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White House Delivers New Open-Access Policy that Has Activists Cheering

The Obama administration says federally financed research should be made freely available within 12 months of publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Read more…

NSF, NEH, IMLS Join International Partners for Digging into Data Challenge

They join seven international research funders in round three of the grant competition designed to spur computationally intensive research in the social sciences and humanities. Read more...

Tweet with the AJPS

The American Journal of Political Science has joined the Twitter age. Join the editor at @AJPS_Editor for up-to-date information on new articles accepted at AJPS and trends in the discipline.

Visa Letter

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Fiscal Trifecta Very Much in Play

The House Republicans' agreement to raise the U.S. debt limit through May 18 could precipitate another crisis in the spring. The postponement of across-the-board cuts expires March 1, and the Continuing Resolution, which is funding the government during the first months of 2013, runs out March 27. Read more...

Ph.D.s from Top 11 Political Science Department Dominate Hiring

Robert Oprisko and colleagues used the 2009 U.S. News and World Report rankings for political science graduate programs to confirm a direct correlation between institutional prestige and candidate placement.  Read more...

NSF Announces Search for New Leader for SBE

A search has begun fo find a replacement for Myron Gutmann as the Assistant Director. Learn more...

Free Virtual Collection on U.S. Presidential Election

Get free access to articles from top Wiley journals, including AJPS, organized by campaign issue and chosen for their readability. Read more…

Free 2012 Conference Roundtable Podcast

Podcasts are a member benefit, but the participants of "Toward a Greater Dialogue: Political Scientists Meet Journalists" wish to make their recording available to the public. Learn more...

New Women’s Mentoring Program

The MPSA Women’s Caucus announces a new faculty mentoring program for 2013. Read more…

Minority Student Recruitment Program (MSRP)

The nation's top graduate political science programs participate in this program to recruit students from underrepresented groups. Read more...

Congress Passes CR Recesses for Election

The FY 2013 Continuing Resolution will fund the agencies and programs of the Federal government until March 27, 2013. The political science program at the NSF and the American Community Survey are safe for now. Learn more…

Political Science and the NSF

The Senate still plans to prevent the NSF from funding any research in political science. Read more about the Flake Amendment and updates on the future of NSF funding here.

Teaching Poverty Workshop

The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is now accepting applications for its inaugural Teaching Poverty 101 Workshop, June 2-6, 2013. The summer workshop is designed to help college instructors plan college-level courses on the causes, consequences, and cures of poverty. It is open to allcollege faculty and instructors in any postsecondary institution—university, college, or community college. A call for applications is attached, along with our request that you share it with your electronic mailing list. Interested parties may visit IRP’s website at http://www.irp.wisc.edu/newsevents/workshops/teachingpoverty101.htm for further details and a link to the online application form.