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A Civil Rights Hero Who Disappeared
New book tells story of a largely forgotten man who won a landmark Supreme Court decision.
Opinion
Our Thinking About Crossover Scholarship Is Wrong
Many people in higher education are skeptical of its value, but we should give it the legitimacy it deserves, argues Karlyn Crowley.
Streamlining Citations
New MLA Handbook seeks to make citing sources from a variety of media easier and more commonsensical.
Digital Overtakes Print
Major publishers report sales of digital course materials surpass sales of print textbooks for the first time. Are the numbers right -- and does it matter?
Opinion
'Messages From a Lost World'
Once one of the best-known authors in the world but then for many years relegated to footnotes, Stefan Zweig hardly seemed liked a figure poised for rediscovery. But not too long ago, the comeback began, writes Scott McLemee.
Opinion
Fish Tales
Scott McLemee reviews a new biography on the scholar Stanley Fish, who, if he wrote a book of career advice, could title it The Art of the Deal.
'Lesson Plan'
Two former college presidents, both longtime scholars of higher education, discuss their new book on the problems -- real and imagined -- facing academe.
Pirating Papers
Study looks at the reasons why people pirate scholarly articles from peer-to-peer research sharing communities -- it's more convenience than ideology.