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‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ choices shrink as colleges slash majors

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The University of Alaska System scaled back more than 40 , including earth sciences, geography and environmental resources and hospitality administration. The University of Alaska System scaled back more than 40 programs , including earth sciences, hospitality administration and geography and environmental resources.

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Learn more about: How has Federalism Shaped (and Constrained) Native American Political Rights?

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Melanie Jean Springer, University of California, Santa Cruz Melanie Jean Springer is currently an associate professor of politics at the University of California at Santa Cruz. in political science from Columbia University in 2006. She specializes in American politics. She received her Ph.D.

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Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Syed Hossain, University of Montana

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Syed Hossain received his bachelors degree with a major in political science and minor in geography, as well as a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree, from the University of Montana. The DFP provides support to students applying to, or in the early stages of, a PhD program in political science.

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Learn more about: Green Corn Renaissance: Mvskoke Food Sovereignty and the Political Ecology of O’safke

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Their work engages the fields of human geography, biogeography, and critical agrarian studies. This grant by APSA is funding research into the political ecology of Mvskoke farming in the 20th century. They currently live and work as a visitor in Cukson on the unceded lands of the Tohono Oodham and Pascua Yaqui.

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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. If I was still a high school senior,” said Witherspoon, who is scheduled to graduate in the spring, “I wouldn’t come here.”.

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Webinar Series: Teaching the 2024 U.S. Election

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How are political science educators bringing the 2024 U.S. What assignments or activities should political science educators use to help undergraduates understand the 2024 U.S. Allison Rank is an associate professor of American Politics at SUNY Oswego. campaign and election from multiple perspectives.

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Do Local Roots Impact Washington Behaviors? District Connections and Representation in the U.S. Congress

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Congress By Jesse Crosson , Purdue University , and Jaclyn Kaslovsky , Rice University Although commentators often point to the political value of legislators’ geographic ties, less is known about the influence of such connections once in office. American Political Science Review The post Do Local Roots Impact Washington Behaviors?