Thursday, April 5th, 2018
New Bucknell Survey Finds Americans Deeply Divided by #MeToo
LEWISBURG, Pa. – A new Bucknell University survey reveals that six months after the #MeToo movement first gained national exposure, Americans are deeply divided about both the current state of…
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2018
Economic Optimism, Before and After Trump
Over the past year and a half, we have analyzed many different issues using data from two nationally representative surveys that were conducted in 2016 and 2017 (see details on…
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Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
Race, Diversity, and Admissions
Written by Will Bordash ’18 and Brayden Zimmerman ’20
Affirmative action, a process which encourages universities to use an applicant’s race as an admissions factor in order to increase racial…
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Friday, November 10th, 2017
Freedom of Speech on Campus: When Does it Matter Most?
Written by Will Bordash ’18 and Brayden Zimmerman’20
Freedom of speech is the foundation of American democratic life. A recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey found that 73%…
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Friday, November 3rd, 2017
The U.S. Higher Education System: What Should We Get from It and How Is It Working?
Written by Will Bordash ’18 and Brayden Zimmerman’20
Education is a cornerstone for economic and social mobility. Scholars have consistently found that higher education has been a, “key way for…
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2017
The Politics Behind Views of Colin Kaepernick
By Brayden Zimmerman ’20 and Will Bordash ’18
Over the past few days, our country has gone through another episode of questioning our politics, our politicians, and our ideals after…
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Thursday, September 14th, 2017
Bucknell Institute for Public Policy Poll Shows Political Divide on Higher Education
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Results of a new Bucknell Institute for Public Policy (BIPP) national poll on Americans’ views on higher education finds that Republicans are less satisfied than Democrats with…
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Monday, June 12th, 2017
Guest Post on Research at the Capital by Louis Tobias ’17
Louis Tobias ’17, presented his research at the state capital in Harrisburg, PA in April. He tied for third place in Arts & Humanities category and describes his experience below.…
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Monday, May 1st, 2017
What Drives Opinion?
Written by Will Bordash ’18 and Brayden Zimmerman ’20
Over the past semester we have looked at economic optimism and perceptions of economic fairness from many angles. In our last,…
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Friday, April 7th, 2017
Perceptions of Economic Fairness
By Will Bordash ’18 and Brayden Zimmerman ’20
Over the past two months we have analyzed economic optimism from many perspectives, including race, gender, education, age, locality, party identification, ideology, …
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