In The News: Department of Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education

Life in the Front Office Podcast

Dr. Marissa Nichols, Director of Leadership and Career Development at Boston University Athletics joins Dr. Nancy Lough from UNLV on Life in the Front Office, where they provide insights and unique advice to student-athletes and anyone wanting to work in college athletics as well as women wanting to work in sports.

The 74

After years of bottom-of-the-barrel education rankings, Nevada lawmakers adopted a number of reforms in 2015, including increased funding for low-income students and English language learners, universal education savings accounts, and the creation of a statewide district to take over failing schools.

Forbes

Think about the so-called "story problems" you studied in algebra and other math classes. How many of them dealt with, say, two trains which, no matter how far they traveled, could never catch your attention? Were you the kid that asked (or silently wondered) "When am I ever going to use this stuff in real life?" Did you ever get the answer to that question, or were you left pondering it while trying to solve confusing, seemingly irrelevant problems?

Edgar Daily Magazine

EDGAR investigates how Michael Jordan paved the way for the likes of Usain Bolt and Roger Federer to make millions from sponsorship.

Conversation

The WNBA’s growing popularity has made pay equity a hot topic in the sport, and over the course of this season, several players have drawn attention to the issue.

Minneapolis Star Tribune

As interest and stability increase for WNBA, so do calls for bigger salaries, expansion

PennLive

Black students and students with disabilities get suspended at higher rates, federal data show.

Hot Springs Sentinel-Record

Racial disparities in school discipline will persist until educators seriously examine the role their decisions play in the matter.

Phys.org

Racial disparities in school discipline are nothing new.

Raw Story

When two black men were arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks where they had been waiting for a business meeting on April 12, the incident called renewed attention to the bias that racial minorities face in American society.

EdTech

College campuses are often a hotbed for innovation aimed at promoting student success. However, sometimes a simple text message is all it takes to point a struggling student in the right direction.