Filter & Sort
Fleeing From 'Free'
Flat World Knowledge will no longer publish versions of its textbooks at no charge. How big a setback does the company's change represent for the 'open' movement?
Pearson's Open Book
Publishing giant unveils search engine for open educational resources -- and its own content.
'Occupying the Academy'
Editors discuss new book on diversity work within higher education.
Measured Innovation in Peer Review
Two online publishing ventures seek to reform peer review without blowing it wide open.
Opinion
Jacques Barzun: Anti-Educationist?
Was a legendary humanist and professor opposed to higher ed? Scott McLemee looks at the record.
'No Longer Invisible'
A new book argues that colleges can find revitalization by paying more attention to religion on campus.
Going Meta on the Data
You leave digital footprints when you do research. Scott McLemee listens to the librarians who follow them.
The Nobel Satirist
The most famous literary award in the world finally catches up with Chinese literature. Scott McLemee discusses Mo Yan.