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Spring 2025

Research Insights are bite-sized, usable takeaways from ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø faculty working papers, peer-reviewed articles, and other publications. We include a sample here that cover different policy topics—from increasing trust in the media to improving educational programs in jails. You can find more Research Insights on our Policy Topics page.

 

Can receptive language help news media win back trust?

Trust in the news has weakened in the United States. Professors Julia Minson and Nancy Gibbs tested whether news organizations might build back public trust by changing the language they use in articles.

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Are instructors teaching critical thinking?

Critical thinking skills are essential, but Suzanne Cooper and fellow researchers reveal that they are primarily being taught implicitly by professors at professional schools. 

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Simpler headlines to get more clicks

Todd Rogers and colleagues report that readers prefer simpler headlines to more complex ones, even when the stories are about complicated topics.


 

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Developing a rehabilitation program that works

Marcella Alsan and others found that inmates who took part in an innovative county jail education program were less likely to return to jail, and they also built their skillsets at relatively low cost.

See the findings

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