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Itchy Twitter Finger
Scott McLemee examines The Trump Presidency: Outsider in the Oval Office, the first book about Trump's first year in office to be published by a scholarly press.
‘Inclusive Access’ Takes Off
Hundreds of colleges are signing on to publishers’ programs, with apparent savings to students. Some applaud the movement, while others are skeptical.
‘Diversity Matters’
Editors discuss new book about a push by many Christian colleges to diversify their institutions.
First Generation to the Ivy League
Author discusses her new book on transitions in admissions -- and beyond.
‘The Doha Experiment’
New book by a former professor looks at the tensions and struggles behind what author describes as Georgetown’s “bold, important and interesting” experiment to bring American liberal education to Qatar.
Opinion
We Demand…
In We Demand: The University and Student Protests, Roderick A. Ferguson's understanding of the campus activism of the 1960s and ’70s rests on a clear sense of the university as a crucial part of the social machine, writes Scott McLemee.
A Broadening Battle Over Archives to Share Papers
Scholars feel pressure to remove their work from research-sharing platforms like Academia.edu and others, as publishers’ battle with ResearchGate rages on.
Peer Review's Give-and-Take
About that peer-review crisis … There isn’t one, at least in terms of quantity, according to a new study of article submissions and reviews completed in the social sciences. But those who write many papers might not be reviewing their fair share.