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Shock Over a Textbook
Co-author of wellness textbook says he meant to inspire people to know their self-worth and lead healthier lives. But critics say his book implies that those who died in the Holocaust were weak and that cancer is a choice.
‘The University We Need’
Author discusses his critique of higher education as too liberal -- and the idea of creating a new university with another perspective.
Opinion
The Mediated Mind in the Rearview Mirror
Scott McLemee examines Susan Zieger’s The Mediated Mind: Affect, Ephemera, and Consumerism in the Nineteenth Century, which helps put into clear view the impact of mass media culture on the way we live now.
Opinion
The Human Particulars
Scott McLemee continues his roundup of upcoming titles from university presses, focusing this time on books that consider our origins and prospects as a species, as well as the bioethical dilemmas we're creating for ourselves.
‘The Future of Tech Is Female’
Author discusses his new book about women in the technology industry and in the academic programs that could lead them there.
Opinion
More Coming This Fall
Scott McLemee reviews some forthcoming titles -- hypertopical and otherwise -- about which readers might want to know.
Opinion
Read Every Day While You Can
Images, sounds, videos, virtual reality and the many means by which we can alter our state of mind may compete for our time and attention, writes Frank H. Wu, but the pages of a good book give -- and demand from -- us much more.
‘An Inclusive Academy’
Authors discuss their new book that suggests most colleges can do more to diversify their faculties.