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Universities increasingly turn to graduate programs to balance their books

The Hechinger Report

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.

Sociology 110
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Olukunle Owolabi Receives the 2024 Merze Tate – Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award for “Ruling Emancipated Slaves and Indigenous Subjects”

Political Science Now

The Merze Tate – Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award , formally the APSA Best Book Award, is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best book on government, politics, or international affairs. Dr. Olukunle P. He holds degrees in International Relations (B.A.

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Navigating the Challenges & Considerations of Fieldwork: APSA’s Committee on the Status of Graduate Students Virtual Workshop

Political Science Now

Her research interests include public law, comparative politics, and research methods. She has published several books (authored and co-edited) and multiple articles on comparative law and courts, as well as on field research and research transparency. for work, education, or commerce. Dr. Sarah E.

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College Uncovered: The Rural Higher Education Blues

The Hechinger Report

Political science. He’s coauthor of the book “The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America.” And I think that’s why it’s so hard for us to reconcile to the fact that when it comes to politics, we actually can talk about this thing called rural America. Criminal justice.

Education 130
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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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Solidarity’s Colonial Dimension

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. “ Solidarity, in this period, became both a subject of sociological study and a tool for promoting a less coercive form of colonial governance.”

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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. Fewer college students are majoring in liberal arts subjects like philosophy or English and political science, like you did, Jon. And that has consequences for how much they learn in higher education.