Week in Review: March 8, 2019

What’s new this week:

Scripps College Professor Roberto Pedace discusses preconceptions of economics in this U.S. News & World Report article on what to do with an economics degree.

Dr. Nancy Haug of Palo Alto University shares her expertise on cannabis and mental health in this episode of The Psych Files podcast.

In a piece for The Washington Post, Professor Bridgette Gunnels of Oxford College of Emory University looks at a case from the 1980s for ways to force the Trump administration to follow the law on refugees.

What we’ve been talking about:

On International Women’s Day, Ali discusses the gender gap in higher ed thought leadership and calls for more female voices in a piece for Inside Higher Ed’s Call to Action blog.

What’s next on our calendars:

Teresa will co-lead an Academic Impressions workshop on Developing Presidential Voice: Strategies and Best Practices on September 26-27 in New Orleans.

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A thought worth pondering. We hear more and more often that people are worried about trolls rather than conversational critique. “The Comment Moderator Is The Most Important Job In The World Right Now” https://t.co/WvT4CwPEfD

— Teresa Valerio Parrot (@tvparrot) March 5, 2019

I have children and I’m not an academic, but as a woman I really appreciated this piece (full of really important points) by @CSM_Omaha Prof. Shannon McMahon. Read it and share! https://t.co/VDglKtANe8

— Kristine Maloney (@kristinemaloney) March 4, 2019

Colleges may make an effort to attract and accept low-income students—but when these students arrive on campus, do they feel included and accepted or isolated and lonely? @ElissaNadworny speaks with the author of a new book that addresses that questions:https://t.co/GMnxUpJebl

— Kylie Kinnaman (@kylielkinnaman) March 5, 2019

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