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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ED Surge

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Two theories proposed by notable twentieth-century scholars stand out—one by James Samuel Coleman, an American sociologist who worked at the University of Chicago, and the other by French structuralist Pierre Bourdieu, who taught at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In the end, Kelly of Harvard says, the dream is to have similar courses that integrate calculus concepts in life sciences, economics, social sciences, physical sciences and engineering taught at colleges and high schools. But it’s hardly a foregone conclusion.

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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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ED Surge

MAY 11, 2023

The University of Michigan, in partnership with Coursera, is running a free online “ teach-out ” for educators and others who want to understand how AI chatbots work and what impact they might have on society, led by professors across disciplines including social sciences, medicine, computer science and others.

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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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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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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. This is even more the case under Covid-19 with community colleges under pressure to help hourly wage workers who have suffered the most in the economic downturn gain new skills.

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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.”. The human past has been shaped by harnessing and consuming materials and energy.

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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. In the final stage of the project, students situated medical AI tools in a broader social and economic context.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Andreas Schleicher, director of the education and skills unit at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, has long been arguing that the U.S. Slavin suggests that it might be more effective to operate larger classes, supplemented by one-to-one tutoring for kids who need it. Related: Putting an ed tech darling in context.

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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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Political Science Now

AUGUST 15, 2024

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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Political Science Now

AUGUST 12, 2024

He is the co-author, with Alexander George, of Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Science (MIT Press, 2005), and co-author, with Jeffrey T. Tasha Fairfield is Associate Professor at the London School of Economics. Her methodological research examines the Bayesian logic of inference in qualitative social science.

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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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TCI

MARCH 1, 2024

Integration of Economics and Civics for Real-World Connections Geography is only one of the social science disciplines. case studies, students explore geography alongside economic, political, and cultural concepts to provide a comprehensive understanding of our world. With Geography Alive!

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Political Science Now

MARCH 5, 2024

In one of her dissertation projects, she demonstrates that Japanese women, who are often in more vulnerable and less professional jobs, exhibit increased hostility towards female immigrants when exposed to information emphasizing the economic necessity of these immigrants, using survey experiments and text analysis.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

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.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2018

We’re still suffering from the consequences of the culture war, where the humanities in particular and also the social sciences and now even the sciences are seen as ideologically driven,” Hoeckley said. China and other economic rivals add them. Related: Ivy League degree: Now what?

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Prior to graduate school, Clara worked as a predoctoral fellow at the Institutions and Political Inequality unit at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) and as a research assistant at NYU’s Center for Technology and Economic Development. Learn more about the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant.

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A Psychology Teacher Writes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

That means finding something that hits home whether you teach A level Economics or KS3 Music, and everything in between. Habit formation limits growth in teacher effectiveness: A review of converging evidence from neuroscience and social science. Crown House Publishing. Sims, S. & & Allen, R. Kennedy, M. Korthagen, F.

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Steven V. Miller

JANUARY 12, 2022

Social Science Quarterly* #> 93(5): 1202–17. #> Economic Threats or Societal Turmoil? Peace Economics, Peace Science and #> Public Policy* 24(1). #> What Americans Think about Gun Control: Evidence from the #> General Social Survey, 1972-2016.” Economic Anxiety or Ethnocentrism?

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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. A worthy goal we hope they’ll aspire to on their own.

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Anthropology News

APRIL 30, 2024

Even amid the industry’s decline, P2P investors unaffected by platform bankruptcy were reportedly “the happiest” in China, per a 2018 China Academy of Social Sciences survey. As the state endeavors to cultivate fintech companies as catalysts for economic stimulation, there lies a strategic imperative for major platforms.

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Political Science Now

JUNE 18, 2024

Gender differences materialize in disparities in economic rights, social participation, and political voice and opportunity. She holds a Bachelor’s in Philosophy from Middle East Technical University (Turkey) and a Master’s in Political Science from Eastern Illinois University.

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Political Science Now

APRIL 12, 2024

She highlights how historical colonial ventures generally saw corporations like the British East India Company as economic entities. She holds a Bachelor’s in Philosophy from Middle East Technical University (Turkey) and a Master’s in Political Science from Eastern Illinois University.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2017

Archaeology of Human Origins” may sound interesting, but if you wait too long to focus on your economics major, you may not get in all the requirements you need. Let’s say you are a Florida State University student looking for a class to fulfill its history/social science requirement. Missing one means waiting a full year.

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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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Anthropology for Beginners

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Drawing from biological and social sciences, as well as clinical sciences, medical anthropologists have contributed significantly to the understanding and improvement of human health and health services worldwide. A specialised branch of anthropology, i.e, that predispose people to certain diseases.

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Steven V. Miller

OCTOBER 24, 2024

If you’re interested in topics of economic development, population growth, corruption, education levels—or almost anything else in the cross-national context—the World Bank’s DataBank has you covered. European Union, OECD states), economic groupings (e.g. There’s a better way, I promise. Here’s a table of contents.

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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

On the international Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) , American 15-year-olds rank toward the bottom of economically advanced nations in math achievement. It’s often not as precise as the hard sciences or even social sciences like economics.

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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 returned to the faculty at Wayne State University in 1966, where he remained until 1969.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2021

Moody’s also cited the “highly competitive market” for students, made worse during the economic downturn the pandemic triggered, which has constrained some families’ ability to pay. Emmanuel’s top undergraduate majors are now in science and health, edging out the humanities and social sciences.

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ED Surge

JULY 20, 2022

Avery Thrush (she/her), sixth grade science teacher at STEM Prep Academy in Nashville, Tennessee. Corey Winchester (he/him), history and social science teacher and staff coordinator of Students Organized Against Racism (SOAR) at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois.

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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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The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

Ingersoll predicts that when the pandemic ends and the economy improves, there could be an upsurge in teacher turnover and retirements, pointing to research on behavior during economic downturns that found that many workers are reluctant to quit their jobs and might postpone retirement until the crisis is over. But some people can’t survive.

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