Dynamics of Inequality in America from 1968 to Today
To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the Institute brought together some of the nation's leading researchers on April 16-17 for an interdisciplinary conference to examine the dynamics of inequality in the United States over the past four decades.

Experimental Political Science
More than 100 political scientists and graduate students from around the nation discussed the difficulties and rewards of conducting experiments in political science at a two-day conference held at Northwestern. The conference papers will be included in a forthcoming volume from Cambridge University Press, co-edited by IPR political scientist James Druckman, who organized the conference.

Revamp of TESS: Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences
IPR sociologist Jeremy Freese is spearheading a revamp of the TESS Web site with Penny Visser of the University of Chicago. TESS is an NSF-infrastructure project that offers researchers opportunities to test their experimental ideas on large, diverse, randomly selected subject populations.

Treating Ambiguity with Diversification
Typically, research only provides part of the knowledge needed to make an informed policy decision. IPR economist Charles F. Manski shows how policymakers can make more informed policy choices in real-world settings using adaptive diversification.

A Tale of Two Studies: Facebook Use and Grades
IPR communication studies researcher Eszter Hargittai examined the purported negative relationship between use of the online networking site Facebook and students’ academic achievement, refuting the findings of an earlier report that received widespread media coverage

Gaming the U.S. News Rankings
A Clemson researcher presented a report detailing the university's efforts to raise its position in U.S. News' ranking of top 20 public research universities. In an editorial, IPR economist Burton Weisbrod and researcher Evelyn Asch discuss how colleges and universities are no different from any other organizations competing for rankings developed from performance measures.

IPR Psychologist Honored for Scientific Contributions
The American Psychological Association has honored IPR psychologist
Alice Eagly with a 2009 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. The award, established in 1956, honors psychologists who have made significant contributions to the field.

Recent Books by IPR Faculty

Talking Together: Public Deliberation and Political Participation in America	The Handbook of Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis	Class War? What Americans Really Think About Economic Inequality	Sex, Power and Taboo: Gender and HIV in the Caribbean and Beyond
Mission and Money: Understanding the University	Identification for Prediction and Decision	Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders	Black on the Block: The Politics of Race and Class in the City

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