Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
Teaching Future Teachers: An Argument for Incorporating More Teaching Preparation in Business Doctoral Programs
In sharp contrast to MBA and undergraduate business programs, business doctoral programs face far fewer limitations and guidelines on program curriculum and […]
Book Review: Epinets: The Epistemic Structure and Dynamics of Social Networks
Mihnea C. Moldoveanu, A. C. Joel Baum: Epinets: The Epistemic Structure and Dynamics of Social Networks. Stanford, CA: Stanford Business Books, 2014. […]
Finding Right With Wrong: Improving STEM Performance in US Schools
Remember the admonition to ‘show your work’ in math class? Focusing on where you went wrong – instead of hurrying to what is right – may be a great way to actually learn something, so it’s a shame more teachers don’t do that.
SBE Draws Three Flags in Football-Themed Waste Report
Picking up where Tom Coburn left off, the new U.S. senator from Oklahoma has released a punny compendium of what he sees as wasteful federal spending , including the inevitable shots at social and behavioral science grants.
‘Turgid’ Is NOT a Compliment
Academics need to enter the discussion that the rest of the world engages in every day, argue Jonathan Wai and David Miller. That requires them to write in a more conversational way, they write in an article first published at, umm, The Conversation.
Environmental Proactivity: An Economic Booster for Firms?
[We’re pleased to welcome Jesús Valero-Gil of University of Zaragoza. Professor Valero-Gil co-authored an article with Pilar River-Torres, Concepcion Garces-Ayerbe, and Sabina Scarpellini […]
Social Science Surveys Need to Be Ingenious in Finding Funding
In these days of declining federal budgets for statistical agencies and for research, a place like the Ohio State University’s Center for Human Resources Research, has to explore all funding options to maintain its formidable work.
Singapore Endows Professorship Named for First President
The Republic of Singapore is helping celebrate its first half century with a present that will enhance its second: an endowed professorship […]
