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Should Universities Be Parents?

By Robert Dingwall | Published: April 17, 2018

Increasingly, says Robert Dingwall, UK universities are taking a more paternal role in the lives of their students, taking -- or perhaps resuming -- more...

Also posted in Higher Education Reform, Teaching | Tagged binge drinking, in loco parentis, mental health, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, Student Experience, student poverty, student welfare | Leave a comment

Washington and Social Science: Science Chair Still Questions Value

By Mark Vieth | Published: April 5, 2018

Congress cleared the final fiscal year 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Act, and the president signed the measure into law, narrowly averting another government shutdown. The House...

Also posted in News | Tagged Census 2020, Lamar Smith, Mark Vieth News Bulletin | Leave a comment

Nominations for the 5th Annual CASBS-SAGE Awards Open

By SAGE | Published: March 8, 2018

CASBS at Stanford University and SAGE Publishing are announcing nominations to the fifth annual SAGE-CASBS awards. The award goes to researchers who have made outstanding...

Also posted in Interdisciplinarity, Recognition, Research | Tagged Award, Call for Nominations, CASBS, SAGE Publishing | Leave a comment

The State of Gun Research in the US: Six questions answered

By Lacey Wallace | Published: February 21, 2018

The research needed to answer questions about the role of firearms in acts of horrific mass violence doesn’t exist – and part of the problem...

Also posted in News, Research | Tagged Guns, Mass Shootings | Leave a comment

A Cry From Canada: Freedom of Expression Under Attack at Our Universities

By SAGE | Published: February 14, 2018

The former president of the University of Saskatchewan argues that freedom of expression is under attack in Canada's universities through an accumulation of episodes that...

Also posted in Higher Education Reform | Tagged Academic Freedom, Canada, Freedom of Expression | Leave a comment

Why Has Brexit Britain Not Had an Immigration Debate?

By Daniel Nehring | Published: January 18, 2018

The post-referendum public debates in the United Kingdom have been about the future of Britain and British citizens, and questions about the lives and futures...

Also posted in Brexit | Tagged Immigration | Leave a comment

Science vs. 2017: Five Essential Reads

By Maggie Villiger | Published: December 28, 2017

2017 may well be remembered as the year of alternative facts and fake news. Truth took a hit, and experts seemed to lose the public’s...

Also posted in Academic Funding, News, Science & Social Science | Tagged Budget Cuts, Fake News, public administration | Leave a comment

How Do We Head Off the Collateral Damage of Big Data?

By Hamish Robertson and Joanne Travaglia | Published: December 22, 2017

Hamish Robertson and Joanne Travaglia argue that big data quantification is now not only a mechanism for extracting information but has become an idea with social and...

Also posted in International Debates | Tagged Behavioral Mapping, Big Datas, Ethics | Leave a comment

Report Offers Guidelines for Ethics of Technology Design

By Rafael A Calvo and Dorian Peters | Published: December 14, 2017

The big questions posed by our digital future sit at the intersection of technology and ethics. This is complex territory that requires input from experts...

Also posted in Interdisciplinarity, International Debates | Tagged Ethics, Technology, The Conversation | Leave a comment

Diversity: Good Intentions Aren’t Same as Evidence

By Alice H. Eagly | Published: December 8, 2017

You’d be forgiven for assuming a quick and sure way to multiply profits and amplify organizational success is to increase the gender and racial diversity...

Also posted in Research | Tagged Diversity, Evidence, Evidence-Based Policy | Leave a comment

Louise Richardson: Educational Divide Fuels Corrosive Populism

By Campaign for Social Science | Published: November 28, 2017

Speaking before a sell-out audience of policymakers, journalists and academics in Whitehall, Louise Richardson FAcSS, vice chancellor of the University of Oxford, said we must...

Also posted in Impact, Public Engagement | Tagged Academy of Social Sciences, Campaign for Social Science, expertise, Inequality, Lecture, Louise Richardson, Populism | Leave a comment

Washington and Social Science: Bills on Evidence-Based Policy, Peer-Review

By Mark Vieth | Published: November 8, 2017

While most eyes in Washington are focused on tax reform, two new bills that affect social science have been introduced: one that re configures how...

Also posted in Academic Funding | Tagged Evidence-Based Policy, Mark Vieth News Bulletin, Peer Review | Leave a comment

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Public Policy

Should Universities Be Parents?

Washington and Social Science: Science Chair Still Questions Value

Nominations for the 5th Annual CASBS-SAGE Awards Open

The State of Gun Research in the US: Six questions answered

A Cry From Canada: Freedom of Expression Under Attack at Our Universities

Why Has Brexit Britain Not Had an Immigration Debate?

Science vs. 2017: Five Essential Reads

How Do We Head Off the Collateral Damage of Big Data?

Report Offers Guidelines for Ethics of Technology Design

Diversity: Good Intentions Aren’t Same as Evidence

Louise Richardson: Educational Divide Fuels Corrosive Populism

Washington and Social Science: Bills on Evidence-Based Policy, Peer-Review

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