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The Vibes Are Off: Did Elon Musk Push Academics Off Twitter?

Political Science Now

Using a snowball sample of more than 15,700 academic accounts from the fields of economics, political science, sociology, and psychology, we show that academics in these fields reduced their engagement with the platform, measured by either the number of active accounts (i.e., retweeting and replying to others content).

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Learn more about: Exploring Indigenous Governance and Cultural Evolution in Oaxaca, Mexico

Political Science Now

He is a behavioral economist who uses economic theory and empirics to study topics in the intersection of economics, psychology, political science, sociology and anthropology.

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Curricular Innovations in Political Science at Community Colleges: APSA’s Committee on the Status of Community Colleges Virtual Workshop Series

Political Science Now

Levy holds advanced degrees in Interdisciplinary Studies in Adult Education emphasis on teaching diverse at-risk learners and in Political Science, emphasis on Political Philosophy, earned at San Francisco State University (SFSU). She has been a Political Science educator for twenty-four years.

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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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Rural universities, already few and far between, are being stripped of majors

The Hechinger Report

The University of Alaska system has scaled back more than 40 academic programs , including earth sciences, geography and environmental resources, sociology, hospitality administration and theater. Eastern Kentucky University shut down theater, economics and other majors. We’re just like lost causes if we’re from small towns.”.

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A regional public university’s identity crisis

The Hechinger Report

Given current circumstances, Richard Vedder, an economics professor emeritus at Ohio University, has decided to teach his fall course, “Economic History of Europe,” for a salary of $1. Richard Vedder, an economics professor emeritus at Ohio University and national expert on higher education finances, began teaching at O.U.

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Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts

The Hechinger Report

That doesn’t make sense, from a moral perspective, an economic perspective — from any perspective,” said Susan Mayer, chief learning officer at Achieving the Dream, which works with more than 300 community colleges to improve completion. At community colleges, nearly half the students quit after their first year.

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