The challenges facing Black leaders
Terri Givens' book Radical Empathy offers next steps for Harvard and other institutions.
Taking female armed rebels seriously
[caption id="attachment_23604" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Female members of the Kurdish peshmerga
Introducing the Monkey Cage gender gap symposium
Despite substantial progress, it is irrefutable that a gender gap
Federal Funding of Scientific Research Produces Unexpected Successes
Seven researchers, including two Nobel Prize winners, will be
How to Manage Your Grad School Adviser
Most advisers are flawed people set in their peculiar ways,
Gender Bias in Political Science
From the Chronicle of Higher Education: By many measures, women
How We Wrote The Gamble
We have a new book on the 2012 presidential election,
Eddie Bernice Johnson vs. Lamar Smith on the NSF
Rep. Johnson, who previously defended NSF social science funding, has
New E-Chapter of The Gamble Available (It’s Free!)
As regular readers know, Lynn Vavreck and I are writing
Elitism in the Political Science Job Market?
...eleven schools contribute 50 percent of the political science academics
Social Science, E-Publishing, and the Presidential Campaign
Steve Kolowich at Inside Higher Ed has a nice piece
Potpourri
* Mark McKinnon correctly downplays the effect of presidential candidates'
How Students Use (and Don’t Use) Libraries
This is one of the sobering truths these librarians, representing
It’s Probably Better If I Don’t Title This Post
bq. Adam & Eve and AdamAndEve .com, America's most trusted
After Peer Review
bq. Pickrell went on to describe, in general detail, the
Can the Humanities and Social Sciences enhance National Security?
We are very pleased to have a guest post from
“Academically Adrift”
bq. 45 percent of students "did not demonstrate any significant
Gaming College Admission in Texas
bq. One of the most novel ideas of college admissions
“I Smoke Crack Rocks”
A while back, I "mentioned":https://themonkeycage.org/2010/06/potpourri_5.html this unusual "challenge":http://phdchallenge.org/call-for-participation: bq. The
The Most Quoted Professor in the New York Times
Find out "here":http://www.nytpick.com/2010/10/its-true-spaghetti-tacos-expert-prof.html. [Via "Inside Higher Ed":http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/10/07/qt#240194]
The NRC Rankings of Political Science Departments
Today the National Research Council released its new rankings of
The Shrinking Political Science Job Market
"Things aren't looking good":http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/24/polisci for freshly minted Ph.D.s -- and
Politics Everywhere: Why University Websites Suck
I didn't bother linking to this cartoon when it came
Potpourri
* Of the 122 universities that give doctorates in political
Moving Efficiently Down the Food Chain of Journals
Inside Higher Ed reports that the American Economic Association (AEA)
NSF Appropriations News
bq. A House of Representatives subcommittee on Wednesday approved legislation
Annals of Biting the Hand that Feeds You
bq. The “UNR Students for Liberty” held a rally Monday,
The Order of Things
"Scott Jaschik":http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/02/25/polisci does a piece covering the recent debate in
Politics Everywhere: College Bathrooms
This article at Inside Higher Ed has a nice rundown
Ranking the world’s universities
The ranking mania continues. The (London) Times Higher Education rankings
Devil Out!
From an email by Nathan Mallory, a student and amateur
The political science job market: News from the front
Inside Higher Ed's perspective on the job market, based on
Faculty members as fiduciaries
Faculty member works closely with dissertation student, but ultimately the
The Rise of Adjuncts
From a new report by the American Federation of Teachers.
A New Rating of Colleges: Surf’s Up!
Confused about where your little genius should go to college?
If the NCAA Tournament Were Based on Academics
Above is a bracket where victories are awarded to the
Truths and Myths about the 2008 Election, Part I
1. THE FUNDAMENTALS MATTERED. I've been nattering on about this,
Political Science and Sociology: Short-Changed in Funding for Dissertation Fieldwork
bq. Key philanthropic and government programs offering grants for Ph.D.
APSA, New Orleans, and Gay Rights
The current issue of Inside Higher Ed has a good
The Dismal Economics of Big-Time College Sports
Every year the NCAA publishes a financial analysis of intercollegiate