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AbstractObjectiveLimited research investigates the relationship between levels of immigration, a source of societal integration and regulation, and U.S. suicide rates. We examine the aggregate immigration–suicide link during the 2008–2010 period, in light of the 30‐year high in suicide rates and concern about deleterious effects of immigration on the well‐being of American society.MethodsWe use data on 250 U.S. metropolitan areas and ordinary least squares regression to examine the association between immigration and suicide for 2008–2010.ResultsNet of controls, recent immigration, is linked to lower suicide levels for the native‐born population but has no association with foreign‐born suicide rates. High levels of immigration are most protective for native‐born suicide under favorable economic conditions.ConclusionsImmigration is not a threat to societal health in terms of higher suicide rates. Future research should consider the mechanisms through which beneficial effects of immigration on suicide rates operate.

Seeking to measure stocks of migration-specific human & social capital available to Mexican immigrants & to quantify their effect in promoting migration to the US, data from the Mexican Migration Project (N = 7,143 households surveyed in Mexico & 456 in the US) are used to assess the share of people in western Mexico who have been to the US &/or are socially connected to someone who has migrated to the US in the past, & is living in the US (at time of survey). Results show that 40% of household heads from this region -- & 20% of all persons of labor force age -- have been to the US at least once in their lives, & 25% have an immediate family member currently living in the US; 61% have a member of their extended family living north of the border; & 37% report knowing a friend in the US. All told, 73% of household heads in western Mexico are socially connected to someone living north of the border, & 81% at least know someone with US experience. These extensive stocks of human & social capital lead to very high probabilities of outmigration over the course of a Mexican's life & suggest that migration to the US may continue even as economic pressures to migrate diminish. 6 Tables, 17 References. Adapted from the source document.

The Decoding the Disciplines (DtD) methodology has been used to study bottlenecks to student learning in a range of disciplines. The DtD interview process involves conversations between faculty regarding disciplinary practices. This article analyzes the use of the DtD approach in a student-faculty partnership to explore questions about disciplinary learning in political science. The research team compared how faculty and two cohorts of undergraduates decode a specific disciplinary bottleneck—the task of writing a literature review in political science. Results from the interviews reveal fundamental differences in how faculty and undergraduates conduct literature reviews in this discipline, including a troubling disjuncture as undergraduates become more expert in this process. Because the research team included both students and faculty, we also explore issues of disclosure and power in student-faculty partnerships in SoTL research.