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APRIL 16, 2025

The American Political Science Association (APSA) and the Japanese Political Science Association (JPSA) are pleased to announce a Call for Applications for early-career scholars from the US and Japan who are interested in conducting civically engaged research related to the social and political impacts of demographic change.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

But when one of her professors announced an opportunity for students to participate in a research internship to study young people’s well-being and civic engagement in the Coachella Valley, her interest was piqued. That’s super instrumental in our research quest.” She signed up. “Me He was just uplifting me,” Garcia says.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2021

A 2018 review of the research evidence for reducing class sizes found only small benefits in reading and no benefits in math, on average. Parents and teachers may like smaller classes but the research evidence for spending money on them isn’t strong. Class size reduction is costly,” the Danish researchers wrote.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Project Title: Engaging Wisconsin’s Native Americans in Social Science Research: Overcoming Non-Response Survey Challenges Natalie Jones-Kerwin, University of Wisconsin-Madison Natalie Jones-Kerwin is a third-year doctoral student in political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializing in American politics.

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Political Science Now

JANUARY 24, 2024

However, because computational social science (CSS) is still relatively new to the social sciences, it can feel like a hidden curriculum for many PhD students. We conclude with practical recommendations for departments and professional associations to better support PhD students. Read the full article.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

There’s a general consensus among education researchers that smaller classes are more effective. (In When I have written about unrelated educational reforms, researchers often compare them to the effectiveness of class size reductions to give me a sense of their relative impact. In math, it found no benefits at all.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2024

A trio of researchers at the University of Michigan, including one whose surname begins with W, documented an unintended consequence of grading in alphabetical order. The study is described in a 2024 draft paper posted on the website of SSRN, formerly known as the Social Science Research Network.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

in political science from the University of California, Merced in 2016 and 2018, respectively, and a B.A. Her research primarily focuses on two areas: American legislative institutions and Indigenous institutions and policy. She received her M.A. in economics from Stanford University in 2013.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Editor Sherry is the Associate Chair and Assistant Professor Teaching Stream in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto Mississauga, specializing in pedagogical research in biological anthropology, and community-engaged learning with the local Indigenous community.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Editor Sherry is the Associate Chair and Assistant Professor Teaching Stream in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto Mississauga, specializing in pedagogical research in biological anthropology, and community-engaged learning with the local Indigenous community.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

“Would You Rather” Options for Transfer and Application Below are examples of “would you rather” options designed to remove barriers and help students transfer and apply their learning more effectively.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that Turkish high school students who had access to ChatGPT while doing practice math problems did worse on a math test compared with students who didn’t have access to ChatGPT. The researchers believe the problem is that students are using the chatbot as a “crutch.”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2024

Education administrators at all levels need to act now to resist a rising tide of efforts against social science knowledge. There, too often, struggling students attempt to discredit the educator and the field of social science. Usually, when a student in a classroom is not understanding the material, they ask for help.

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Political Science Now

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Join APSA’s Committee on the Status of Graduate Students for a 90-minute virtual workshop introducing best practices and strategies for incorporating these social science research platforms into your scholarship.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Next Generation Science Standard Grades 3-5 ETS1-2 Engineering Design ETS1.B: B: Developing Possible Solutions Research on a problem should be carried out before beginning to design a solution. Let’s look at some examples of content standards and the rubric criteria teachers might use to assess them.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 5, 2025

Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA – Getty Images APSAs Institute for Civically Engaged Research (ICER) is a four-day, residential institute that provides political scientists with training to conduct ethical and rigorous civically engaged research. What is Civically Engaged Research? Applications are due by April 20, 2025.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

She began her academic career in the political science department at Washington University in Saint Louis. In December 2024, APSA awarded 22 projects for the APSA Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grants for Indigenous Politics for a combined amount of $44,000. She specializes in American politics. appeared first on.

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Society for Classical Studies

JANUARY 17, 2025

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 will take on roles in advocacy, policy research, communications, public engagement, and more.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 5, 2024

The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2023. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. candidate in political science at UCLA.

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Political Science Now

APRIL 4, 2024

The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) will welcome eight scholars as 2024 fellows this fall. It is a privilege to welcome another highly accomplished cohort of social scientists as fellows of the AAPSS, and it is especially gratifying to award inaugural fellowships in memory of Academy Fellows James S.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 12, 2024

Bayesian Reasoning for Qualitative Case Studies & Comparative Research (QMMR B) Half Day Short Course 1:30pm – 5:30pm This course introduces the Bayesian logic of qualitative case studies, building on “Social Inquiry and Bayesian Inference: Rethinking Qualitative Research” (Fairfield & Charman, CUP 2022).

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2023. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

Researchers have long found correlations between a child’s knowledge and reading scores, but that’s not the same as proving that building knowledge first is what causes reading comprehension to flourish later. In this study, the researchers copied a method used by charter school researchers.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 21, 2024

The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2023. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science.

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Political Science Now

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Join APSA and Russell Sage for a professional development webinar exploring best practices for winning research funding. Tuesday, October 8, 2024 | 2 pm Eastern | Register Here Seeking research funding is an increasingly competitive process and preparing a successful application can be a challenging and time-consuming exercise.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 20, 2024

The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2023. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2022

Subsequent research and statements from math experts questioned the relevance and efficacy of traditional pathways to calculus for all students. Research found that 80 percent of students said they took AP Calculus because it “looks good on college applications.” It’s time to reconsider the dominance of calculus.

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Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

“Courses in history, psychology, sociology, and political science are often part of the core curricula in journalism programs,” writes Paula Horvath in Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. Yet, the social science with perhaps the most to offer budding journalists, anthropology, has often been excluded from the chosen courses.” “The

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Rashawn Ray That’s the question a team of researchers at the think tank Brookings Institution are asking, through a new project that will probe the opportunities and barriers virtual reality offers in higher education. Or it might mean taking research off campus. A Digital Divide — Or Bridge? Community colleges are central to this.”

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In a survey, humanities, arts and social science professors say they really want their students to be able to analyze data, create charts and spreadsheets and reason mathematically – skills that high school math courses often skip or rush through. Majors that require calculus were excluded.

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Political Science Now

DECEMBER 9, 2024

He is the recipient of many grants and fellowships, including the Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the Alexander Onassis Foundation and the German Research Foundation. Roper is a Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

At Project Information Literacy (PIL), the nonprofit independent research institute I lead, a group of library and information science and new media researchers — including myself — conduct national research about the information seeking behavior of college students and recent graduates.

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ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2024

In response, Schneider and researchers from Michigan State and the University of Helsinki in Finland developed a curriculum called Crafting Engagement for Science Environments and published a related book. The participation of HBCUs is notable in part because they play a key role in training future K-12 science teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2020

To get a better job” is the top reason freshmen say they enrolled at a public university , UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute reports. The proportion of undergraduates who receive bachelor’s degrees in the humanities has fallen from a high of one in six to about one in 20 , according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. “Any

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

“These humanities fields are down to unprecedented levels,” said Rob Townsend, director of humanities, arts and culture programs at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Pure sciences like physics and chemistry are included in the liberal arts and sciences but not the humanities. It’s worrisome.”.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Liberal arts colleges have already created a hybrid talent pool with their STEM graduates, who in many cases also studied the arts, humanities and social sciences. Such students are strong candidates for the graduate programs and science laboratories that propel research and development.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

A notable example is the Obama administration’s “Race to the Top” initiative , which both isolates and prioritizes the STEM disciplines from the humanities, arts and social sciences. STEM is painted as a more profitable investment, in terms of job creation and research dollars generated. Bringing the Disciplines Together.

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