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How four universities graduate their low-income students at much higher rates than average

The Hechinger Report

We want the students to stay in their major of choice,” he said, whether in the sciences, social sciences or otherwise. Other such practices include first-year seminars, writing-intensive courses, service learning, internships and study abroad.

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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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Speaking Truth to Israel Requires More Than Academic Freedom

Sapiens

In December 2023, I attended an online seminar featuring the anthropologist Ghassan Hage , a leading expert on race and migration. Scholars in the social sciences and humanities must put our ethical values and critical thinking tools to work to explicitly challenge such “post-truth” distortions.