Publishing

A Vermont college creates a publishing enterprise for students, by students.

Article criticizing Wheaton College, seen by many as flagship of evangelical higher ed, is killed by key publication in Christian intellectual life. Why?

Another deadline has passed for filing commentary on the pending settlement between Google and major associations of American authors and publishers over Google Book Search, the controversial project that aims to scan millions of books into a searchable electronic database.

Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab, also know as OWL, helps students improve their writing skills. But the writing lab's instructors want students who use OWL’s Web resources to do so on the program's Web site.

That’s why officials at OWL were disturbed to find last week that Tutor.com, a company that offers free instructional resources in addition to commercial e-tutoring services, was “framing” OWL’s original writing under its own banner.

The Tomorrow's Professor e-newsletter, which has thrived despite eschewing the trappings of modern media, prepares to put out its 1,000th edition.

Colleges release analyses of major experiments with Kindles -- and find students use less paper with the devices, but want better note-taking ability.

U.S. academic publishing giants hope a favorable ruling by a German court will put a dent in the black market for pirated e-books.

As more journalism schools agree to supply local news outlets with free copy, critics question whether they are betraying their graduates — and the public.

U. of Rochester thinks it has a model that could breathe life into anemic institutional repositories -- a problem that has undermined open-access movement for years.

With demand for online assessment and e-tutoring tools growing, good textbooks alone are no longer enough to win over professors.