Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 22, 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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The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2020

Everybody’s already talking about program reviews,” said Rudy Fichtenbaum, a professor of economics at Wright State University in Ohio and president of the American Association of University Professors. Any time they see an opportunity to attack particularly the humanities and the social sciences, that’s what they’ll go after.”.

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Political Science Now

APRIL 4, 2024

The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) will welcome eight scholars as 2024 fellows this fall. It is a privilege to welcome another highly accomplished cohort of social scientists as fellows of the AAPSS, and it is especially gratifying to award inaugural fellowships in memory of Academy Fellows James S.

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Political Science Now

MAY 9, 2025

He is currently working on his honors thesis on the emergence of artificial intelligence in the criminal justice system and how this new technology encounters social dilemmas like racial bias.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2019

This story is part of our Map to the Middle Class project , where we ask readers what they want us to investigate about educational pathways to economic stability. Students can combine computer science with linguistics, English or journalism, for example, or they can mix cybersecurity and economics.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2023

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.,

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 12, 2024

Bayesian Reasoning for Qualitative Case Studies & Comparative Research (QMMR B) Half Day Short Course 1:30pm – 5:30pm This course introduces the Bayesian logic of qualitative case studies, building on “Social Inquiry and Bayesian Inference: Rethinking Qualitative Research” (Fairfield & Charman, CUP 2022).

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

And in 2001, the engineering accreditation body ABET added a new criterion so as to ensure that students get “the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.”. Bringing the Disciplines Together. We wanted to put together a new course on “materials.”.

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Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

We engaged in a collaborative project based in the School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) designed to explore how AI tools might support undergraduate learning in anthropology. When students are aware of AI’s capacities as well as its limitations, their writing and research both improve.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The economic devastation wrought by Covid-19 and its disproportionate impact on students served by community colleges make this an ethical imperative. Colleges and universities also leave students to fend for themselves when it comes to finding highly valuable paid internships and research opportunities and connecting with employers.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2023

At Minerva, we have just five majors: Computational Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Business, and Arts and Humanities. We are developing problem-solvers, entrepreneurs and leaders from a hundred nations, weaving them together as one community to overcome the greatest challenges facing humanity.

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ACRE

APRIL 15, 2024

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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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2018

The number of bachelor’s degrees conferred in history has fallen 25 percent since 2007 alone, English language, literature and composition 22 percent, and philosophy and religious studies 15 percent, the research firm Burning Glass Technologies calculates. China and other economic rivals add them. Related: Ivy League degree: Now what?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

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 Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2017

Rather than take public support for granted, researchers began to document what theatre, dance, film, music, literature and visual arts contribute to society and how artists produce reward, economically and socially. LINC funded groundbreaking research on artists in diverse communities, including the First Nation.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

. — FEBRUARY 13, 2024 De Gruyter and the American Political Science Association (APSA) are pleased to announce agreement on a cooperation partnership to publish two new book series: The De Gruyter-APSA Teaching Civic Engagement Series and The De Gruyter-APSA Political Science Professional Development Series.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 15, 2024

Throughout the course we will emphasize best practices and applications to exemplars of process tracing research. The course’s final section is devoted to small-group breakout sessions, where participants workshop how they plan to use process tracing in their research.

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Steven V. Miller

JANUARY 12, 2022

Social Science Quarterly* #> 93(5): 1202–17. #> External Territorial Threat, State Capacity, and Civil War.” #> *Journal of Peace Research* 51(5): 634–46. #> Journal of Peace Research* 50(6): 677–90. #> Economic Threats or Societal Turmoil? Political #> Research Quarterly* 70(4): 790–802. #>

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Political Science Now

JUNE 18, 2024

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. Gender differences materialize in disparities in economic rights, social participation, and political voice and opportunity. This piece, written by Irem B.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2017

But finishing in four years matters, because research shows that the longer it takes, the less likely a student is to make it to graduation. A quarter of students drop out after four years, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Some states’ figures are even higher. Missing one means waiting a full year.

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Political Science Now

APRIL 12, 2024

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. She highlights how historical colonial ventures generally saw corporations like the British East India Company as economic entities. This piece, written by Irem B.

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Anthropology for Beginners

DECEMBER 9, 2021

medical anthropology has engage in both basic research into health and healing systems and applied research aimed at the improvement of therapeutic care in clinical settings or community public health programs in prevention and disease control. A specialised branch of anthropology, i.e, that predispose people to certain diseases.

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Steven V. Miller

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Does democracy precede economic development? Does economic development precede democracy? His argument is one of “modernization” and his particular flavor of it contends modernization (viz, economic development/per capita income) decreases a major source of political conflict: income inequality.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

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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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

Critics say she misrepresents research to make her case and her ideas actually impede students. This is a whole effort to shut me down, my research and my writing,” said Boaler. “I Cognitive science research suggests that students need a lot of practice and memorization to master math. That tells us something.”

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Political Science Now

MARCH 14, 2025

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 is a Social Worker and lives in Australia.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2021

Amodeo, a 21-year-old senior biology major with a concentration in health science and a minor in chemistry, had accepted a job as a research technician at one of the world’s preeminent cancer centers, a few blocks away, instead of taking an offer from the top-rated hospital at which the professor had a long affiliation.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

Data doesn’t yet confirm a trend, but if many Black teachers do quit, researchers and educators are concerned about the implications for student achievement and ongoing efforts to diversify the nation’s teaching workforce. It will be months, possibly years before researchers know the impact the pandemic has had on the ranks of Black teachers.

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Political Science Now

JULY 26, 2024

The result is a compelling case for their argument that “college sports operate as a segregated, economic industry overseen by and largely for the benefit of men” (166). They are published in multiple social science and interdisciplinary peer-reviewed outlets and public-facing forums.

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Anthropology for Beginners

APRIL 29, 2021

In contrast to earlier studies of urbanism, urban anthropology applied anthropological concepts and field research methods to urban populations where the city was the context of the research rather than the phenomenon under study. Other research focuses on systems of formal social control such as police, courts, and prisons.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Recent years have seen extensive discussion over how to achieve scientific progress in the social sciences. Meet the New Editors Marisa Abrajano is professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego. Her research interests focus on racial and ethnic inequalities in the U.S. This is no easy task.

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Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

An anthropologist who researches coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians argues such critics need more than free speech protections. As a professor at an Israeli university who leads a research project on coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians, I’ve witnessed the threats firsthand.

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Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

After explaining the history of colonization as a process of intense economic extraction and political subjugation by imperial powers, she then explained that decolonization was something far more modest. During the Q&A at the end, an anonymous participant asked, “Is the United States a colonial power?”

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2019

A new study finds that conservative students earn slightly lower grades than liberal students at college, but researchers say it’s not necessarily a sign of faculty bias. The research was also conducted by Matthew Woessner at Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, and Amanda Thompson at the University of Georgia.

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MPSA

APRIL 11, 2019

One of our sister social sciences—economics—is among the least liberal of the academic disciplines. I maintain that disclosure works in the classroom and research, too. As for our discipline, political scientists are known for being ruthless de-bunkers of assumptions on both left and right.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2016

Private banks and colleges would make those decisions together, Sam Clovis, a co-chair of Trump’s campaign and an economics professor at Iowa’s Morningside College, said in an interview. percent, according to Carnevale and fellow Georgetown researcher Ban Cheah. China and other economic rivals add them.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Donald Trump outlined his policy and philosophy for K-12 education in a speech at Cleveland Arts and Social Sciences Academy (CASSA) , a for-profit charter school in the largest city of battleground state of Ohio. Many private and faith-based schools would close without the public subsidy (welfare for the cynical).

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