Books & Publishing

How should parents prepare children for college? In a new book, a former college president takes a look at programs and resources at five different institutions to find out what students need and what parents should do during the first year of college.

Faculty members need to recognize the gaps between students, publishers and professors, and push for change, writes Naomi S. Baron.

Article speculates that their landmark work on DNA, if evaluated by today's standards, might not have found a journal.

Even as free and low-cost textbook initiatives grow, most efforts are still focused on introductory courses. Options are far more limited in upper-level courses, where a single textbook can now cost $400.

Authors discuss new book on high levels of Asian-American achievement in education in which they argue that it's not about culture.

U of Akron denies killing off its press, even though the university eliminated the jobs of all employees. Many are dubious.

Does the arc of the universe bend toward justice? Scott McLemee looks into a philosopher's book on racial profiling and police homicide.

Historians are recovering the sounds, smells and other sensory details of the past. Scott McLemee checks the record.