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National Science Board Critical of FIRST Elements
Academic Funding
April 24, 2014

National Science Board Critical of FIRST Elements

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NSF Chief Presents Budget to House Thursday
Academic Funding
March 21, 2014

NSF Chief Presents Budget to House Thursday

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Lipinski Suggests Damage From FIRST Might Be Contained
Academic Funding
March 14, 2014

Lipinski Suggests Damage From FIRST Might Be Contained

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Northwestern’s Fay Lomax Cook Tabbed to Head SBE
Announcements
March 13, 2014

Northwestern’s Fay Lomax Cook Tabbed to Head SBE

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UPDATED: FIRST Bill Passes First Legislative Hurdle

UPDATED: FIRST Bill Passes First Legislative Hurdle

A bill that would dramatically reduce the amount of money that the federal government spends on social science research advanced after passing in a House of Representatives subcommittee on a party-line vote this morning.

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Social Sciences Need a Collective Voice

Social Sciences Need a Collective Voice

Social science may be faring better politically in UK than US, says Ziyad Marar, but let’s avoid complacency at all costs

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Why Social Science Research Matters

Why Social Science Research Matters

Michael Lubell, accomplished professor of physics, explains why the social sciences are critical to the advance of science and technology, and explains why we need to protect the social sciences from political attempts to de-fund them.

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Attacks on US Funding of Social Science Will Continue to Intensify

Attacks on US Funding of Social Science Will Continue to Intensify

Recent events in Congress suggest the attacks on funding will not only continue but will intensify. It is also worth remembering that these attacks are just the latest in a long standing effort by conservatives to eliminate funding for social science.

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Save the Humanities—From Themselves

Save the Humanities—From Themselves

The humanities and social sciences in America could use a white knight, but instead they got a white elephant.

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What Is the Value of Social Science?

What Is the Value of Social Science?

Ziyad Marar argues that greater funding of the social sciences is needed, not less

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Outlawed Research

Outlawed Research

Congress just cut funding for political science because they don’t understand the good it does. Here are four excellent examples.

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Weekly Overview of Social Science News

Weekly Overview of Social Science News

Social Science in the National interest, U.S. Congress cuts Social Science out of NSF Funding, and more in this Weekly Overview of Social Science News

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