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How to Avoid Being Published
Rob Weir considers the mistakes humanities professors make that keep them from having journal submissions accepted.
'Prophets, Gurus and Pundits'
A new book argues that public intellectuals possess not just knowledge and opinions but something academics lack: style. Scott McLemee considers the rhetoric.
Should Academic Librarians Have Tenure May Be Wrong Question
It's not so much whether tenure is good for academic librarians but what conditions lead to our best work.
Location and Local Identity
When geography is mission.
What I Learned From Teaching This Summer
Privacy, public and private spheres, and more.
Shared or Divided Governance?
Professors must have real input in key campus decisions, including more access at senior administrative levels, but full votes of the faculty are not the most effective way to do so, writes Brian Rosenberg.