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Should Grad Students Publish?
Two vastly different disciplines consider whether there are too many journal articles these days, and whether graduate student publishing is part of the problem. Some see that analysis as shortsighted.
Opinion
Some Good People
What stands out in Linda Gordon’s The Second Coming of the KKK is that the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s tried to create a world unto itself through spectacle, mass communications and branding, writes Scott McLemee.
The Missing Black Professors
Study of top public universities finds limited faculty diversity, yet signs of progress -- except for African-Americans in STEM.
Cambridge Press Changes Course on Chinese Censorship Request
Facing intense criticism for caving to censors, Cambridge University Press restores access to more than 300 journal articles it had blocked in China -- but the problem for publishers isn’t going away. Chinese authorities also try to block articles from another journal.
Opinion
Managing the Student From Heck
Maria Shine Stewart provides some advice for dealing with particularly difficult students in the classroom.
‘Law Mart’
Author of new study of for-profit legal education sector answers questions about the book and potential lessons for policy makers.
Opinion
Survey Centers and the Academy
Turn to any news outlet, and you will find a public opinion poll bearing a college or university affiliation, writes Mileah Kromer, but few people on campuses even know how survey labs function, let alone the benefits they provide.