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Marry Early, Settle Down, Succeed? What Couples Research, Divorce Data and the WHO Say to University Students
Does marrying early bring order, and does a formal commitment protect against violence? The research says commitment helps, the certificate…
Retrieval, Spacing and Interleaving: What Learning-Science Evidence Actually Supports
A look at which study techniques hold up under meta-analysis, which rest on single studies, and which popular claims—like matching instruct…
Studying in Provo: universities, housing and student life
Where students live in Provo, how the BYU-contracted housing system works, where to furnish a room cheaply, the rules on part-time work for…
Studying in Sacramento: universities, housing and student life
Where students live in Sacramento, how to rent a room without losing a deposit, the free SacRT pass for Sac State and Los Rios students, pa…
Studying in Buffalo: universities, housing and student life
From the University at Buffalo's Amherst campus to the West Side and the Broadway Market, a grounded look at student life in New York's sec…
Studying in Columbus, United States: universities, housing and student life
What it is really like to study and live in Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State and the city's other universities, where students find rooms, what t…
Studying in Detroit: universities, housing and student life
Where students study and live in Detroit, what a room really costs, how to furnish it cheaply from Eastern Market, how to avoid rental scam…
Studying in Rochester, United States: universities, housing and student life
From the University of Rochester on the Genesee to RIT in Henrietta: campuses, neighbourhoods, dorm costs, RTS buses, the Public Market and…
Studying in New Orleans: universities, housing and student life
Where students live from Uptown to Gentilly, how to find a room without losing a deposit, what the RTA charges, and the honest trade-offs o…
Studying in Portland, United States: universities, housing and student life
From Portland State downtown to OHSU on Pill Hill, here is how students live in Portland, Oregon: neighbourhoods by quadrant, dormitory rat…
Keep Them Ignorant: What Rulers Wrote Down When They Limited Schooling, from 1830 to 2026
Is 'keep them ignorant' a strategy or a conspiracy theory? In four documented cases the rulers wrote the reason down. Research on 109 count…
Studying in Worcester: universities, housing and student life
Where students live in Worcester, how to rent a room on its three-deckers without losing a deposit, what dormitories cost in 2026-2027, and…