Sustainability science is an emerging field of academic research. Sustainability scientists focus on understanding and addressing the complex interactions between humans and the natural world from an ...

In today’s pluralistic society, cross-disciplinary career transitions are critical for adapting to ever-changing job demands. Important influencing factors have been identified to explain these ...

Total R&D expenditures at American universities topped $117.5 billion in FY 2024. Of that total, universities spent $3.91 billion on social science research (anthropology, economics, political science ...

This galloping specialization has only accelerated since Weber’s day—by some measures, there are now 176 distinct scientific sub-fields, including astronomy, atmospheric sciences, and automotive ...

In the past few episodes of College Admissions Insider, we've covered academic disciplines one by one. So far, we've covered sciences, mathematics, the arts, humanities, engineering and management. We ...

Political science is a social science discipline focused on the study of political institutions, behavior, ideas, and the analytical methods used to examine them. The department’s work is structured ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

This report comes at a time when our nation and our species face profound challenges. Ensuring adequate food, water, energy, and mineral resources to support a growing human population competes with ...