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'Hotspots' and international scientific collaboration
The OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2011: Innovation and Growth in Knowledge Economies report was released on 20 September...
College Sports and Our Winter of Discontent
Periodically in the world of intercollegiate athletics, we cycle through a set of controversies, changes, and challenges that cause our...
Beyond the Three Percent
Why do publishers bring out so few books in translation? Scott McLemee interviews someone trying to change things.
Presidents and Mission
Susan Resneck Pierce considers how search committees figure out whether there is a match between candidates to lead an institution and its values.
5 Things I No Longer Wish to Own
Is this desire to shed ownership of things a life cycle story, a digital story, or something else? Do you...
The View from Fifth Grade
“I have a locker!”You forget what’s important when you’re ten.TW and I went to the parents’ open house at The...
On Being a Feminist Role Model in the Classroom
Lee Skallerup “Is it always like this?” This question came from one of the three male students in my 50+...
Dilemmas of Expansion: Can the Brazilian government assure the quality of new institutions?
Brazilian education has expanded very rapidly in recent years, due mostly to private institutions, that now account for 75% of...