On February 15, 2010, The Scholarly Kitchen blog reported on the newly released UC Berkeley Scholarly Communication Report. 728 pages! The reoccurring theme in the report is that academia is a […]
Category: higher education
A kinder, gentler Onion
Given the torrent of negative media attention enjoyed of late by the state of Illinois and its flagship university , it’s no surprise that the Onion wanted to get in […]
Inside Higher Ed on Global Campus
Inside Higher Ed reports today on the failure of Illinois’ Global Campus initiative. […]
Is the peer review process broken?
Daniel J. Myers expresses concern in the The Chronicle of Higher Education about his popularity as a peer reviewer. In the past month, I have been asked to review not one […]
Scholarship story back in the news
Kent Redfield, contributor to the forthcoming book Illinois Politics: A Citizen’s Guide, comments in a Chicago Tribune story on Illinois legislative scholarships. […]
Money for nothing and clicks for free
After the past year especially, scholarly publishers are looking for new models that work in an age of digital downloadable segmentable content and declining sales and institutional support. Over ten […]
Health Care, Then and Now by Winton U. Solberg
Good health care is essential, and Americans watch closely as President Obama and Congress struggle to determine how to deliver basic medical service to all Americans. It helps to put the […]
A random walk down university press row
-Indiana University Press blog announces an electronic content initiative. -Duke University Press blog encourages readers to follow the recent advice of Inside Higher Ed. -Princeton University Press blog spreads the fertilizer […]
Twitter ed
Scott McLemee investigates Twitter use at university presses. […]
Survivor: UI Admissions
The Chicago Tribune reports that getting into the state’s flagship university can be made easier depending upon whom one knows. Patronage has become such an entrenched part of the admissions […]
For a banal Friday afternoon
This morning’s Chronicle of Higher Education Daily Report features “A Tradition of Banality” by Don Troop. (Warning: CHE‘s links are walled after a few days.) The “Banality” refers to the […]
An Illinois-North Carolina rematch?
Before you fill out your NCAA Men’s Basketball brackets, be sure to consult Inside Higher Ed‘s annual Academic Performance Tournament. We’re in the sweet sixteen, baby! […]