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All Along the Border
Scott McLemee reviews Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border by Ieva Jusionyte.
‘Making Up Your Own Mind’
Mathematics scholar turned college president discusses his new book on problem solving.
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I Am Cited, Ergo Sum
In fact, argues Peter C. Herman, the question for scholars should be “Who reads us, anyway?”
‘How Corporate Cash Bought American Higher Education’
New book outlines how rich donors have become more assertive about how their money should be used and explores the costs to higher ed.
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The Book at the End of the World
Scott McLemee reviews Timothy Beal's The Book of Revelation: A Biography.
An Unending Copyright Dispute
Appeals court ruling continues decade-long legal battle between Georgia State University and three publishers over what constitutes "fair use" of course materials. Does anyone still care about the outcome?
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The Overlooked Messages of the Sokal-Squared Hoax
Few people seemed to have noticed that it was a put-down of academics concerned with racial issues, write Joel P. Christensen and Matthew A. Sears.
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Perfectly Transparent
In the wake of the most recent effort to undermine transgender people and their rights, Scott McLemee reviews this year's books on them.