Culture

Joining fraternities and sororities distracts college students from their coursework. A new study suggests students’ grades may suffer and they select easier classes to accommodate Greek activities.

From the Scholars Strategy Network, written by Kelly Frailing, Loyola University New Orleans. This piece has been edited for Journalist’s Resource.

Pundits often assume a minority group has a homogeneous opinion, that members of a particular race will share political values and vote the same way.

The reality, of course, is far more nuanced. New research charts the way values vary between African-American communities in regions of the United States with different histories of racism and discrimination.

From the Scholars Strategy Network, written by Jules Boykoff, Pacific University in Oregon

From the Scholars Strategy Network, written by Katrina Kimport, University of California, San Francisco.