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‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ choices shrink as colleges slash majors

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Fifty-five percent enroll right after high school , down from 61 percent in 2016 , according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Henderson State University in Arkansas dropped 25 programs in disciplines including history, political science and biology.

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Universities increasingly turn to graduate programs to balance their books

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That’s in part because the net price, or the amount students actually pay after discounts and financial aid, has increased nearly twice as fast for graduate as for undergraduate programs in the 10 years ending in 2016. Graduate school is way more expensive than undergrad,” Rivero said. Tuition and fees at the law school at St.

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Short Course: The Logic & Best Practices of Process Tracing (QMMR A)

Political Science Now

While the examples are primarily drawn from international relations and comparative politics, the methods we discuss are applicable to all the subfields of political science, to sociology, economics, history, business studies, public policy, and many other fields.

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College Uncovered: The Rural Higher Education Blues

The Hechinger Report

Just since 2016, the proportion of rural students who enroll in college has dropped even more. Political science. Jon: So, Kirk, here’s a statistic many people might not know: Rural students graduate from high school at a higher rate than their counterparts in cities and suburbs. Criminal justice. Philosophy.

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How Violence Against LGBTQ+ People Shapes Public Attitudes

Political Science Now

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. The first was the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting, where a gunman killed 49 people at an LGBTQ+ club in Orlando. American Political Science Review , 119.

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Careers at Community Colleges: Applying to Jobs at 2-Year Institutions

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Political Science from UC Riverside and is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Imperial Valley College. Dr. Cauchon specializes in International Relations and Political Theory, with a focus on environmental justice and transnational social movements. in Political Science from Richland Community College.

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College Uncovered, Season 2, Episode 8

The Hechinger Report

She’s a sociology professor at the University of Virginia and coauthor of the book Academically Adrift. Kirk: Sitting around a big oak table, Epstein and I dust off the 1966 leather-bound course catalog and compare it to the 2016 paperback. If you never want to take a science class, you don’t have to take a science class.