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Student evaluations are regularly used to assess the quality of faculty teaching. However, low response rates and unrepresentative student samples can bias the conclusions drawn from them. We condu...

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Authoritarian Reforms and External Legitimacy

Five years since the Mali coup of 2020, the key lesson is that the international community must move beyond the view of coups as isolated events.

Trump has caused a crisis in civil-military relations — one that could eventually threaten democracy’s foundations.

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Brazil's election coup plot was well planned by Jair Bolsonaro and his allies, a police report finds. Was Brazil's democracy at risk?

Brazil's election coup plot was well planned by Jair Bolsonaro and his allies, a police report finds. Was Brazil's democracy at risk?

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When professors at Hamilton College set out to improve the evaluation of teaching, they thought bias in student surveys could be curtailed. Now, they’re less sure.