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A Course Experiment Tackles Textbook Costs
Students in California drafted a bill to urge publishers to reveal how their textbooks changed between editions. The students convinced lawmakers to adopt the legislation. But will publishers comply?
‘Not All Dead White Men’
Author discusses her new book on classics and misogyny in the digital era.
Opinion
Python in Residence
Scott McLemee reviews John Cleese's new book, Professor at Large: The Cornell Years, a selection of lectures and colloquies from his time moonlighting as an Ivy League don.
‘An Unacceptable Breach of Trust’
Editors of book series stop publishing with Springer Nature to protest its acquiescence to Chinese government censorship demands.
Opinion
The People v. Expert Authority
Scott McLemee interviews the author of The New Authoritarianism: Trump, Populism, and the Tyranny of Experts.
‘Talking Art’
Sociologist discusses his critical book about visual arts M.F.A. programs, based on his close observations of them. He laments a lack of focus on beauty.
‘Upending the Ivory Tower’
Author discusses his new book about history of black activism and the civil rights movement at Ivy League universities.
Opinion
Enemies of the People?
In the face of the administration's attacks on the press, Greg Britton questions whether his work as a scholarly publisher really differs from that of journalists.