A Professor Helps Raise a Library in His Native Zambia
Virginians give the gift of reading to a Bridgewater College professor's home village.
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'I Never Thought I'd Get to Go to College'
For a former Marine with a young family, the Post-9/11 GI Bill opens the door to fulfillment of a childhood dream.
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Revenge of the Underpaid Professors
The online disruption of higher education had to wait for the tools to get good enough. Now great college teachers will finally have the platform they deserve.
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The Unabomber's Pen Pal
The philosopher David F. Skrbina doesn't endorse Ted Kaczynski's violence. But he says some of the notorious anti-technologist's ideas are valid.
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Why We Can't Farm Out the Teaching of Writing
Insecure about their own prose, too many faculty members shy away from evaluating the quality of their students'.
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In Praise of Reference-Book Authors
A tribute to lexicographers and others who classify life's minutiae.
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HathiTrust Lawsuit Highlights Authors' Fears
Universities shouldn't assume that being on the side of preservation and access is enough to reassure content providers about digitization.
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Hot Type: Publishers Say They Are Not the Enemy in University Copyright Disputes
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Five Things That University Presses Should Know About Working With Libraries
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If You Can Read It, You Can Eat It
The Academic Librarian
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Not Enough Time in the Library
Just because your students are computer-literate doesn't mean they are research-literate.
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Subject Experts Need Not Apply
Recent job postings and hires suggest that many academic libraries are losing interest in hiring humanities Ph.D.'s
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