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Features and Press Releases

March 9th 2009
SSRC Awards 13 Grants to Improve Public Knowledge on Islam and Muslim Communities
November 7th 2008
SSRC to Release Initial Findings of College Learning Assessment Study
April 7th 2008
Ten Universities, with Plans for Informing Public Understanding of Islam, Win New SSRC Grant
February 15th 2008
New Freedoms in Turkey—for Whom?
In a new feature for SSRC.org, we round up our blog postings on current events, beginning with the Immanent Frame's coverage of the latest flaring of Europe's head scarf controversy, this time in Turkey. Princeton's Joan Wallach Scott warns against conflating secularism with equal rights for women, while social anthropologist Jenny White says that head scarves are a kind of red herring that keep us from examining the best ways for liberal democracies to treat special interests. (Also included: Postings on universities and open access in Knowledge Rules, and on Chad in Making Sense of Darfur.)
January 23rd 2008
A Map through the Maze of Research Methods
"Boy, if you're an immigrant, you'd better hope your case never makes it to the Supreme Court." Anna Law never forgot this remark by her boss at the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform. Ultimately, it led her to registering for Ph.D. studies in U.S. immigration policy. But despite her dedication to the topic, Law found that the rigors of doctoral research presented some surprising methodological challenges, beginning with the need to combine the disciplines of political science and law. She leads us through the maze in this article and audio interview for SSRC.org.
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Programs and Projects

Academia in the Public Sphere Grants Program
Working to ensure that academic knowledge on Islam and Muslim societies informs public policy
CLA Longitudinal Study
Education Research Program
Bringing social science to bear on local, national, and international educational challenges
Future of Science Program
Exploring new models of scientific research and their impact on the academy
Higher Education Access and Success
Initiative on Think Tanks
Integrative, Interdisciplinary Graduate Education: New Concepts for Assessment
Internationalization and Inter-Disciplinarity: An Evaluation of Middle East Study Centers
Minerva Controversy
Politics of Expertise Program
Working to restore the place of social science research in public discussion and policymaking
Producing Knowledge on World Regions
Teaching Islam in Eurasia
University Governance and Autonomy in the Changing Landscape of Higher Education in the Arab World