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

The Hechinger Report

Henderson State University in Arkansas dropped 25 programs in disciplines including history, political science and biology. North Dakota State University announced plans to phase out 14 programs , including food safety and soil science, and has proposed getting rid of 10 more.

Geography 135
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Curricular Innovations in Political Science at Community Colleges: APSA’s Committee on the Status of Community Colleges Virtual Workshop Series

Political Science Now

Levy holds advanced degrees in Interdisciplinary Studies in Adult Education emphasis on teaching diverse at-risk learners and in Political Science, emphasis on Political Philosophy, earned at San Francisco State University (SFSU). She has been a Political Science educator for twenty-four years.

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Rural universities, already few and far between, are being stripped of majors

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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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OPINION: With a skeptical public, higher education must do a better job explaining why college is worth the investment

The Hechinger Report

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., dance, film, theater) to the humanities (e.g.,

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Navigating the Challenges & Considerations of Fieldwork: APSA’s Committee on the Status of Graduate Students Virtual Workshop

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Her ongoing work includes a co-edited volume on concepts, data, and methods in comparative law and politics, and projects examining institutions of electoral governance in Latin America, and how research methods are used in political science scholarship. for work, education, or commerce. Dr. Sarah E.

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What Drives Polarization?

Political Science Now

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. As political rhetoric continues to intensify in the digital age, their work offers valuable insights for policymakers, media platforms, and researchers alike.

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A regional public university’s identity crisis

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said Christina Ciocca Eller, an assistant professor of sociology and social studies at Harvard University who studies regional public universities. Jennifer Fredette, an associate professor of political science and an active member of the O.U.-A.A.U.P., There is big tension over purpose and identity.”.

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