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 […]
Whither, or Wither, Social Science at the NSF?
UPDATED: After last week’s flurry of activity in the House and with the Senate weighing in this week, where does social science stand in regard to continued U.S. government spending? The warning signs are more concerning than the current status.
Go Team Girl! Women Empowerment and Olympic Success
Women first took part in the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900, according to the International Olympic Committee. At the time, out […]
Humanities and the Liberal University: Calls to Action
Beyond the funding fears experienced by the social science, the humanities have those kinds of worries and their cyclic existential crisis.
Out of Whack: Textbook Tragedy
[Editor’s Note: We’re pleased to reproduce “Out of Whack: Textbook Tragedy” by Charles M. Vance from Journal of Management Inquiry.] Click here […]
Big Shoes and Little Feet: Leadership in South Africa
African governance guru Robert Rotberg is visiting South Africa and Zimbabwe, suggesting a prescription for leadership that tries to recapture some of the benefits of the fading Mandela moment.
Is Joint Achievement of Customer Satisfaction and Efficiency Beneficial in Merger Contexts?
[Editor’s Note: We’re pleased to welcome Vanitha Swaminathan, who collaborated with Christopher Groening, Vikas Mittal, and Felipe Thomaz on their paper “How […]
House GOP Officials Slap at Social Science Funding
Calling it only the “first step,” two prominent Republican congressmen called for freezing federal funding for social science research paid for by the National Science Foundation.
Register to Attend the FFI Research and Education Symposium!
Going to be in the Washington D.C. area this October? You’re invited to attend the FFI Research and Education Symposium! Who: This […]
