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So Kennesaw State won't hire a strong candidate for provost because he once quoted Marx. Where do I start? I...

Blogs in higher education - some ideas about their benefits and downsides

I have recently been awarded a small course development grant meant to use blogs in the teaching of European studies...

Ingesting 'Blood, Bones

People who work with information, folks like you and me, are constantly in danger of becoming obsessed with jobs that...

March Madness: Judge Denny Chin Rejects the Google Settement

When Google launched what Jeffrey Toobin called "Google's Moon Shot" - its audacious move to digitize the holdings of research...

ABC's and PhD's: Avatars - academic and otherwise

I wonder if you, savvy readers of this blog, would “recognize” me if we met outside of cyberspace. By this...

Phones

This piece in the New York Times -- motto: No Paywall ‘til Monday! -- and this post by Tenured Radical...

Expertise and Ethics in Academics

Today writing about ethics in academics became a necessity, after all that has been happening in Japan for the past...

The NYTimes Paywall, the Book Review, and Amazon's Future

Jeff Bezos loves the NYTimes paywall. Here is what Amazon will do: 1. Create the Amazon Book Review Section: Starting...