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Evaluating the Genuine Fake
Scott McLemee reviews Lydia Pyne's Genuine Fakes: How Phony Things Teach Us About Real Stuff.
How Not to Do Public Discourse
A program on civic virtue at UNC-Chapel Hill is raising concerns about secrecy and funding.
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We Need to Talk About Authorship Abuse
The academic community must move beyond compliance with standards and toward the cultivation of a greater sense of ethical responsibility, argue A. Susan Jurow and Jordan Jurow.
Free Textbooks, but Not for All Students
The University of the Cumberlands will begin a free textbook loan program next year for on-campus students only.
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Asking the Editors: Part 1
Junior Prof shares advice from two leading university press editors about first-time book authorship.
Speaking Out Against Student Evals
Sociologists and more than a dozen other professional groups take a stand against using student evaluations of teaching as a primary measure of teaching effectiveness.
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Great Expectations
Jo Guldi learns a lesson from students who embrace the challenge of high academic standards.
Data-Driven Accountability
As new datasets on student results become available, the Lumina Foundation taps group of regulators and experts for new approach to assuring quality in higher education, with focus on equity and colleges' financial health.