14 juillet 2017

Without rigor and cohesive requirements, the liberal arts will eventually confront a future of irrelevance, argues Michael B. Poliakoff. More...

Scott McLemee highlights another round of titles from next season’s offerings from university presses. More...

Unfair biases lead to the undervaluation of the role of such research in the advancement of knowledge, write David S. Rovnyak and George C. Shields. More...

Stephanie Wykstra describes how scholars and researchers are working to restore confidence in peer-reviewed science. More...

Despite Daniel Drezner’s arguments to the contrary, now is not the “worst of times” for public intellectuals, Jonathan Marks argues. More...

Institutional incentives (and barriers) are major reasons why more professors don’t try to bring their ideas to the public, Danielle Cooper and Christine Wolff-Eisenberg argue. More...

While no writing instrument can do the actual work for you, Scott McLemee describes the benefits (and disadvantages) of various note-taking apps. More...

While the majority of Republicans may believe colleges have a negative impact on America, they probably don’t feel that way about their alma maters or intercollegiate sports teams, writes Christopher R. Marsicano. More...

By Richard Utz. Trying to turn the spectacularly popular show into a means of encouraging future medieval scholars is misguided, writes Richard Utz. More...

By Christina Berchini. Some “free speech” proponents only support perspectives that have advantaged them -- at the expense of social progress, argues Christina Berchini. More...