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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

The Hechinger Report

Some school districts, local governments and nonprofit groups across the country have galvanized this youth activism by giving students opportunities to participate in leadership roles and democracy in ways that go beyond civics classes and student government. Things … the government does affect us, but we can’t vote,” she said.

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Three Political Science Professors Named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Political Science Now

Each year, the Guggenheim Foundation awards approximately 175 fellowships to individuals making their mark in the social sciences, the natural sciences, the humanities, and the creative arts. He is also an affiliate of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science where his office is located.

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

Steven V. Miller

The most recent year for which it has data is 2019. Thus, I want to focus on just a few years: let’s say 2014 to 2019. That will explain the arguments of start = 2014 and end = 2019 you see in the code above. 0.626 NA #> 6 Afghanistan AF AFG 2019 97.7 NA #> 2 Albania AL ALB 2019 100 -7.91

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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. #> External Territorial Threats and Tolerance of Corruption: A #> Private/Government Distinction.” Peace Economics, Peace Science and #> Public Policy* 24(1). #> What Americans Think about Gun Control: Evidence from the #> General Social Survey, 1972-2016.”

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Member Spotlight: Dr. Matthew Stein, College of Southern Nevada

Political Science Now

Meet Dr. Matthew Stein APSA Member since 2018-Present Instructor in the Department of Social Sciences College of Southern Nevada How did you learn about APSA? The (amazing) chair of the political science department, Robin Kolodny, ensured that doctoral students and candidates had APSA memberships.

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First Things First When Teaching Civic Education

MPSA

The American Political Science Association (APSA) hosted their first annual Teaching and Learning Conference in 2005, while the Journal of Political Science Education had debuted the previous year. I was deeply involved in this process. Students had the option of working on their project individually or forming small groups.

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Meet the New Editorial Team for the American Political Science Review (APSR)

Political Science Now

Recent years have seen extensive discussion over how to achieve scientific progress in the social sciences. Her other work has been published in leading journals in political science. Laia Balcells is a Professor of Government at Georgetown University. This is no easy task.