NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage
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NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage and lawsuit
Move to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars
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Male authors have higher retraction rates than female peers, with patterns varying by discipline and country, a study of over 20 million papers has found. 📄📉🧑🎓👩🎓
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Technology Networks
Male Researchers Retract More Papers Than Their Female Peers
A new global study reveals that male researchers have higher paper retraction rates than their female peers. We spoke to the lead author to find out why this could be the case.
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Students rate identical lectures differently based on professor's gender, researchers find 📚👩🏫👨🏫
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Students rate identical lectures differently based on professor’s gender, researchers find
When philosophy students were asked to evaluate identical lectures assigned to men or women professors, their responses varied by gender. The study suggests gender bias plays a role in how teaching is perceived.
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Published research in the social sciences has leaned consistently to the political left for more than six decades. The findings indicate that this leftward tilt has grown stronger over time, particularly regarding social and cultural issues. Read Full Article…
📜 A 65-year study of nearly 600,000 social science abstracts from 367 journals reveals a consistent leftward political tilt in published research, strengthening over time, particularly on social and cultural issues.
🤖 Using AI, researchers found that roughly 90% of politically relevant social science articles leaned left, with disciplines focused on identity and culture showing continuous leftward movement, while policy-focused fields moderated slightly in the 70s/80s before shifting left again post-1990.
🧠 The study suggests new contributors entering fields with progressive views are the primary drivers of this ideological drift, rather than older academics changing their minds, with abstracts rated further left on social/cultural topics than economic ones.
🌐 The research, published in Theory and Society by James Manzi, cautions that the findings measure published output and don't prove intentional bias, noting AI limitations, the focus on abstracts, and the application of a US political framework to global research.
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🤖 Using AI, researchers found that roughly 90% of politically relevant social science articles leaned left, with disciplines focused on identity and culture showing continuous leftward movement, while policy-focused fields moderated slightly in the 70s/80s before shifting left again post-1990.
🧠 The study suggests new contributors entering fields with progressive views are the primary drivers of this ideological drift, rather than older academics changing their minds, with abstracts rated further left on social/cultural topics than economic ones.
🌐 The research, published in Theory and Society by James Manzi, cautions that the findings measure published output and don't prove intentional bias, noting AI limitations, the focus on abstracts, and the application of a US political framework to global research.
#AcademicResearch #SocialScience #AIStudies
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How use of AI harms college students’ ability to learn: Students who copy answers from AI tools without verifying information experience declines in their ability to learn independently. These habits are associated with a weaker belief in their own capabilities…
🎓 Uncritical use of AI tools by college students is linked to declines in independent learning abilities and reduced motivation, according to research published in Scientific Reports.
💡 The study, involving 487 undergraduates from Henan Province, China, found that blindly copying AI-generated answers without verification weakens students' belief in their own capabilities (self-efficacy).
⚖️ Gender differences were observed: for male students, unreflective AI use had a stronger negative link to learning motivation, while for female students, it was associated with steeper declines in self-efficacy and self-directed learning.
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💡 The study, involving 487 undergraduates from Henan Province, China, found that blindly copying AI-generated answers without verification weakens students' belief in their own capabilities (self-efficacy).
⚖️ Gender differences were observed: for male students, unreflective AI use had a stronger negative link to learning motivation, while for female students, it was associated with steeper declines in self-efficacy and self-directed learning.
#AIinEducation #StudentLearning #AcademicResearch