Promoting independent thought can stimulate greater output in individuals, while promoting interdependent though has little positive impact on individuals’ motivation and can in fact decrease it, according to a new study by Stanford psychologists.
As a winner of the 2011 National Humanities Medal presented by President Obama, Saldívar belongs to a distinguished group that includes writers such as Toni Morrison, John Updike and Elie Wiesel.
Students, faculty and community members gathered in Lane Hall Wednesday to hear Manuel Pastor discuss dramatic demographic changes in the 2010 census data and what these numbers mean given the current economic climate.