Interim President at Georgetown, professor in mathematics and statistics, and sociology.
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Recognizing Faculty Excellence
All faculty in a modern research university are jugglers. They actively pursue their scholarly passions; they instruct in formal classes; they mentor students outside of class; they participate in professional associations nationally and internationally; they serve on unit and university faculty committees as part of the shared governance of their universities.
We Are All the Safety Net
This week, Georgetown hosted a national meeting of provosts and student affairs leaders from colleges and universities throughout the country. The meeting discussed how the institutions can do better in supporting the well-being of our students. It was the second in a series, prompted by the evidence of steadily increasing stress, anxiety, and depression among students; the sharp jumps in requests for mental health services; and feelings of alienation among large sets of students.
2019 Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professors
Each year, deans, departments, and similar units nominate deserving colleagues as Provost Distinguished Associate Professors. A faculty committee of university professors, endowed chair holders (chaired by Reena Aggarwal, Vice Provost for Faculty) reviewed the applicants. This year, competition was particularly intense, with many more nominations than previous years. Georgetown uses the designation to honor Associate Professors who are performing at extraordinary high levels.
Federal Statistics, Multiple Data Sources, and Privacy Protection: Next Steps
We begin this chapter with a discussion of quality frameworks for survey data and then briefly review additional quality features and some extensions of these frameworks for administrative and private-sector data sources.
Science matters for the census
In 1787, James Madison conceived of a scientific method to distribute political power in the United States. He proposed a decennial census of population to ensure that the membership of the House of Representatives would reflect the pattern of growth of the fledging nation. From that first census emerged a whole system of social and economic measurement serving the country.
Data Alone Isn’t Ground Truth – Angela Bassa – Medium
While data can reveal a counter intuitive reality, it’s also important to be skeptical when data seems at odds with understood concepts or phenomena unbeknownst to all involved. For instance, have you seen “that basketball counting psychology video?� I don’t want to spoil it if you haven’t seen it yet, so watch it first and I’ll wait.
Erosion of Federal Statistical Agencies Puts Sound Policy at Risk | Commentary
Government statistics not believed by the public are useless. It is in the interest of no one no interest group, no party to threaten their credibility. Hence, governments around the world strive to choose technically accomplished, independent leadership to fend off any hint of political interference in government statistics. It is a bedrock principle of democracies.
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