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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Generational Effects and Reed’s Academic Leadership
Nigel Nicholson’s appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Reed College got me to thinking: how many of Reed’s academic leaders have had school age children and a working spouse? The answer, I think, is that Nicholson is the … finish reading Generational Effects and Reed’s Academic Leadership
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On Elections in Non-Democratic Regimes
My thesis student is starting her second semester, writing a thesis on why elections are so frequent in non-democratic, autocratic regimes. While the following information may make her feel like her thesis has already been written, that’s never the case! … finish reading On Elections in Non-Democratic Regimes
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More from the department that eats together …
It’s no wonder sometimes political science at Reed is described as the department of good food. Here are pictures courtesy of Mariela Szwarcberg’s upper division comparative politics classes:
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How the fiscal cliff threatens higher ed research and our economic future
Two recent stories highlight how the fiscal cliff threatens the nation’s long run economic future. An article by Michael McRobbie, the president of Indiana University, in the Chronicle of Higher Ed focuses on the short and mid-term effects. If sequestration … finish reading How the fiscal cliff threatens higher ed research and our economic future