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How a Digital Textbook Initiative Achieved Liftoff
Indiana University wants other institutions to absorb insights gleaned from its fast-growing digital textbook initiative.
Uncovering Koch Role in Faculty Hires
George Mason says some of its past donor agreements with Charles Koch Foundation have afforded the organization a say in faculty appointments, in violation of the norms of academic freedom.
Big Cuts, Big Completion Gains
The University of Rhode Island managed to boost its student completion rates and change its gen-ed curriculum while recovering from the budget slashing of the recession.
Opinion
What Really Makes a ‘High-Impact' Practice High Impact?
A recent study questioning the value of such practices mistakenly assumes that just making them available suffices. How they are implemented is crucial, George Kuh and Jillian Kinzie write.
Are Etextbooks Affordable Now?
In a bid to gain market share, publishers have slashed the cost of digital textbooks.
Revolt Over an Editor
Prominent psychologist apologizes and resigns as journal editor over allegations of aggressive self-citation and more.
Passing on Koch
Montana State's Faculty Senate narrowly votes down proposed economics research center to be funded by an active Charles Koch Foundation grant.
Opinion
The Distraction Attraction
A lesson in Ethan Tussey’s The Procrastination Economy: The Big Business of Downtime is that a large, voracious and profitable cultural apparatus is absorbing and monetizing every second of your attention, writes Scott McLemee.