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Digital Hubris, Digital Humility

Adam Crymble considers why a rapidly growing movement has attracted a backlash, and what can be done about it.

The 19-Year-Old Startup

After 19 years as an auxiliary of the Stanford University Libraries, the technology company HighWire Press spins off.

Timid About Fair Use?

A new report from the College Art Association says that artists and art historians have real and perceived concerns about fair use laws. Experts say other kinds of academics do, too.

Is Blogging Unscholarly?

After the International Studies Association proposes to ban journal editors from blogging, infuriated faculty members take to their blogs.

Fireable Tweets

Months after a professor's comments on Twitter set off a controversy, Kansas Board of Regents adopts policy on when professors and other employees can be fired for "improper use of social media."

Wanted: Adoring Female Students

Do male professors need and seek out attention from their female students? A popular feminist blogger thinks so, as do many of her Twitter followers.

When Does a Scientist Get Called a Whore?

Many professors are outraged over an e-mail sent to an academic blogger and over the way Scientific American removed her post describing what happened.

'If You Want to Be My Student'

A Columbia professor got very detailed on his website about what he expects of his graduate students. Some praise his clarity, but others have been taken aback by his strict rules.