Peer Impact Follow

Members of 26 MySpace social groups for self-injury (SI) provided data for this study investigating knowledge of SI, friends' perceptions of SI, and the impact of online activity on SI. This study proposes that people who have belonged to these online[...]

Forrester Research is seeking a Public Relations Intern to work 40 hours a week for 6 months in Forrester's European Headquarters, Amsterdam. Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides pragmatic and forward-thinking[...]

Today, the FCC will adopt an order sanctioning Comcast for restricting BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-transfer traffic on its broadband network. It's a big victory for network neutrality advocates. Although the FCC adopted principles in 2005 and condemned[...]

President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan was indicted by the International Criminal Court on July 14, 2008. The oil-rich nation has been targeted by imperialism because it is building strong relations with the People's Republic of China. Originally uploaded[...]

By Marty Hittelman President California Federation of Teachers The news that the California Department of Education has recalibrated its method of calculating high school drop out rates is welcome and the revised totals are disturbing. Accurate numbers[...]

12 miles south of Logan, said her USU faculty adviser, Jim Evans. "This could have an impact on determining the risk." The area is feeling development pressure. There is a proposal to turn Powder ...

Analysis of Non-Governmental Organizations on the international stage with peer reviewed sources.

A systematic literature review conducted by a team of scientists from the University of Connecticut, the Hispanic Health Council (Hartford), and the Connecticut Center for Eliminating Health Disparities among Latinos assessed the impact of peer education/counseling[...]

Scott Durchslag joined Skype last week (June 30) as chief operating officer, reporting to President, Josh Silverman. I caught up with him Monday while he was in Luxembourg for a meeting of Skype's leadership. I first met Scott a few years ago when he[...]

Classroom Peer Effects and Student Achievement Author abstract: "Using a unique longitudinal dataset from Florida, we analyze the impact of classroom peers on individual student performance. Focusing on the influence of peers' fixed characteristics on[...]