Books & Publishing

A project that aims to slash the cost of producing monographs could help make more of them available to the public for free. But will scholars participate?

Scott McLemee reviews Melissa Gregg's Counterproductive: Time Management in the Knowledge Economy.

Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education will combine to create one giant education publisher focused on digital content. Observers aren’t convinced that’s a good thing for students.

Provost, who had said university was ending its support for university press this year, extends it for another year and suggests more support could be coming in the future. New approach comes amid widespread criticism.

Editors discuss new volume of essays on the ways higher education is changing because of issues of race, gender and sexuality -- and how they think higher ed needs to change even more.

Analysis commissioned by advocacy group documents how major companies' business strategies could help them lock up research and learning data that colleges and scholars need.

Scholars question decision -- particularly as it comes from one of the world's wealthiest universities and will limit publishing by a highly respected press.

Vanderbilt scholar was talking about his new book, Dying of Whiteness.