By Colleen Flaherty. Cathy Davidson’s new book is a manifesto on teaching students -- and institutions -- how to survive and thrive in the digital age. More...
11 octobre 2017
11 octobre 2017
‘The Man-Not’
By Colleen Flaherty. Tommy Curry, the philosopher at Texas A&M whose comments on race set off a furor, discusses his new book on how critical theory has ignored the realities of black maleness. More...
9 octobre 2017
Defending Nontraditional Presidents
By Rick Seltzer. New book examines which liberal arts colleges are hiring nontraditional presidents (money and prestige make it less likely) and argues that boards should be asking a different question than "traditional or nontraditional?". More...
8 octobre 2017
Newsworthy?
In Newsworthy: The Supreme Court Battle Over Privacy and Press Freedom, Samantha Barbas makes clear how much Americans' views about privacy have changed over time, writes Scott McLemee. More...
8 octobre 2017
Some Good People
What stands out in Linda Gordon’s The Second Coming of the KKK is that the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s tried to create a world unto itself through spectacle, mass communications and branding, writes Scott McLemee. More...
8 octobre 2017
A Memory of Total Eclipse
As we await the arrival of the next solar eclipse, Scott McLemee describes how a group of Chinese researchers bravely studied one almost 50 years ago. More...
8 octobre 2017
‘Digital Prospects’
Byung-Chul Han’s In the Swarm: Digital Prospects describes how our society is well down the road toward a dramatically different, digital world. Much harder to discern, writes Scott McLemee, is where, or if, Han sees an off-ramp. More...
8 octobre 2017
Our Zombies, Our Selves
Scott McLemee writes of the recent passing of George A. Romero, the “godfather of zombie film,” and how his work was simultaneously horrific and satirical. More...
28 septembre 2017
Rating the Quality of Open Textbooks: How Reviewer and Text Characteristics Predict Ratings
Using data collected from peer reviews for Open Textbook Library titles, this paper explores questions about rating the quality of open textbooks. The five research questions addressed the relationship between textbook and reviewer characteristics and ratings. Although reviewers gave textbooks high ratings generally, reviewers identified differences in quality according to criteria and discipline. More...
26 septembre 2017
Desire for knowledge – Langaa and publishing in Africa
By Francis B Nyamnjoh and Kathryn Toure. Can enhanced circulation of African worldviews help shape the evolution of humanity? This is our vision at Langaa Research and Publishing Common Initiative Group which, along with other African publishers, stirs the imagination and contributes to cultural development and renaissance. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)