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Smile! You're (Not) on Camera!
Historians group prohibits hiring committees from recording job interviews at hiring annual conference.
Global Alliance for Liberal Arts
16 institutions from around the world form coalition to defend need for colleges that aren't focused strictly on job training.
Unbeaten Streak
The digital repository HathiTrust scores another victory as a federal appeals court rules its practices fall under the "fair use" doctrine.
The Ad People Noticed
A university's job ad requiring candidates for adjunct position to have published 25 books set off a frenzy online. Here's what happened.
Opinion
Buy the Batch
An ebook series puts old scholarly papers in front of new readers. Scott McLemee thinks it's a model worth emulating.
Stop Blaming Professors
Study finds that the more students engage with faculty members and academics, the more their political views moderate. Student activities are what appear to encourage those already leaning left or right to tilt further.
Data, Data Everywhere
Participants in the Gates-funded MOOC Research Initiative discuss their results -- and the pains of working with MOOC data.
Opinion
Reform Intro Economics
We can't teach everything, but we can try to engage more students, and a more diverse student body, writes Clark G. Ross.