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Notes from the Underground
A new book explores the subterranean connections between geology and mythology. Scott McLemee returns from the land of the ice and snow, from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
'Making Scientists'
Authors of new book discuss ways to improve teaching and learning in the STEM fields.
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Narrating a Tragedy
Lucinda Roy reflects on the experience of reading her book on the Virginia Tech killings out loud -- cover to cover -- for a recording.
Self-Fulfilling Professorial Politics
Author discusses analysis that may frustrate some on the left and on the right in his new book Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?
'Paying for the Party'
Research featured in new book suggests that, in effort to lure full-pay students, universities have shifted their institutional priorities to the benefit of the affluent and the detriment of everyone else.
Call in the Lawyers
Edwin Mellen Press, under fire for a now-dropped lawsuit against a university and librarian, threatens more legal action after a website wrote about the case.
Online Rx for 'Cost Disease'
William Bowen, former Princeton president, argues in new book that technology can lower college costs, but there remain more questions than answers.
Libraries Can Lend Foreign Books
Supreme Court rules against textbook publisher's effort to prevent resale of cheaper imported textbooks.