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To control your spending this holiday season, stick with cash
(THE CONVERSATION) The holiday shopping season is now here, and Americans are ready to splurge. The average U.S. shopper expects to spend more than US$1,000 on gifts for Christmas and other winter holidays this year, surveys show.
These days, consumers have no shortage of payment options, each seemingly more enticing than the la ... (full story)
The Conversation: Dogecoin is a joke − so what's behind its rally?
(THE CONVERSATION) Rockets aren't the only thing Elon Musk is sending into the stratosphere.
After a three-year plummet, dogecoin is blasting off again, jumping 250% since the election of Donald Trump – part of a broader wave of optimism in the industry, due to Trump's courting of crypto advocates during his campaign.
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Graduate students explore America's polarized landscape via train in this course
(THE CONVERSATION) Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.
Title of course:
Crossing the Divide
What prompted the idea for the course?
I developed the idea for this course in 2016 during an Amtrak writing residency program. I spent over t ... (full story)
Akron Law signs second 3+3 agreement with an HBCU
Administrators at The University of Akron School of Law have signed a 3+3 agreement with Wilberforce University, the oldest HBCU (Historically Black College or University) in the state of Ohio and the first private HBCU in the nation, establishing an accelerated pathway for undergraduates to obtain their bachelor’s and law deg ... (full story)
Polling in the age of Trump highlights flawed methods and filtered realities
(THE CONVERSATION) The results of the 2024 presidential election cement a trend in American politics: Polls cannot accurately gauge support for Donald Trump. In the 2016, 2020 and now 2024 elections, polls consistently underestimated Trump's support by an average of 2.3 percentage points.
While that average polling error is with ... (full story)