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Webinar Series: Teaching the 2024 U.S. Election

Political Science Now

Her research agenda focuses on political science pedagogy, campus-based civic engagement, and pop culture & politics. She is the recipient of the Barbara Burch Award for Faculty Leadership in Civic Engagement (American Democracy Project, June 2024) and the Stand Out Faculty Award (ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, November 2019).

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More universities and colleges reach out to boost their home communities

The Hechinger Report

Northeastern was called out for paying nothing at all in 2014 toward the $2.4 But critics complained that the ambitious plan shortchanged more traditional forms of scholarship and caused the university to fall in national rankings. billion), MIT ($13.5 billion), and at least seven other universities and colleges.

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In one country, women now outnumber men in college by two to one

The Hechinger Report

It matters for employment stability and civic engagement. “It’s a crazy cycle,” said Adrian Huerta, an assistant professor of education at the University of Southern California who focuses on college access and gender. “We We know that when you have a college education, there are good outcomes with health. Today, 56 percent are women.

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First Things First When Teaching Civic Education

MPSA

The political science teaching world was abuzz with ideas about how to get students to roll up their sleeves, get involved in government at the local level, and prepare for lives of civic engagement. It was published in PS: Political Science and Politics in 2014. These citizens have little interest in civic engagement.

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