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College for Free
Change everything about how higher ed is funded and public colleges can offer free tuition, a new book argues.
Opinion
Off the Clock
Whatever happened to the shrinking work week that futurologists used to worry about? Scott McLemee checks into a volume in the field of leisure studies.
Books With Borders
A new restriction from Amazon prevents students from bringing some of their rented textbooks across state lines.
A Call for Nuance
Derek Bok's new book asserts that much of the recent criticism of higher education is inaccurate or oversimplified, but that plenty of serious problems do exist.
Opinion
Encountering Simone Weil
A documentary about the philosopher, mystic, and rebel is coming out on DVD. Scott McLemee hears from the director.
'Zombies in the Academy'
Editors of new book discuss the zombie apocalypse in higher education.
'What the Best Law Teachers Do'
Law education has been a bit beleaguered lately. A new book shows what's still right about legal education and where it needs to go.
Opinion
Overload and Collapse
A new book charts the rise of an artform so loud and harsh that "music" may not be the word for it. Scott McLemee brings the noise.