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Amazon, Kindle, and Why Editorial Content Will Trump E-Readers
E-readers will soon be commodities, with low margins and standard feature sets. Kindle, Nook, or whatever - e-book readers will...
Stuck in the mud?
An old friend gave me an old book. Not old by the standards of literature, or even of the publishing...
Unexpected Conversations
Pamela Bedore, Tom Deans and Thomas Lawrence Long reflect on a faculty committee that was a success without pushing for change.
One Chart to Rule Them All
Wow. If you haven’t seen this chart yet, go look. It shows the cumulative growth of student loan debt in...
Mothering at Mid-Career: This Year's Transition
I picked the car up after an oil change the other day and Greg, the shop owner — a friend...
5 Opportunities for Higher Ed Technology Leadership
The levers available to reduce costs and improve quality in higher ed are all dependent, to some degree, on technology...
The Gossip Scene
New academics need information, official and otherwise, writes Barbara Pinckus, but there can be costs for gathering and sharing it.
The Public Service Obligation
A stint in public higher education left Paula M. Krebs wondering how private liberal arts colleges think about their obligations to their local communities.