News from the Center
CES Mourns the Death of Erik Olin Wright
CES mourns the death of Erik Olin Wright.
read moreCES Wins Foundation Grant
CES has received a grant from the Hewlett Foundation.
read moreValues and Social Science
Robert Dunn’s argument on the impossibility and undesirability of “value free” social science.
read moreCES Holds Second Dissertation Workshop
On a recent August weekend, we held the second CES dissertation workshop
read moreEngaged Scholars at Work
Read the op-ed by Idit Fast, a 2018-2019 CES Fellow and Ph.D. student in Sociology at Rutgers University.
read moreOpportunity for Engaged Sociology Graduate Students
Call for Applications: Problem-Solving Sociology Dissertation Proposal Development Workshops
read moreDeath of a CES Friend
David Coates, an Anglo-American political scientist, passed away in early August after a brief illness.
read moreFirst CES Workshop
On the weekend of September 8-10, the Center for Engaged Scholarship held their first dissertation workshop at Costanoa Lodge in Pescadero, California.
read moreScholarly Change
Professor M.V. Lee Badgett, from the University of Massachusetts at Amhert, writes that scholarly work matters in how we change hearts, minds and policy.
read moreProtect Academic Freedom
Our first article in a new series discussing how the global academic community is diminished whenever there are attacks on academic freedom.
read moreMeet the Winners
Meet our CES fellows for 2017-2018, read about their proposed projects and obtain a list of our esteemed reviewers.
read moreThanking Our Reviewers
The Center for Engaged Scholarship wishes to thank our colleagues who generously gave of their time to serve as reviewers.
read moreKoch Brothers’ Agenda
They’re investing millions to convert students to their free market ideology and feed the pipeline to their think tanks and institutes.
read moreMarch for Science
On April 22nd, thousands of people gathered across the nation to express their opposition to the anti-science orientation of this Administration.
read moreThe 2016 Election
As a progressive community, we are devastated by the victory of a Presidential candidate who opposes our vision of a more democratic, more inclusive society.
read moreAldon Morris Joins CES
The Center for Engaged Scholarship is proud to announce that Professor Aldon Morris from Northwestern University has joined our Advisory Board.
read moreSummer 2016 News
Read our Summer 2016 Newsletter. In it, we discuss the fact that this is an especially challenging time for progressive academics.
read moreEngage Scholarship & Supreme Court Decision
Social science researchers were connected to June 27th Supreme Court abortion decision.
read moreShifting Political Terrain
New research spotlights political donation changes and the role of donors in both the Republican and the Democratic Parties.
read moreRepression of Academics
The Turkish government has launched a campaign of repression against academics who signed a petition in support of a peace.
read moreFirst Phase Complete
The first phase of our 2016-2017 Fellowship Application Process has now ended!
read moreKoch Brothers Tilt Faculty Hiring
The Koch’s are using their billions to advance their market fundamentalist agenda at public universities.
read moreKoch Brothers’ Higher Education Campaign
The Koch brothers are supersizing their already hefty investments into college students’ hearts and minds.
read moreJohn Hope Franklin
John Hope Franklin was an exemplary engaged scholar, helping to teach us about race and the meaning of America.
read moreWrong Kind of Engaged Scholar
Did American Psychological Association leaders collaborate with the government’s torture program?
read moreConfronting Racism at University of Missouri
Student protests lead to resignation of the President and Chancellor at the University of Missouri.
read morePiketty Against Market Fundamentalism
Marshall Steinbaum discusses Thomas Piketty’s economic speech at the University of Chicago.
read moreMirage of Value-Free Social Science
CES to challenge the widely held view that social science should be “value-free.”
read moreHere We Go Again…
Higher education groups urge Supreme Court to continue to allow colleges to consider race in admissions.
read moreWhat Is Progressive?
The Center for Engaged Scholarship is committed to supporting scholarship that advances progressivism.
read moreDo We Need Affirmative Action for Conservatives?
An argument is being made that academia rejects diversity when it comes to conservative thinkers .
read moreDivided We Stand: Why Inequality Keeps Rising
Report shows inequality rates rise, even with sustained economic & employment growth.
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