How Incentives, Not Bans, Curb College Phone Distractions
College student using mobile phone. getty New research is focused on how colleges can handle the use of smartphones, which are distractions and can impede student learning in classrooms. According to Billur Aksoy, Assistant Professor of Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), and her colleagues from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Texas…