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OPINION: Ask not what can be done with a humanities degree

The Hechinger Report

They opened opportunities for economic and social mobility and moved my parents’ generation beyond the experiences of their grandparents and great-grandparents, many of whom, as first- and second-generation immigrants to this country in the nineteenth century, started their working lives as farmers or day laborers.

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In Memoriam: Renowned Political Scientist and former APSA President, Dr. Matthew Holden, Jr., Passes Away

Political Science Now

He also completed an APSA Oral History Interview in 1993, where he shares his experiences in the discipline of political science. He was also President of the Policy Studies Organization and a Board Member of the Social Science Council. He returned to the faculty at Wayne State University in 1966, where he remained until 1969.

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Educators Team Up to Respond to Sudden Rise of ChatGPT

ED Surge

There’s an emotional toil of realizing that you have to reinvent teaching." — Kevin Yee Other efforts announced by educators in recent weeks include: New York University’s Center for Responsible AI and the New York Public Library are launching the All Aboard!

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics.

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The Election of FDR and the Immediate Response to the Great Depression

ACRE

Marcus Witcher and covers the 1932 election, the transition of power from the Hoover to FDR administration, and early economic policies designed to combat the Great Depression. The lesson could be used as a precursor to a unit on the New Deal in history classrooms or as a case study on economic policy impacts in a social science course.

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

Steven V. Miller

library ( RefManageR ) bib Mitchell, Sarah McLaughlin and John A. library ( tidyverse ) library ( bib2df ) library ( stevemisc ) bib % filter ( COMMENT == "citemyshit" ) %>% arrange ( YEAR ) %>% select ( where ( ~! Social Science Quarterly* #> 93(5): 1202–17. #> Economic Anxiety or Ethnocentrism?

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De Gruyter and American Political Science Association (APSA) Sign Partnership Agreement

Political Science Now

Its portfolio makes De Gruyter one of the world’s largest and most reputable humanities publishers while extending to subject areas like natural and social sciences, economics, technology, mathematics, architecture, design and more.