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Is the School-to-Prison Pipeline Still Existent Today?

The School-to-Prison Pipeline (STPP) is a theoretical construct that describes the results of harsh disciplinary practices that push students out of the public education arena and into the criminal justice system. In short, the School-to-Prison Pipeline is made up of three significant contributing components...

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Will Virtual Socialization be the New Norm? 

[caption id="attachment_116422" align="alignleft" width="300"] Miyako Fujimiya, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] Technology has drastically changed within the past decade, and with these changes, there have been various impacts on our society. Most notable is the impact technology has...

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College and the Life Course

A person experiences significant change over the course of a lifetime. These changes often involve socialization, the process by which one learns the appropriate attitudes and behaviors within a culture. Without a doubt, the transition from secondary to higher education...

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