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The Encyclopedia of Babel

Wikipedia has been growing in authority -- and a new paper shows that scholars are studying and citing it, as well as writing for it. Scott McLemee hits "view source."

Myths About Fair Use

Patricia Aufderheide reviews seven misconceptions held by many academics -- to the detriment of their teaching scholarship.

I've Been Pirated

All right, I admit it. Like many hopeful authors, I had been Googling my own book. To see if it...

Antidote for Entitled 'Customers'

Instead of just complaining about their students' sense of entitlement, professors should design a better classroom experience, Steven J. Bell argues.

A New Prescription

The university technology transfer patient is ailing and needs radical treatment. Stat. Rick Shangraw Jr. and Augustine Cheng offer some prescriptions.

Youth in Recession

A new anthology by Generation Y writers is part survival handbook, part manifesto. Scott McLemee interviews the editor.

Accountability and the Iron Cage

In his famous book on capitalism, Max Weber warned that our modern world would increasingly be driven by endless attempts...

Technology and Teaching Writing

Is it a given that technology enhances the acts of writing, as it does the arts and sciences of film-making...