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ECCSSA is devoted to advancing research, practice and knowledge for the advancement of humankind. Retweet not an endorsement. [email protected]

 East Coast States of the U.S.
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Joined March 2012
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Recent lecture arrivals.
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Was there a more confident time in British book design than the late 1940s?
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Today, we joined fellow refugee-led organizations and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) operating in @KiryandongoDLG for a capacity-building training organized by @UNHCRuganda in partnership with the @OPMUganda. The training strengthened our knowledge, skills – at Masindi, Uganda
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Preparing for the GRE? 📚 Join The Sadie Collective for a virtual GRE Prep Workshop featuring Brianna Alderman (Harvard) and Neha Narayan (MIT). 📅 Aug. 31st
⏰ 6–7 PM ET
💻 Virtual Register: tinyurl.com/SadieGREPrep #Econtwitter
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I had a great time at the 2026 ECCSSA conference where I not only served as a board member but also presented on the economic impact of adult ballet.
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That's a wrap! Thank you to all who joined us at this year's East Coast Colleges Social Science Association! We have enjoyed the incredible scholarship and community! See you next year!! From: The ECCSSA Board (More photos to come)
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A truly exceptional essay by @Tyler_A_Harper which encapsulates better than anything I have read the performative folly and collective collapse of US Higher Ed over the last decade: theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
Why I Quit the Tenure Track

Why I Quit the Tenure Track

The insufferable hypocrisy of elite academia

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Alum Raymond West Jump-Started Nursing Career at VPCC hubs.li/Q04slQ7S0 #nursing #vpccva #alumni #gatorfamily
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At first, the posts looked like ordinary AI-generated coursework. Then they began copying classmates’ personal stories, including details about family, divorce, and a wedding cake. The growing problem of “ghost students” in online classes. chroni.cl/3TCHK4k
Opinion | My Students Weren’t Human. They Were Bots.

Opinion | My Students Weren’t Human. They Were Bots.

How can professors be sure their online students are real?

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#Communityofpractice #brandvalues
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The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies is now accepting applications for its Academy Scholar postdoctoral fellowship. #AcademicJobs #AreaStudies Apply by Sep 5, 2026: careercenter.americananthro.…
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📢Call for Papers! NYU Politics will host the fifth "Frontiers in Empirical Research on East Asia" conference on Jan. 14–15, co-organized by @EHWpolisci, @amycatalinac, and me. Please submit your application by Aug. 17: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…. Look forward to your submissions!
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HOLIDAY TALENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 2026. Give your child a productive and exciting holiday through Brass Band, Music, Drama, Acting, and Cultural Arts. 📅 Starts: 24th August 2026 👧🧒 Ages: 5–18 years 📞 0781477133 | 0755596542 Register now; limited slots available! – at Masindi, Uganda
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Nothing more reliable (and resilient) than the mid-20th-century green-cloth Rivingtons editions of Abbott and Mansfield's Greek Grammar. Never pass up a copy!
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Dear international colleagues, I’ll be on sabbatical in 2026–27 and would be excited to give seminars at universities abroad. If my work on teacher labor markets, tutoring, effect sizes, time in school, or climate impacts on education might be of interest, please reach out.
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We are pleased to announce our keynote speakers for our 2026 conference. Register today! eccssa.org/registration-form…
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An accounting professor has analyzed dozens of universities’ finances, finding that budget cuts aren’t needed. But is he just telling faculty what they want to hear? chroni.cl/4gB1E9q
The Faculty’s Numbers Man

The Faculty’s Numbers Man

When professors want to dispute cuts, they turn to Howard Bunsis. Is he just telling them what they want to hear?

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BREAKING: Why Many Young Men Don’t Think College Is for Them chroni.cl/4pfwXbU
Why Many Young Men Don’t Think College Is for Them

Why Many Young Men Don’t Think College Is for Them

Yes, they question the value of a college degree, but their disaffection runs deeper. The leader of a research group studying young men explains.

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What did the Romans, and the Greeks for that matter, ever do for football? Well, ask no more, for here's a history of the beautiful game and its relationship with the Classical past over the last three millennia: antigonejournal.com/2021/05/…
Greeks, Romans, Monks, and Murder: the Chaotic History of Football in Britain

Greeks, Romans, Monks, and Murder: the Chaotic History of Football in Britain

Episodes from the riotous tale of how football came to be.

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#NLPers Super urgent, I'm desperately trying to find two emergency reviewers for Neurips on a super interesting paper that study how LLM alignements evaluation depends on many different geopolitical factors. Seriously, I've been trying for a week, no one answered.
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Together with @enjuba1, we shall do all it takes to improve Numeracy and Literacy among the young ones in Northern Uganda and Mid Western Uganda
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Planned cuts to the University of Exeter’s prized humanities department show no job is safe in the UK’s current wave of redundancies, according to affected academics, who add that decisions are being made based on undergraduate students’ choices rather than research strength #jobcuts #highered #humanities timeshighereducation.com/new…
‘I thought we were safe’: shock at Exeter’s humanities ‘gamble’

‘I thought we were safe’: shock at Exeter’s humanities ‘gamble’

Leading department being in the firing line shows how changing student preferences are fundamentally reshaping universities

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