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\n The publish-or-perish adage and the winner-takes-all grant making practices are widely regarded as central organizing principles of academic careers. Its underlying assumption is that competitive evaluation systems incentivize scholars to maintain continuous research productivity over time. Yet little is known about the extent to which academic careers conform to this expectation. Using the concept of the Annus Horribilis—a career year with zero publications—we analyze fifteen years of longitudinal publication data (2006–2020) for 310,303 faculty members at 393 U.S. PhD-granting universities. Results show that between 32% and 47% of all career years contain no publications, depending on controls for career age and attrition. These non-publication years are widespread across institutions, disciplines, and ranks. Aggregated across careers and institutions, these patterns form what we term Mount Horribilis: a system-level accumulation of non-publication years that reflects substantial inefficiency within contemporary academic labor markets. Most notably, access to federal research funding is strongly associated with a lower likelihood of experiencing an Annus Horribilis. Those results suggest that this outcome is closely linked to a winner-takes-all funding architecture that concentrates resources among a minority of scholars while leaving most faculty without the material conditions necessary for sustained research output. Hence, improving productivity in higher education may depend less on intensifying competition than on expanding access to stable research funding. We conclude by outlining an alternative policy orientation—fund-and-flourish—that emphasizes broader and more inclusive support for academic research.\n
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\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Rotem, N.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Sociological Forum, n/a(n/a). 2026.\n \n\n\n\n
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\n Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018. Drawing on world society theory and related scholarship, I use panel regression models to examine how domestic conditions and states' memberships in liberal and illiberal international organizations are associated with judicial independence. The findings reveal a growing divide: While states embedded in liberal world society tend to maintain higher levels of judicial independence, those aligned with illiberal international organizations show signs of erosion—particularly during the postliberal period since 2008. I conclude by arguing that attention should focus not only on the widening gap between liberal and illiberal alignments but also on the emerging entanglements and erosion of liberal norms themselves.\n
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@article{samimian-darash_unboxing_2025,\n\ttitle = {Unboxing the imaginary: {Typology} of future imagination techniques in high-tech development},\n\tvolume = {55},\n\tissn = {0306-3127},\n\tshorttitle = {Unboxing the imaginary},\n\tdoi = {10.1177/03063127241300625},\n\tabstract = {When the future is connected to the term ‘imagination’, it is generally presented through the concept of the ‘imaginary’—that is, an image of the future that is related to a grand social image. In this article, we discuss the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries and argue that although this concept provides a needed perspective that allows scholars to unpack imaginaries associated with technological futures, it often features very broad concepts, hindering investigation of the ongoing dynamics of the actual acts of imagining and imagination. In contrast, we are interested in examining the processes and practices of imagination of socio-technical futures. Attempting to extend and deepen the development of this prevalent approach in STS, we make three incremental claims. First, future imaginaries should be addressed as a product of a process of imagination, not just in their final stable states. Second, exploring the process of future imagination reveals the effect of different temporalities—patterns of future imagination that expand the common singular far-future imaginary. Third, using a temporality-based analysis, we can identify different future planning techniques and practices in terms of their levels of formality and institutionalization.},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\tnumber = {4},\n\tjournal = {Social Studies of Science},\n\tauthor = {Samimian-Darash, Limor and Sheniak, Amit and Rotem, Nir},\n\tyear = {2025},\n\tpages = {542--564},\n\turl_paper={https://api.zotero.org/users/1430762/publications/items/HQ4T64CZ/file/view}\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n When the future is connected to the term ‘imagination’, it is generally presented through the concept of the ‘imaginary’—that is, an image of the future that is related to a grand social image. In this article, we discuss the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries and argue that although this concept provides a needed perspective that allows scholars to unpack imaginaries associated with technological futures, it often features very broad concepts, hindering investigation of the ongoing dynamics of the actual acts of imagining and imagination. In contrast, we are interested in examining the processes and practices of imagination of socio-technical futures. Attempting to extend and deepen the development of this prevalent approach in STS, we make three incremental claims. First, future imaginaries should be addressed as a product of a process of imagination, not just in their final stable states. Second, exploring the process of future imagination reveals the effect of different temporalities—patterns of future imagination that expand the common singular far-future imaginary. Third, using a temporality-based analysis, we can identify different future planning techniques and practices in terms of their levels of formality and institutionalization.\n
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\n Over the past few decades, the academic landscape has been shaped by two concurrent trends: growing specialization into multiple disciplines and subfields, alongside increasing calls for collaboration. Parallel to these developments is the growing integration of advanced computational methods into research. Against this backdrop, this paper examines how this computational turn reshapes researchers’ fundamental understanding of scientific inquiry. Drawing on a comparative study that includes in-depth interviews with researchers from life sciences and the humanities, we investigate the definitions and meanings ascribed to computationalism, as well as how it changes the way researchers think and do science. Our findings reveal that computational is often viewed as a set of functional tools—primarily for data collection, generation, and analysis. Beyond this computational-as-tools approach, however, it also emerges as a distinct mode of thinking. In particular, it transforms the research questions, spurs a transition from hypothesis-driven to data-driven inquiry, and places models at the heart of scholarly work, being a technique for reducing complexity and fostering more abstract conceptualizations. In light of these shifts, we propose that a joint epistemic culture is on the rise—one that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries and is shared by researchers from fields once considered worlds apart.\n
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\n Partial enactment of women’s rights is at the crux of this analysis, which identifies factors associated with the adoption of some global women’s rights scripts but not others. Women who partially enact global principles are an important group, and focusing on them provides clues into when, where, and how institutionalized scripts are in competition. To explore this issue, Demographic and Health Survey data from 25 low- and middle-income countries across two time periods are used, with a focus on two dimensions of women’s empowerment: a woman’s household decision-making power and her attitudes toward intimate partner violence. Multinomial regressions reveal that exposure to global culture is associated with dual enactment of the two dimensions. Among partial adopters, enactment privileging physical integrity is mediated through local community institutions, including religions, whereas partial-enactment privileging decision making is associated with women’s household bargaining power.\n
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@article{samimian-darash_cutting_2024,\n\ttitle = {Cutting at the edge: {Observations} on innovation beyond the urban},\n\tvolume = {30},\n\tissn = {1467-9655},\n\tshorttitle = {Cutting at the edge},\n\turl = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-9655.14062},\n\tdoi = {10.1111/1467-9655.14062},\n\tabstract = {Innovation is generally associated with the creation of something new and with economic growth, and is often understood in relation to modernity and its prime social site, ‘the city’. Accordingly, the coupling of innovation and rural areas may seem incongruent. Drawing on ethnographic research on Israel's high-tech scene, we analyse innovation centres located primarily in kibbutzim in the northern and southern regions of the country. This allows us to juxtapose the ultra-modernist and individualist ethos of the creative actor against a more communal understanding of social life. In these sites, we observe not just the imitation of ‘urban’ innovation, but also the strong influence of the community and the contribution of local knowledge in the design of technologically innovative products and services. Examining what is taking place outside urban centres thus enables a more complete and nuanced understanding of the interplay between innovation and society at large.},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\tnumber = {2},\n\turldate = {2024-02-04},\n\tjournal = {Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute},\n\tauthor = {Samimian-Darash, Limor and Sheniak, Amit and Rotem, Nir},\n\tyear = {2024},\n\tpages = {359--378},\n\turl_paper={https://api.zotero.org/users/1430762/publications/items/7627D2EP/file/view}\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\n Innovation is generally associated with the creation of something new and with economic growth, and is often understood in relation to modernity and its prime social site, ‘the city’. Accordingly, the coupling of innovation and rural areas may seem incongruent. Drawing on ethnographic research on Israel's high-tech scene, we analyse innovation centres located primarily in kibbutzim in the northern and southern regions of the country. This allows us to juxtapose the ultra-modernist and individualist ethos of the creative actor against a more communal understanding of social life. In these sites, we observe not just the imitation of ‘urban’ innovation, but also the strong influence of the community and the contribution of local knowledge in the design of technologically innovative products and services. Examining what is taking place outside urban centres thus enables a more complete and nuanced understanding of the interplay between innovation and society at large.\n
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@article{gerteis_connecting_2023,\n\ttitle = {Connecting the “{Others}”: {White} {Anti}-{Semitic} and {Anti}-{Muslim} {Views} in {America}},\n\tvolume = {64},\n\tcopyright = {All rights reserved},\n\tissn = {0038-0253},\n\tshorttitle = {Connecting the “{Others}”},\n\tdoi = {10.1080/00380253.2022.2045882},\n\tabstract = {Drawing from recent work on “otherness” and social boundaries in America, we investigate anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish opinion among white Americans. After outlining the logic of the comparison, we use nationally representative data to analyze these forms of othering. Although anti-Muslim opinion is more extensive, the two track together empirically and share a cultural logic as connected forms of ethno-religious boundary-making. Latent class analysis shows that anti-Semitism is nested within anti-Muslim attitudes, with political and religious identifications as consistent predictors of opinion. We conclude with a reflection on politicized boundary-making and the relationship between extreme and mainstream views of the “other.”},\n\tnumber = {1},\n\tjournal = {The Sociological Quarterly},\n\tauthor = {Gerteis, Joseph and Rotem, Nir},\n\tyear = {2023},\n\tpages = {144--164},\n\turl_paper={https://api.zotero.org/users/1430762/publications/items/9ZCRRM2C/file/view}\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n Drawing from recent work on “otherness” and social boundaries in America, we investigate anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish opinion among white Americans. After outlining the logic of the comparison, we use nationally representative data to analyze these forms of othering. Although anti-Muslim opinion is more extensive, the two track together empirically and share a cultural logic as connected forms of ethno-religious boundary-making. Latent class analysis shows that anti-Semitism is nested within anti-Muslim attitudes, with political and religious identifications as consistent predictors of opinion. We conclude with a reflection on politicized boundary-making and the relationship between extreme and mainstream views of the “other.”\n
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@article{boyle_how_2023,\n\ttitle = {How to {Use} {Simplified} {Reproductive} {Calendar} {Data} from the {Demographic} and {Health} {Survey}},\n\tvolume = {54},\n\tcopyright = {All rights reserved},\n\tissn = {1728-4465},\n\tdoi = {10.1111/sifp.12240},\n\tabstract = {IPUMS Demographic and Health Surveys (IPUMS DHS), through its intuitive website (http://dhs.ipums.org/), eliminate barriers to overtime and cross-national analyses with the DHS. IPUMS DHS recently released simplified reproductive calendar data. These calendar data are harmonized across samples, distinguish “not in universe” cases from “no” responses, and do not require destringing. Variable names are hot links to important documentation, such as survey-question text and comparability concerns. Analysts can also select consistently coded variables relating to the woman, her household, and her social and environmental context without merging files.},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\tnumber = {2},\n\tjournal = {Studies in Family Planning},\n\tauthor = {Boyle, Elizabeth Heger and Rotem, Nir and King, Miriam L.},\n\tyear = {2023},\n\tpages = {431--439},\n\turl_paper={https://api.zotero.org/users/1430762/publications/items/RADIQJUT/file/view}\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n IPUMS Demographic and Health Surveys (IPUMS DHS), through its intuitive website (http://dhs.ipums.org/), eliminate barriers to overtime and cross-national analyses with the DHS. IPUMS DHS recently released simplified reproductive calendar data. These calendar data are harmonized across samples, distinguish “not in universe” cases from “no” responses, and do not require destringing. Variable names are hot links to important documentation, such as survey-question text and comparability concerns. Analysts can also select consistently coded variables relating to the woman, her household, and her social and environmental context without merging files.\n
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@article{rotem_world_2022,\n\ttitle = {World society and field theory: {The} infiltration of development into humanitarianism},\n\tvolume = {73},\n\tcopyright = {© 2022 The Authors. The British Journal of Sociology published by John Wiley \\& Sons Ltd on behalf of London School of Economics and Political Science.},\n\tissn = {1468-4446},\n\tshorttitle = {World society and field theory},\n\turl = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-4446.12932},\n\tdoi = {10.1111/1468-4446.12932},\n\tabstract = {Differentiated modern society is commonly viewed as an aggregation of various fields, yet the question of their boundaries is often a silent one. This article builds on this lacuna to argue that cultural globalization should be acknowledged and added to the equation. Drawing from two distinct branches of the sociology of knowledge, Bourdieusian field theory and Meyer’s world society, an integrative approach is presented here. It rests on three propositions: scriptwriting is related to fields; script may be diffused into other fields; and a global taken for granted can emerge. With an eye toward the humanitarian-development nexus, the article examines the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (established in 1950). Utilizing archival materials, changes the organization underwent, and the transfer of knowledge from the development field are documented. The article argues that resistance to the diffusion of social knowledge may occur, but some shared understanding is nonetheless gained.},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\tnumber = {2},\n\turldate = {2024-05-23},\n\tjournal = {The British Journal of Sociology},\n\tauthor = {Rotem, Nir},\n\tyear = {2022},\n\tpages = {402--420},\n\turl_paper={https://api.zotero.org/users/1430762/publications/items/4L4T2MEZ/file/view}\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n Differentiated modern society is commonly viewed as an aggregation of various fields, yet the question of their boundaries is often a silent one. This article builds on this lacuna to argue that cultural globalization should be acknowledged and added to the equation. Drawing from two distinct branches of the sociology of knowledge, Bourdieusian field theory and Meyer’s world society, an integrative approach is presented here. It rests on three propositions: scriptwriting is related to fields; script may be diffused into other fields; and a global taken for granted can emerge. With an eye toward the humanitarian-development nexus, the article examines the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (established in 1950). Utilizing archival materials, changes the organization underwent, and the transfer of knowledge from the development field are documented. The article argues that resistance to the diffusion of social knowledge may occur, but some shared understanding is nonetheless gained.\n
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@article{yair_three_2022,\n\ttitle = {The three cultures in {American} science: publication productivity in physics, history and economics},\n\tvolume = {127},\n\tcopyright = {All rights reserved},\n\tissn = {1588-2861},\n\tshorttitle = {The three cultures in {American} science},\n\turl = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-022-04396-5},\n\tdoi = {10.1007/s11192-022-04396-5},\n\tabstract = {In 1959 Lord Charles Percy Snow delivered a scathing critique of the bifurcation of scientists into two cultures: The humanists and the natural scientists. Five decades later, Jerome Kagan retorted that the university has actually evolved into three cultures—adding the social sciences as a distinct discipline with its own language, aims, and commitments. In the present study we evaluate one dimension of the ‘three cultures hypothesis,’ by addressing productivity patterns in physics (the natural sciences), history (the humanities) and economics (the social sciences). To do this, we analyze a unique dataset of faculty productivity in 279 American Ph.D. granting universities, utilizing 15 years of data from 6064 physicists, 5508 historians, and 4960 economists. The results support this major facet of the 'three cultures hypothesis’ by showing that productivity norms are truly different across the disciplines. Physicists publish enormous quantities of papers but very few books. Historians, in contrast, gravitate towards book publishing but author few papers. Productivity norms in economics take a middle ground between physics and history. We found those three disciplinary norms to be invariant across individuals and institutes. As academic administrators worldwide embrace ‘new management’ practices, these findings—speaking for the existence of profound disciplinary differences in productivity—are vital for a sober discussion of the future of universities.},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\tnumber = {6},\n\turldate = {2022-05-26},\n\tjournal = {Scientometrics},\n\tauthor = {Yair, Gad and Goldstein, Keith and Rotem, Nir and Olejniczak, Anthony J.},\n\tyear = {2022},\n\tpages = {2967--2980},\n\turl_paper={https://api.zotero.org/users/1430762/publications/items/VJ6VT5CU/file/view}\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n In 1959 Lord Charles Percy Snow delivered a scathing critique of the bifurcation of scientists into two cultures: The humanists and the natural scientists. Five decades later, Jerome Kagan retorted that the university has actually evolved into three cultures—adding the social sciences as a distinct discipline with its own language, aims, and commitments. In the present study we evaluate one dimension of the ‘three cultures hypothesis,’ by addressing productivity patterns in physics (the natural sciences), history (the humanities) and economics (the social sciences). To do this, we analyze a unique dataset of faculty productivity in 279 American Ph.D. granting universities, utilizing 15 years of data from 6064 physicists, 5508 historians, and 4960 economists. The results support this major facet of the 'three cultures hypothesis’ by showing that productivity norms are truly different across the disciplines. Physicists publish enormous quantities of papers but very few books. Historians, in contrast, gravitate towards book publishing but author few papers. Productivity norms in economics take a middle ground between physics and history. We found those three disciplinary norms to be invariant across individuals and institutes. As academic administrators worldwide embrace ‘new management’ practices, these findings—speaking for the existence of profound disciplinary differences in productivity—are vital for a sober discussion of the future of universities.\n
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\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Open the gates wider: affirmative action and dropping out.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Rotem, N.; Yair, G.; and Shustak, E.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Higher Education, 81(3): 551–566. 2021.\n \n\n\n\n
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@article{rotem_open_2021,\n\ttitle = {Open the gates wider: affirmative action and dropping out},\n\tvolume = {81},\n\tcopyright = {All rights reserved},\n\tissn = {1573-174X},\n\tshorttitle = {Open the gates wider},\n\turl = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00556-9},\n\tdoi = {10.1007/s10734-020-00556-9},\n\tabstract = {Affirmative action policies are oftentimes pitted against the need of universities to maintain meritocratic standards in enrollment. The current study tackles this institutional dilemma against the standard of student attrition. It does so by analyzing records of 41,483 undergraduate students who attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2003–2015). Approximately 5\\% of the students were marked eligible by an affirmative action policy that is unique to Israel. Specifically, a non-governmental organization oversees the Israeli indirect affirmative action policy and grants applicants with the status largely based on class. Descriptive statistics reveal no significant differences in dropout rates between affirmative action students and their normative peers. To verify those patterns, we test hierarchical logistic models alongside advanced decision tree models. The findings show the superiority of first-year grade point average and other academic indicators in predicting dropouts. They also confirm that students who are eligible for affirmative action depart at virtually the same rates as normative students and other risk groups. We conclude by suggesting that under certain conditions, universities do not pay any price by admitting students through the backdoor of affirmative action. Therefore, universities can and should open their gates wider.},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\tnumber = {3},\n\turldate = {2021-01-30},\n\tjournal = {Higher Education},\n\tauthor = {Rotem, Nir and Yair, Gad and Shustak, Elad},\n\tyear = {2021},\n\tpages = {551--566},\n\turl_paper={https://api.zotero.org/users/1430762/publications/items/NP5MBR6B/file/view}\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n Affirmative action policies are oftentimes pitted against the need of universities to maintain meritocratic standards in enrollment. The current study tackles this institutional dilemma against the standard of student attrition. It does so by analyzing records of 41,483 undergraduate students who attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2003–2015). Approximately 5% of the students were marked eligible by an affirmative action policy that is unique to Israel. Specifically, a non-governmental organization oversees the Israeli indirect affirmative action policy and grants applicants with the status largely based on class. Descriptive statistics reveal no significant differences in dropout rates between affirmative action students and their normative peers. To verify those patterns, we test hierarchical logistic models alongside advanced decision tree models. The findings show the superiority of first-year grade point average and other academic indicators in predicting dropouts. They also confirm that students who are eligible for affirmative action depart at virtually the same rates as normative students and other risk groups. We conclude by suggesting that under certain conditions, universities do not pay any price by admitting students through the backdoor of affirmative action. Therefore, universities can and should open their gates wider.\n
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@article{rotem_dropping_2021,\n\ttitle = {Dropping out of master’s degrees: objective predictors and subjective reasons},\n\tvolume = {40},\n\tcopyright = {All rights reserved},\n\tissn = {0729-4360},\n\tshorttitle = {Dropping out of master’s degrees},\n\turl = {https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1799951},\n\tdoi = {10.1080/07294360.2020.1799951},\n\tabstract = {While student attrition constitutes a major institutional concern at the undergraduate level, this topic is overlooked at the master’s level. Dropout rates have been documented, but no solid predictive models are to be found. Likewise, little is known about students’ decision to terminate their studies. With growing enrolment numbers in postgraduate programmes, this blind spot should be addressed. The multi-method research presented here, combining student administrative data from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a survey for students who dropped out of the institution, brings the research on this topic a step forward. The study found that dropout rates of master’s students are 12\\%. To identify possible predictors of these dropouts, we employed a four-step hierarchical logistic regression model. Academic performance variables predict dropping out far better than background variables, though much of the variation remains unaccounted for. An exploratory factor analysis of dropout survey items identified five factors linked to departure: work obligations, institutional difficulties, family and personal obligations, degree’s economic feasibility, and harassment. These subjective reasons for dropping out should be major targets for dropout prevention efforts.},\n\tnumber = {5},\n\turldate = {2021-07-28},\n\tjournal = {Higher Education Research \\& Development},\n\tauthor = {Rotem, Nir and Yair, Gad and Shustak, Elad},\n\tmonth = jul,\n\tyear = {2021},\n\tpages = {1070--1084},\n\turl_paper={https://api.zotero.org/users/1430762/publications/items/KD8G5K6Q/file/view}\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n While student attrition constitutes a major institutional concern at the undergraduate level, this topic is overlooked at the master’s level. Dropout rates have been documented, but no solid predictive models are to be found. Likewise, little is known about students’ decision to terminate their studies. With growing enrolment numbers in postgraduate programmes, this blind spot should be addressed. The multi-method research presented here, combining student administrative data from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a survey for students who dropped out of the institution, brings the research on this topic a step forward. The study found that dropout rates of master’s students are 12%. To identify possible predictors of these dropouts, we employed a four-step hierarchical logistic regression model. Academic performance variables predict dropping out far better than background variables, though much of the variation remains unaccounted for. An exploratory factor analysis of dropout survey items identified five factors linked to departure: work obligations, institutional difficulties, family and personal obligations, degree’s economic feasibility, and harassment. These subjective reasons for dropping out should be major targets for dropout prevention efforts.\n
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\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n The riddle of the existential dropout: lessons from an institutional study of student attrition.\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Yair, G.; Rotem, N.; and Shustak, E.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n European Journal of Higher Education, 10(4): 436–453. 2020.\n \n\n\n\n
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@article{yair_riddle_2020,\n\ttitle = {The riddle of the existential dropout: lessons from an institutional study of student attrition},\n\tvolume = {10},\n\tcopyright = {All rights reserved},\n\tissn = {2156-8235},\n\tshorttitle = {The riddle of the existential dropout},\n\turl = {https://doi.org/10.1080/21568235.2020.1718518},\n\tdoi = {10.1080/21568235.2020.1718518},\n\tabstract = {Studies found that students from low socioeconomic backgrounds have higher odds of dropping out from higher education. Academic hardships were also identified as predictors. The current study utilizes data on 45,752 students who started their studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2003–2015). Descriptive statistics reveal that 18\\% of all students dropped out, but that this group is heterogeneous. Specifically, 42\\% of the dropouts left following academic failures. However, 58\\% of the dropouts took an existential leave – never failing a course though taking a limited number of course credits. To identify possible predictors of those dropouts we employ three advanced models: logistic regressions, neural network models and decision tree models. The three methods converge in predicting dropouts when they fail their courses, take a partial programme, or have extremely low GPAs. However, the models fail in predicting the ‘existential dropouts’ – the students who never failed, had ostensibly ‘ok’ grades, and yet decided to leave. The findings set clear criteria for predicting dropout trajectories of academically failing students. We conclude by discussing policy implications that emanate from those new findings and point to the lingering riddle – and the challenge – that existential dropouts constitute.},\n\tnumber = {4},\n\turldate = {2020-01-29},\n\tjournal = {European Journal of Higher Education},\n\tauthor = {Yair, Gad and Rotem, Nir and Shustak, Elad},\n\tyear = {2020},\n\tpages = {436--453},\n\turl_paper={https://api.zotero.org/users/1430762/publications/items/SZL4IGHA/file/view}\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n Studies found that students from low socioeconomic backgrounds have higher odds of dropping out from higher education. Academic hardships were also identified as predictors. The current study utilizes data on 45,752 students who started their studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2003–2015). Descriptive statistics reveal that 18% of all students dropped out, but that this group is heterogeneous. Specifically, 42% of the dropouts left following academic failures. However, 58% of the dropouts took an existential leave – never failing a course though taking a limited number of course credits. To identify possible predictors of those dropouts we employ three advanced models: logistic regressions, neural network models and decision tree models. The three methods converge in predicting dropouts when they fail their courses, take a partial programme, or have extremely low GPAs. However, the models fail in predicting the ‘existential dropouts’ – the students who never failed, had ostensibly ‘ok’ grades, and yet decided to leave. The findings set clear criteria for predicting dropout trajectories of academically failing students. We conclude by discussing policy implications that emanate from those new findings and point to the lingering riddle – and the challenge – that existential dropouts constitute.\n
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@article{samimian-darash_crisis_2019,\n\ttitle = {From {Crisis} to {Emergency}: {The} {Shifting} {Logic} of {Preparedness}},\n\tvolume = {84},\n\tcopyright = {All rights reserved},\n\tshorttitle = {From {Crisis} to {Emergency}},\n\tdoi = {10.1080/00141844.2018.1551239},\n\tabstract = {Following the Second Lebanon War (2006), Israeli preparedness exercises were designed in reference to that crisis event. Hold annually for more than a decade, ‘Turning Point’ exercises are now accompanied by a ‘National Emergency Week’. After three years of fieldwork in the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) and the Turning Point administration, we came to realise that the conceptualisation of preparedness for such events has morphed. Through an analytical discussion on the concepts of crisis and emergency, we argue that a shift in orientation has occurred and crisis response gave birth to emergency management. That is, preparedness is no longer driven by historical precedent but has become a form of future-oriented emergency practice. Moreover, we argue, an emergency apparatus – a distinct technology of governance – has emerged that, although varying in form and composition, has become the means and ends of civilian-front preparedness.},\n\tnumber = {5},\n\tjournal = {Ethnos},\n\tauthor = {Samimian-Darash, Limor and Rotem, Nir},\n\tyear = {2019},\n\tpages = {910--926},\n\turl_paper={https://api.zotero.org/users/1430762/publications/items/MUMP2M4R/file/view}\n}\n\n\n\n
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\n Following the Second Lebanon War (2006), Israeli preparedness exercises were designed in reference to that crisis event. Hold annually for more than a decade, ‘Turning Point’ exercises are now accompanied by a ‘National Emergency Week’. After three years of fieldwork in the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) and the Turning Point administration, we came to realise that the conceptualisation of preparedness for such events has morphed. Through an analytical discussion on the concepts of crisis and emergency, we argue that a shift in orientation has occurred and crisis response gave birth to emergency management. That is, preparedness is no longer driven by historical precedent but has become a form of future-oriented emergency practice. Moreover, we argue, an emergency apparatus – a distinct technology of governance – has emerged that, although varying in form and composition, has become the means and ends of civilian-front preparedness.\n
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@techreport{yair_israel:_2014,\n\taddress = {Luxembourg},\n\ttitle = {Israel: {Trends}, perspectives and challenges in strengthening vocational education for social inclusion and social cohesion},\n\tcopyright = {All rights reserved},\n\turl = {https://www.etf.europa.eu/en/publications-and-resources/publications/israel-trends-perspectives-and-challenges-strengthening},\n\tabstract = {This research focuses on three vocational education and training (VET) schools of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour (MOITL). Each school serves a different sector within the ethnic and religious communities of Israel. We interviewed eight national policy makers and 17 local educators, alongside other experts affiliated with VET schools. We also performed a quantitative survey of 30 teachers and 395 students in our casestudy schools. Our mixed-methods analysis looked at differences between the schools at various levels (students, educators and policy makers). The results clearly show that VET in Israel is viewed as a mechanism for dealing with social exclusion. VET students are primarily dropouts from mainstream academic education and students with learning disabilities, most of whom come from lower socio-economic backgrounds and have a poor capacity for general academic studies. Although the schools are unable to provide students with sufficient resources, they are successful at turning students around from educational failure. A number of policies are suggested at the national level to promote coordination between the MOITL and the Ministry of Education (MoE), in addition to reforms of the Apprenticeship Law and obligatory collaboration with industries.},\n\tinstitution = {Publications Office of the European Union},\n\tauthor = {Yair, Gad and Goldstein, Keith and Rotem, Nir},\n\tyear = {2014},\n\turl_paper={https://api.zotero.org/users/1430762/publications/items/LUUDYNJU/file/view}\n}\n
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\n This research focuses on three vocational education and training (VET) schools of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour (MOITL). Each school serves a different sector within the ethnic and religious communities of Israel. We interviewed eight national policy makers and 17 local educators, alongside other experts affiliated with VET schools. We also performed a quantitative survey of 30 teachers and 395 students in our casestudy schools. Our mixed-methods analysis looked at differences between the schools at various levels (students, educators and policy makers). The results clearly show that VET in Israel is viewed as a mechanism for dealing with social exclusion. VET students are primarily dropouts from mainstream academic education and students with learning disabilities, most of whom come from lower socio-economic backgrounds and have a poor capacity for general academic studies. Although the schools are unable to provide students with sufficient resources, they are successful at turning students around from educational failure. A number of policies are suggested at the national level to promote coordination between the MOITL and the Ministry of Education (MoE), in addition to reforms of the Apprenticeship Law and obligatory collaboration with industries.\n
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