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Opinion
Pushy Textbook Publishers
Nate Kreuter writes about the frustration of receiving unsolicited review copies -- and the impact of marketing efforts on the curriculum.
Textbook Alternative
U. of Minnesota will catalog and offer peer reviews of open-source textbooks, aiming to help professors find those materials and give them the confidence to assign them.
Opinion
The Trouble With Black Studies
Fierce debate breaks out yet again about an ever-controversial field of scholarship. Scott McLemee keeps his eyes on the prize.
Opinion
Old-School Publishing
Greedy publishers, overworked scholars, unnecessary books and too much hype...Scott McLemee reports on academic publishing, circa 1600.
Andrew Delbanco's 'College'
In a new book, higher-ed thinker tackles difficult questions about the future of college in America.
'The Black Campus Movement'
New book aims to put the fight for black studies departments and cultural centers in a broader historical context.
'Communists and Perverts'
A new book explores a Florida legislative committee that targeted gay students and professors in the 1950s and '60s.
Opinion
For Books, Against Boilerplate
Officials at the second largest research library in the United States have their talking points about its redesign. Scott McLemee wants them to change the script.