to 35 per cent of…
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