Political Science Now

MARCH 7, 2024

The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2023. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. Mary holds an M.A.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Executive Director Full Time Position – (OPEN) Senior Management District of Columbia, Washington, DC, US The American Political Science Association seeks an Executive Director to serve as the chief executive officer of the Association beginning in or around August 2024.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 16, 2024

Project Title: Racialized and Gendered Relief: How Working Women Experienced Pandemic Policies Margaret Brower Margaret Perez Brower is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Washington. institutions, higher education, political behaviors, and social movements.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 12, 2024

Her work focuses on the intersection of elite advocacy, courts, and public policy. Rachael Houston Rachael Houston completed her PhD from in political science from the University of Minnesota in 2021 and is now an Assistant Professor at Texas Christian University. Her work focuses on the intersection of media and courts.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Lozada, who is majoring in political science and minoring in economics, initially thought she’d be a lawyer, but she is now set on becoming an elected official. Their advocacy work has already begun, one high school senior at a time. “At Now, she plans to work as a health care manager in a hospital or medical center.

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Political Science Now

JUNE 6, 2024

Before attending the University of Missouri, Madeline obtained a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Public Administration from the University of Central Arkansas. After graduation, she hopes to pursue a career in academia and advocacy for students with disabilities.

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ED Surge

MARCH 10, 2023

“It comes down to the curriculum — being able to talk about the Black experience in class, even if it is online, in almost every field, from economics to political science.” Digital tools may not fully convey the experience of going to HBCU football games and step shows, then. But college courses?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

One nonprofit advocacy group calculates that 10 states spend more on employee pensions than on higher education; in Illinois, more than half of the $4.1 So have state employee pension obligations. billion for state universities and colleges goes to retirement costs, the independent Illinois Policy Institute reports.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2022

I probably called once a day,” said Francis, now a junior majoring in political science and sociology who plans to go to law school. Those kinds of obstacles get in the way of students everywhere, said Yolanda Watson Spiva, president of the advocacy organization Complete College America.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Lewis (he/him/his) is an identity politics researcher, social justice activist, and Associate Professor of Political Science at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the historic Tuskegee University.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Paul Public Schools, speaks with Yusanat Tway (right), a first-generation University of Minnesota student interested in attending law school but worried that work in human rights advocacy will not pay enough to justify the cost. But her onetime plans to major in political science now bend toward religion and thoughts of homesteading.

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Marginal Revolution

JANUARY 21, 2024

Or perhaps the group against X is too resource-constrained to respond to your greater advocacy. Of course there are other scenarios here. Your involvement on behalf of X might just be flat-out decisive. That said, those descriptors (and others) might apply as well to either side of the dispute, your side included.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2019

With her undergraduate degree in sociology and political science, “I couldn’t get anything more than serving jobs — not to dis on serving jobs,” said Jackie Vazquez-Aldana, a second-year law student at St. With her undergraduate degree, “I couldn’t get anything more than serving jobs,” says Vazquez-Aldana.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Undergraduates, on average, end up taking 15 credits more than they need to get degrees — a full semester’s worth — according to the advocacy group Complete College America. All of this takes a toll on graduation rates. And that, in turn, is why nearly 60 percent take longer than four years to finish , or never do.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Morales ended up enrolling at the University of Puerto Rico, where she finished in December with a degree in political science. “The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”. As a graduate of a high school in Puerto Rico, she was beating the odds even to accomplish that.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

“In rural areas there’s often not the tax base you find in an urban or suburban school to fund additional programs,” said Lavina Grandon, co-founder and board president of Rural Community Alliance, a nonprofit school advocacy organization. Photo: Amadou Diallo/The Hechinger Report .

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The company also announced a partnership in August with the University of London and the London School of Economics and Political Science to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in data science and business analytics for $25,000.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 7, 2024

Instructor : Titus Alexander has four decades of experience in civic education, engagement, and advocacy at a local, national, and international level. He currently teaches an advanced apprenticeship in Campaigning, Leadership and Management for Britain’s biggest trade union.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. Instead, lasting change likely requires sustained advocacy, legal protections, and broader cultural shifts that keep these issues visible beyond moments of crisis.

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MPSA

OCTOBER 12, 2021

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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Political Science Now

JANUARY 23, 2024

The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2023. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 12, 2024

The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2023. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. Before beginning his Ph.D.,

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Many parents are stuck, said Jennifer Greppi, parent policy director at Parent Voices California, an advocacy organization. Alexis Jordan, a single mom of four who lives outside of Puyallup, Washington, is working on a bachelors degree in social work and political science while keeping part-time hours as a housekeeper.

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Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

Engaging Citizenship introduces foundational concepts in political science through the lens of citizenship, democracy, and civic engagement, highlighting the relevance of the discipline to students’ lives and encouraging them to become engaged and empowered citizens. Schwartzberg, New York University (Presenter) Simon J.

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MPSA

JUNE 11, 2021

Helaine Blumenthal, Wiki Education Through its ongoing partnership with Wiki Education , MPSA has been helping political science and policy students engage with subject content in meaningful and lasting ways all while improving the world’s access to reliable knowledge in these very fields.

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MPSA

OCTOBER 24, 2024

“I had noticed things that were missing on Wikipedia, for example the article on women’s suffrage does not include important material on the contributions of women of color, but I was afraid of the practical, technical side of editing,” said Liebell, a political science professor at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. “I

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

Rodrigues had been traveling the country for weeks, meeting with parent advocacy groups in city after city, and working with them to get their grievances heard and addressed by local school boards. But beyond this day-to-day advocacy, critics see an organization with larger aims of discrediting teachers unions and public education.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2025

One such essay, written by Susan McWilliams Barndt, who teaches political science at Pomona College, takes up an existential question her students ask, especially these days: Why study the humanities when people are dying? According to Bulaitis and Wilson, thats the plan.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Charles Johnson, executive director of Pastors for Texas Children, a public-school advocacy group. “It Calvin Jillson, a professor of political science at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, said while he expects most incumbents to survive their primary challenges, Abbott has gained ground. “He’s

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Music: Kirk: So now we’re going to explore how and how quickly the politics of campus protests and even classroom discussions have changed — and what that means for you. Jon: Katherine Cramer teaches political science at Wisconsin. I recently sat down with John Tomasi. Katherine Cramer: Students are afraid of each other.

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MPSA

APRIL 11, 2019

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The political division they’ve witnessed hasn’t discouraged young voters, said LoMonte, a sophomore political science major from Bloomfield, New Jersey, who was wearing a “TCNJ Votes” T-shirt. It’s not enough to throw our hands in the air and give up,” said Williams, a senior political science major from Union, New Jersey.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 25, 2025

The political landscape for Latinos has historically been shaped by external factors such as nativist movements , which promote anti-Latino policies. Despite these challenges, the resilience of the Latino electorate is evident through their continued advocacy for rights and representation, even in the face of political hurdles.

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