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The Myth of Education as Equalizer
A professor argues that the main purpose of higher education is not simply to prepare students for the workforce but to help solve society’s ills.
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Building Up Books
New guidelines aim to make peer review more inclusive while also acknowledging the stresses on the peer-review process, Andrew Berzanskis, Jane Bunker and Rebecca Colesworthy write.
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Vermont State University’s ‘All-Digital’ Library Fiasco
A merged institution born out of financial strain seeks to balance cost with quality, while also reaching more rural residents. But its botched announcement led to an outcry, an apology and a no-confidence vote.
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Opinion
Evergreen With Envy
Scott McLemee reviews Robert A. Schneider’s The Return of Resentment: The Rise and Decline and Rise Again of a Political Emotion.
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Opinion
Of Hobbitology
Scott McLemee interviews author Robert T. Tally Jr. on J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit: Realizing History Through Fantasy: A Critical Companion.
‘The Grant Writing Guide’
Author discusses her new book, on how faculty members can land grants.
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Opinion
Driven to Distraction
Scott McLemee reviews Jamie Kreiner’s The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction.
Pagination
Pagination
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