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Would You Rather: Transfer and Apply

Catlin Tucker

Option 1 Science: Design a new experiment to test a scientific hypothesis Science: Write a research paper on an environmental issue Math: Solve a set of problems and explain your solutions in a video tutorial Math: Develop a math game that helps others learn about a mathematical concept or process English : Write an essay analyzing the symbolism in (..)

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2025 ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships

Society for Classical Studies

In 2025, the ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship Program will offer 16 two-year fellowship opportunities with mission-driven social justice nonprofits for recent humanities and interpretive social sciences PhDs. Fellows join an engaged alumni community of PhDs working across a variety of sectors.

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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

The Hechinger Report

Heather Van Benthuysen, director, Chicago Public Schools Department of Social Science and Civic Engagement. In early October, the district held a virtual event to train high school students from wards with particularly low voter turnout rates to do election outreach.

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To Address Climate Anxiety, Consider How Students Get Their News on the Issue

ED Surge

As the frequency of severe weather events increases and the Earth’s temperature inches upward, emotions have intensified for a lot of students in the United States and it turns out that many keep their concerns about living on a warming planet to themselves.

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Do Online Degrees Lead to Jobs as Reliably as Traditional Ones?

ED Surge

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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The Math Revolution You Haven’t Heard About

ED Surge

Loved honoring that mathematics is a web of ideas as opposed to a linear trajectory filled with pre-requisites,” one instructor posted on social media. Many of the educators at the event said they were attracted by the desire to increase student engagement and to make math more relevant to students’ lives.

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Call for Proposals: Approaches to Human Rights Pedagogy | Application Deadline: February 25, 2025

Political Science Now

He has held grants from the American Council of Learned Societies, the International Research & Exchanges Board, and the Social Science Research Council. Visit APSAs Teaching Symposia page for information about this program and to view past events. He was a Fulbright Scholar and Senior Specialist.