A new professional development course at Stanford for middle and high school teachers highlights the importance of teaching the history of the First World War in a global context.
People who believe that certain social groups share an unchangeable essence are more likely to support programs and legislation that keep those social groups separated.
Analyzing 45 years of higher education data in the Bay Area, Dick Scott and Mike Kirst find that higher education has fallen behind the needs of an ever-changing region.
Stanford economist Robert Hall explored why the U.S. economy – since 2009 – has not experienced impressive growth, an effect that usually follows recessions. He finds the roots of the economy’s slow growth existed well before the financial crisis.
In his new book, sociologist Tomás Jiménez turns the conventional analysis of assimilation on its head and dissects the phenomenon from the perspective of Silicon Valley’s established population.
