Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
The Handling of Student Suicides by Universities: A Case Study
According to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, suicide is the second leading cause of death in college students. How can colleges help […]
Feds Make First Move to Enact Open Access Mandate
A year after the Office of Science and Technology Policy told the U.S. government to open up publicly funded research to the public for free, the first of 21 agencies covered has begun its program.
Sarah Harper on the Population Challenge for the 21st Century
Around the world, populations are growing older. But is that because people are living longer? Or could it be that there are fewer younger people to dilute the demographic pool? And what about aging itself — when exactly is ‘old’ these days?
Congratulations to the Winners of the Research Methods Division Awards!
We’re pleased to announce this year’s winners: 2014 Sage Publications/RMD Distinguished Career AwardPaul Spector 2014 Sage Publications/RMD/CARMA Early Career Achievement AwardNathan Podsakoff […]
Latest Iteration of America COMPETES on Senate Floor
A U.S. Senate bill to renew the landmark America COMPETES Act, and to contest with NSF funding authorization contained with the House’s FIRST Act, was introduced this week.
Round-up of Social Science Research
The following articles are drawn from SAGE Insight, which spotlights research published in SAGE’s more than 700 journals. The articles linked below are free […]
Diets on the Internet: You Might as Well Make Them Up
Contradictory diet advice is everywhere – Katy Perry’s acupunctured fish, Matthew McConaughey and the caveman diet, Gwyneth Paltrow’s macrobiotic meals. It seems […]
Technology: What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us Stronger
Gavin Moodie has looked at how printing first challenged then changed–for the better–higher education. Here he suggests more modern forms of technological advancement likely will result in the same.
