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The American Sociological Association is pleased to announce the results of their 2021 ASA elections. Congratulations to the 2022-2023 President […]
Lizzie Gadd argues that any commitment to responsible research assessment needs to include action on global university rankings. She argues universities should unite around the principle of being ‘much more than their rank.’
Most science communication training programs query participants and get positive responses. But more probing research has shown that students consistently overestimate how well they perform.
For a second summer, the American Educational Research Association is offering a series of online courses for researchers on using data, software and productivity tools in research.
Academic book publishing is under threat. Global university rankings and competition for funding and international student enrolments are reshaping the […]
Academic pipeline programs have created safe spaces for women, minorities and persons with disabilities to receive training in STEM disciplines […]
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.
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.
The National Academies’ Committee on National Statistics seeks nominations for members of an ad hoc consensus study panel — sponsored by the U.S. Census Bureau — to review and evaluate the quality of the 2020 Census.
SAGE Publishing is inviting applications for the 2021 SAGE Concept Grant, which provides funding for new software tools for social science research. Now in its fourth year, the Concept Grant scheme has to date invested over £120,000 in the development of early-stage software solutions that solve common problems faced by social researchers.
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.
Research from Loren Falkenberg and Elizabeth Cannon shows universities must “future proof” themselves, which happens when an institutional strategy is focused on the future while mitigating the impact of unforeseen events.
