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‘Black and Queer on Campus’
Author discusses his new book about students who face multiple forms of discrimination.
The Myth of Education as Equalizer
A professor argues that the main purpose of higher education is not simply to prepare students for the workforce but to help solve society’s ills.
Opinion
Building Up Books
New guidelines aim to make peer review more inclusive while also acknowledging the stresses on the peer-review process, Andrew Berzanskis, Jane Bunker and Rebecca Colesworthy write.
A Studied Ignorance
Scott McLemee reviews Peter Burke’s Ignorance: A Global History.
Vermont State University’s ‘All-Digital’ Library Fiasco
A merged institution born out of financial strain seeks to balance cost with quality, while also reaching more rural residents. But its botched announcement led to an outcry, an apology and a no-confidence vote.
Opinion
Evergreen With Envy
Scott McLemee reviews Robert A. Schneider’s The Return of Resentment: The Rise and Decline and Rise Again of a Political Emotion.
Opinion
Of Hobbitology
Scott McLemee interviews author Robert T. Tally Jr. on J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit: Realizing History Through Fantasy: A Critical Companion.
‘The Grant Writing Guide’
Author discusses her new book, on how faculty members can land grants.