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Is academic nepotism a good thing?

The hiring of spouses and friends is not merely transactional; it affects organizational climate.
Career Advice

Postdoc Pay: A Women's Issue

If universities want to retain more female academic scientists, it's time to increase postdoc salaries, writes Jennifer Bussell.
Views Intellectual Affairs

The MOOC Synthesizer

Two overlooked articles consider massive open online coursework from distinctive angles. Scott McLemee flags them down.
Columns GradHacker

Old Habits Die Hard

Adapting during grad school.
Columns Learning Innovation

MOOC Pre-History

What NYU's "Sunrise Semester" can teach us today.
Columns Library Babel Fish

Kairos: Open Since 1996

Open access publishing has been gaining ground. I thought it would be instructive to talk to Doug Eyman, editor of Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, & Pedagogy - which has been exploring the potential of open access web-based publishing since 1996.