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Learn how Political Science Students are Improving Wikipedia

MPSA

By: Dr. Helaine Blumenthal, Wiki Education For the past several years, MPSA has been partnering with Wiki Education to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of topics related to Political Science. Thus far, Wiki Education has worked with 164 courses in the field of Political Science.

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Theme Panel: Civic Learning on Campus: Bringing Political Science In Mini-Conference I, II and III

Political Science Now

Murray, Weber State University (Presenter) Allison Rank, SUNY, Oswego State Session Description: Democratic erosion in the United States—rendered vivid in the events of January 6, 2021—as well as the global decline of democratic regimes should push us to reflect on how we introduce politics to students.

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This Texas community college group is offering free tuition – and much more

The Hechinger Report

grade-point average as a political science major at Northwest Vista College and hopes to become a lawyer. percent from fall 2020 to fall 2021, but the enrollment from the 25 high schools in the Promise program has vaulted 17 percent , said Chancellor Mike Flores. Gilmore boasts a 4.0 All told, the schools put $1.87

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Rebuilding the Transatlantic exchange on Learning & Teaching: The Active Learning in Political Science (ALPS) Blog Receives the 2024 APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award

Political Science Now

The APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award, jointly supported by the Political Studies Association of the UK and APSA , honors political scientists engaged in collaborative and productive cross-national partnerships that make a significant contribution to the discipline in the areas of teaching, research, or civic engagement.

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OPINION: With a skeptical public, higher education must do a better job explaining why college is worth the investment

The Hechinger Report

Generally, colleges of arts and sciences are large academic units within a university that offer a range of department-led majors and areas of study, research and creative activity: from the arts (e.g., English and other languages, history, religious studies), the social sciences (e.g., dance, film, theater) to the humanities (e.g.,

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Alice Xu Receives the 2024 Harold D. Lasswell Award for “Segregation and the Spatial Externalities of Inequality: A Theory of Interdependence and Public Goods in Cities”

Political Science Now

Lasswell Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best doctoral dissertation in the field of public policy. Alice Xu is an Assistant Professor at University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice and Department of Political Science (secondary appointment).

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Introduction to the Symposium, “Constitution-Making in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Chilean Process”

Political Science Now

Emerging political actors challenge delegitimized political elites with promises of a closer relationship with electorates, new rules to fight corruption, and more open access to the benefits of economic growth. The Chilean constitution-making process of 2021–2022 reasonably raised hopes for a different outcome.