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Enrollment and financial crises threaten growing list of academic disciplines

The Hechinger Report

Everybody’s already talking about program reviews,” said Rudy Fichtenbaum, a professor of economics at Wright State University in Ohio and president of the American Association of University Professors. Any time they see an opportunity to attack particularly the humanities and the social sciences, that’s what they’ll go after.”.

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Political Science Scholar, Janelle Wong, Elected to the Academy of Political and Social Science 2024 Fellowship

Political Science Now

The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) will welcome eight scholars as 2024 fellows this fall. It is a privilege to welcome another highly accomplished cohort of social scientists as fellows of the AAPSS, and it is especially gratifying to award inaugural fellowships in memory of Academy Fellows James S.

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Despite popularity with parents and teachers, review of research finds small benefits to small classes

The Hechinger Report

Now, a new October 2018 review of class size research around the world finds at most small benefits to small classes when it comes to reading. Andreas Schleicher, director of the education and skills unit at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, has long been arguing that the U.S.

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Deception as Investment: How to Make Digital Ponzi Schemes in China

Anthropology News

In the dim light of a Monday morning in August 2018, Meng, a 33-year-old woman living near Beijing, began her day with a sense of urgency. I conducted fieldwork among Chinese middle-class investors from 2018 to 2021, precisely during the period marked by the industry’s decline, to capture people’s shifting perception of their financial lives.

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Make Simple Cross-Sectional Data with World Bank Data (from {WDI})

Steven V. Miller

If you’re interested in topics of economic development, population growth, corruption, education levels—or almost anything else in the cross-national context—the World Bank’s DataBank has you covered. European Union, OECD states), economic groupings (e.g. NA #> 5 Afghanistan AF AFG 2018 93.4 There’s a better way, I promise.

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Print References/Reading List/Bibliography in Your Syllabus (With Some Style) in R Markdown and {stevemisc}

Steven V. Miller

Social Science Quarterly* #> 93(5): 1202–17. #> Economic Threats or Societal Turmoil? Peace Economics, Peace Science and #> Public Policy* 24(1). #> What Americans Think about Gun Control: Evidence from the #> General Social Survey, 1972-2016.” Economic Anxiety or Ethnocentrism?

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Elevating Social Studies with High-Quality Instructional Materials

TCI

According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. This broad field draws upon various disciplines, such as anthropology, archeology, economics, geography, history, law, and philosophy.