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Luxury... and Your Next Book
Mark Edington considers the real crisis in academic publishing.
Throwing Rocks at the Ivory Tower
A documentary filmmaker releases a critical look at higher education and student debt. But was he wrong to ignore the for-profit sector?
'Place, Not Race'
Author discusses a new approach to affirmative action in admissions that she says could help the disadvantaged without some of the legal and political issues that challenge current approaches.
Unbeaten Streak
The digital repository HathiTrust scores another victory as a federal appeals court rules its practices fall under the "fair use" doctrine.
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Buy the Batch
An ebook series puts old scholarly papers in front of new readers. Scott McLemee thinks it's a model worth emulating.
Stop Blaming Professors
Study finds that the more students engage with faculty members and academics, the more their political views moderate. Student activities are what appear to encourage those already leaning left or right to tilt further.
The 19-Year-Old Startup
After 19 years as an auxiliary of the Stanford University Libraries, the technology company HighWire Press spins off.
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Becoming Freud
A new book considers the founding father of psychoanalysis as self-made man. Scott McLemee has a look.