
The Quest for Impact: The Case of Academic History
One of the benefits of ostensibly narrow academic pursuits is how their resulting scholarship can inform the work of more widely lauded popularizers and public intellectuals.
9 years agoA space to explore, share and shape the issues facing social and behavioral scientists
One of the benefits of ostensibly narrow academic pursuits is how their resulting scholarship can inform the work of more widely lauded popularizers and public intellectuals.
9 years agoWhen Marco Greco decided he wanted to create a collaborative creative of business games, he realized he had one major […]
9 years agoBusinesses work hard to ensure that their customers walk away happy. But just how much of a good experience do […]
9 years agorather than damning Wikipedia and Google for their imperfections, Amy Antonio argues we both embrace them and teach students how to validate the information they find there.
9 years agoConcerns about Chinese advances and US education declines, not internecine disputes between academic disciplines, marked the Hill debut of the agency-requested budget for the National Science Foundation.
9 years agoTransitioning through the mid-career point can be stressful and under the crush of ever multiplying responsibilities one’s professional identity can […]
9 years agoAcademics in children’s picture books tend to be elderly, old men, who work in science, called Professor SomethingDumb. Michelle Terras argues it matters if children are shown that researchers are male, mad and muddleheaded.
9 years agoIn a pair of views from our partner site The Conversation, two exponents of brain research discuss the utility of brain scan technology. Here Matt Wall reviews the promise of imaging.
9 years agoIn a pair of views from our partner site The Conversation, two exponents of brain research discuss the utility of brain scan technology. Here Catherine Loveday suggests that observational methods are still more valuable.
9 years agoTwenty percent of households in the United States still adhere to the traditional structure in which the wife stays home […]
9 years agoThe story of social science and war is a long one, going back to the Roman military in the late […]
9 years agoThe generation of knowledge by professors. The transformative conversations that happen outside of the classroom. The advancements in our understanding of society. How can you put a value on any of these things?
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