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 […]
Should the Safety Net Fly on Autopilot?
The safety net cushioned the U.S. economic fall remarkably well, suggest a panel of distinguished academics. Next recession it ought to deploy automatically, they add.
A Modest Proposal to Improve Value for Money at Universities
King’s College London’s Alexandre Afonso looks at the so-called marketization of higher education with disdain–not because of its advent but because it hasn’t gone far enough.
Exploring Mixed Methods in Organizational Sciences
Organizational Research Methods invites papers for a Feature Topic on Mixed Methods in the Organizational Sciences. Guest editors for this feature topic […]
Look in the Mirror to Find Social Science’s Champion
Addressing the value of social science, Skip Lupia argues it’s absolutely fair for Congress to hold the disciplines’ feet to the fire, and absolutely necessary for researchers themselves to come to their own defense.
‘Value for Money’ Is Not the Same as Quality in Higher Ed
In the past 15 years and across successive governments in the United Kingdom, the concept of value for money has been internalized throughout higher education. Here, the author of “Consuming Higher Education: Why Learning Can’t Be Bought” outlines why it is a problem to use student choice and value for money as a means of holding universities to account.
Video: Gauging the Size of the Safety Net’s Holes
During the Great Recession government programs were supposed to shelter the worst-hit Americans from the worst of the crisis. Did they, and what’s been the fallout since? Join us for a live broadcast answering those questions.
Strengthening Manager-Employee Relationships in Face of Dysfunctional Customers
Being told that “the customer is always right” can be maddening for an employee dealing with dysfunctional customers. Relationships between managers and […]
Senator Elizabeth Warren Among New Fellows of AAPSS
A new U.S. senator, the founder of Institute for Women’s Policy Research and the director of the Center for the Study of American Politics are among seven distinguished scholars named 2014 fellows of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
