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 […]
Marking the First Decade of the First Social Science Megajournal
With the 10th anniversary of its launch upon us, we asked Bailey Baumann, an editor for SAGE’s open access journals, some questions about the decade and SAGE Open’s growth.
Event: Canadian Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
For the first time, the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences – Canada’s largest industry event and one of most comprehensive […]
Watch the Talk: Sustaining STEM Students Across Academic Pathways
Academic pipeline programs have created safe spaces for women, minorities and persons with disabilities to receive training in STEM disciplines for several […]
Eleanor Bernert Sheldon, 1920-2021: Pioneer in Social Indicators Movement
Eleanor Bernert Sheldon, a pioneer in the use of social indicators as an important tool of social science, died on May 8 at the age of 101.
Ronald Inglehart, 1934-2021: Founder of the World Values Survey
Ron Inglehart, a political scientist whose work on surveying values around the world set new and higher bars on what such studies could achieve, has died at age 86.
Social Science Conversations on the Legacy of George Floyd
After Derek Chauvin’s conviction for the murder of George Floyd, calls for reform and the restructuring of institutions fuel continuing calls for […]
Online Events: Understanding Diversity in STEM – WMPD Day
On May 12 – Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities Day – a series of online events will mark the release of a report on the status of these groups in science, analyze the new data, and aim to provide an understanding of what to do next.
Watch the Webinar: Deconstructing Neoliberalism in Higher Education
Higher education is striving to address problems such as access, inclusion, and elitism, but is a neoliberalist foundation undermining these efforts—or even the system itself? An online forum held on April 21, “Deconstructing Neoliberalism in Higher Education: How can we promote greater equity and re-professionalize the professoriate?” addressed this quandary.
