Successful research methods regarding immigration and migrant populations was the focus of the 2019 Summer Institute on Migration Research Methods, held recently at Penn State’s University Park campus.
Suspension is one way schools discipline students, but the high number of and disparities in suspensions in the U.S. has sparked controversy and policy debate. New Penn State-led research has found that students who are black are more frequently suspended than white students of similar behavioral, academic and socio-economic backgrounds. However, students with disabilities, including those of color, were not more frequently suspended.
The 2018 National Symposium on Family Issues will focus on the challenges that families in rural areas face and the strategies they take to maintain financial stability, health and well-being. The symposium, “Rural Families and Communities,” will be held Oct. 22-23 at the Nittany Lion Inn.
A National Science Foundation-funded Penn State project will evaluate the accuracy of using Twitter data to represent populations across different demographic groups.
Children in foster care often suffer detrimental effects that can carry over into adulthood and infect future relationships. However, new Penn State research indicates youth who age out of foster care attain higher educational achievement than those who exit foster care and are reunited with their families.
The controversy of Puerto Rico's death toll from Hurricane Maria has put the spotlight on proper data analysis not just for the current recovery, but for future disaster and emergency efforts. The situation is particularly dire for the island because it is a territory with no representation in Congress, for example. Statistics must tell the story for Puerto Ricans, said a Penn State demographer.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, assistant professor of African-American studies at Princeton University, will deliver a free lecture in 10 Sparks Building at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 15.
Jennifer Glick, Arnold S. and Bette G. Hoffman Professor in Sociology at Penn State, has been appointed as director of the Population Research Institute, part of the Social Science Research Institute.
A recent study by Penn State researchers found that undocumented Latino immigrants are not the most likely group to report discrimination.
Blacks and Hispanics are significantly more likely than whites and Asians to live in high-poverty neighborhoods — neighborhoods that are often characterized by poor schools, limited social services and high crime rates, according to Penn State research.
Resources, presentations and career options for GIS and related fields are highlighted during an expanded program of 2016 GIS Day activities Nov. 14-15 at Penn State’s Pattee Library and Paterno Library at University Park.
Erica Frankenberg, associate professor of education and demography and co-director of the Center for Education and Civil Rights at Penn State, and her colleagues recently published "School Integration Matters: Research-Based Strategies to Advance Equity." The book sheds light on how and why U.S. schools are experiencing increasing segregation more than 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education declared segregated schooling inherently unequal.
Adolescence is a developmental period of immense social, physical, and emotional change. In the midst of it all, both boys and girls face double standards for how peers react to sexual experiences, new Penn State research shows.
In the last half of the 20th century we’ve witnessed a seismic shift in women’s employment, but paid work is a limited resource that not all women have equal access to, according to Sarah Damaske, assistant professor of labor and employment relations and sociology at Penn State, along with her colleague, Adrianne Frech, assistant professor of sociology at Akron University.
Gender dynamics and the future of marriage is the focus of a new publication edited by Penn State faculty.
