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Math Journal Editors Quit for Open Access
To protest the high prices charged by their publisher, Springer, the editors of the Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics will start a rival journal that will be free for all to read.
'Write No Matter What'
Author discusses her new book of writing advice for academics.
‘Breakaway Learners’
Author discusses her new book about promoting success of at-risk students.
Opinion
Our Zombies, Our Selves
Scott McLemee writes of the recent passing of George A. Romero, the “godfather of zombie film,” and how his work was simultaneously horrific and satirical.
Trigger Warnings Ahead
New book seeks to round out the trigger warning debate with competing histories of the trend and case studies from the classroom.
Opinion
‘Vice’ Precedents
Mark Stein’s Vice Capades: Sex, Drugs and Bowling From the Pilgrims to the Present tracks how the vice of one century, such as bowling or playing cards, can become the wholesome family recreation of another, writes Scott McLemee.
‘The Toxic University’
Author discusses his new book, which argues that politicians and “zombie leadership” in higher education are destroying academic values.
Opinion
There’s an App for That
While no writing instrument can do the actual work for you, Scott McLemee describes the benefits (and disadvantages) of various note-taking apps.