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Should Grad Students Publish?
Two vastly different disciplines consider whether there are too many journal articles these days, and whether graduate student publishing is part of the problem. Some see that analysis as shortsighted.
Opinion
Some Good People
What stands out in Linda Gordon’s The Second Coming of the KKK is that the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s tried to create a world unto itself through spectacle, mass communications and branding, writes Scott McLemee.
Cambridge Press Changes Course on Chinese Censorship Request
Facing intense criticism for caving to censors, Cambridge University Press restores access to more than 300 journal articles it had blocked in China -- but the problem for publishers isn’t going away. Chinese authorities also try to block articles from another journal.
‘Law Mart’
Author of new study of for-profit legal education sector answers questions about the book and potential lessons for policy makers.
Outrage Over University Press Caving in to Chinese Censorship
Cambridge press agrees to block access in China to more than 300 articles from a key journal for scholarship on the nation.
‘Degrees of Difference’
Author discusses new book on how the value of higher education is discussed -- and how issues of gender influence that discussion.
Opinion
Klan 2.0
In The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition, Linda Gordon emphasizes broad patterns, making the book more timely than even the headlines of the past few days would suggest, writes Scott McLemee.
Opinion
Giving People What They Paid For
Drew Story outlines a simple approach academics can use to increase access to research and restore its public value.