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The Green Beanies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Starting around 1924, freshmen students had to wear green beanies for the first few weeks of schoolhttps://pillars.taylor.edu/taylor175wingtraditions/1014/thumbnail ...
History, Global, and Political Science Department
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Parsimonious Data: How a single Facebook like predicts voting behaviour in multiparty systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Recently, two influential PNAS papers have shown how our preferences for 'Hello Kitty' and 'Harley Davidson', obtained through Facebook likes, can accurately predict details about our personality, religiosity, political attitude and sexual orientation (Konsinski et al. 2013; Youyou et al 2015).
arxiv   +1 more source

Harold J. Ockenga [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Harold John Ockenga, or “Ocky” was an active student, participating in debates, athletics, and traveling evangelistic tours.https://pillars.taylor.edu/taylor175wingtraditions/1002/thumbnail ...
History, Global, and Political Science Department
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Me, My Echo Chamber, and I: Introspection on Social Media Polarization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Homophily -- our tendency to surround ourselves with others who share our perspectives and opinions about the world -- is both a part of human nature and an organizing principle underpinning many of our digital social networks. However, when it comes to politics or culture, homophily can amplify tribal mindsets and produce "echo chambers" that degrade ...
arxiv   +1 more source

The Taylor Farm [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
The purchase of the 70 acre Taylor Farm was made possible by a donation of $5,000 from Mrs. Martha McGrew in 1914, with the rest of the $7,000 price filled out by smaller donations in 1915.https://pillars.taylor.edu/taylor175wingtraditions/1011 ...
History, Global, and Political Science Department
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Mathematics education policy as a high stakes political struggle: The case of Soviet Russia of the 1930s [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2021
This paper is an introduction to our ongoing more comprehensive work on a critically important period in the history of Russian mathematics education; it provides a glimpse into the socio-political environment in which the famous Soviet tradition of mathematics education was born.
arxiv  

Structural problems of mining region innovative development (Kuzbass, Western Siberia)

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2017
At present, the issues of overcoming the negative structural shift in Russian economy, accelerating economic growth, reducing technological and social- and-economic gap between Russia and the developed countries are strategically important.
Dotsenko Elena, Ezdina Natalya
doaj   +1 more source

Museums, Nation and Political History in the Australian National Museum and the Canadian Museum of Civilization

open access: yes, 2015
The role museums play in shaping the public’s understanding of the past has recently become a matter of considerable interest for historians and others.
D. Dean, P. Rider
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Rise of Populism in Northeast India: A Case of Assam

open access: yesSocial Inclusion
A blend of historical and contemporary forces has shaped populism in India. The Congress government’s shortcomings (2004–2014), marked by dynastic politics and corruption, paved the way for the rise of populism, particularly under the Bharatiya Janata ...
Rakesh Mochahary, Loung Nathan K. K.
doaj   +1 more source

Adult Education Confronting White Christian Nationalism: A Thematic Analysis

open access: yesNew Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As a way to conclude, this article elaborates key themes that emerged from the collected articles in this volume. Each article carries its own important message about the role of adult education in confronting White Christian nationalism, while here, Prins and Carr‐Chellman offer a thematic interpretation of the volume as a whole. These themes
Esther Prins, Davin Carr‐Chellman
wiley   +1 more source

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