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Embargoes for Dissertations?
American Historical Association wants universities to permit blocking of online access to doctoral students' work for six years, saying such rules will protect new Ph.D.s seeking to publish. Not everyone wants to be protected.
Opinion
Guerrilla Ambush
We've learned to tune out the constant bombardment of advertisements. Scott McLemee looks at a new analysis of techniques for commanding consumer attention.
'College Girl'
In her new memoir, a professor recounts her experience being raped as a college student, her university's seeming indifference and what it took to help her recover.
Opinion
Fall Forward
Sex! Death! Race and class and politics! Scott McLemee rounds up forthcoming university press books sure to start an argument.
Impure Plastic?
Eastman Chemical's lawsuit raises issues about academic and corporate research and conflicts of interest.
Opinion
Sneak Previews
What's coming from university presses in the months ahead? Scott McLemee begins a survey of the fall and winter crop.
'What Our Stories Teach Us'
Author discusses new book on how faculty members can consider their own teaching and learning experiences to improve them.
Opinion
Spam Wars
From Monty Python to your e-mailbox, it's everywhere. Scott McLemee finds its history surprisingly digestible.