Medford / Somerville: If a job hunt is in your plans for 2017, your social network may be the best place to start. But whether you should concentrate your networking on your numerous “weak ties,” which is how most jobs are found, or a single “strong tie” who will champion your cause depends in part on the country in which you live.

Surfing the internet in class is now linked to poorer test scores, even among the most intelligent and motivated of students.

London: New research from the Cass Business School, the University of Warwick and the University of Wisconsin shows that women ask for wage rises just as often as men, but men are 25 per cent more likely to get a raise when they ask.

Iowa: Voters learn a lot about presidential candidates from the stories they read in the paper or watch on the evening news. How reporters frame those stories as well as the sources they interview can influence voter behavior and perception, said Raluca Cozma, an associate professor in Iowa State University’s Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication.

New Delhi: On the occasion of Teachers’ Day, the teaching community has collectively voiced their opinion on the current engagement level of Indian students and also identified the critical enablers to enhance student engagement through the fourth edition of Pearson Voice of Teacher Survey, 2016.

Washington: We know a lot about how gender shapes students' social experiences at college. But we know less about how students' day-to-day academic experiences differ for men and women, said Emma Cohen, a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences.