By Joshua Kim. What books have you been reading to help you understand (and hopefully improve) higher education?
What books would you recommend?
My frame for my summer higher ed reading has been pretty narrow. I’m reading from the standpoint of a learning and technology person; as someone who believes that new technologies, new teaching methods, and enhanced faculty support can improve learning. Read more...
By Carl Straumsheim. An institution’s decision to drop print books for ebooks may rankle traditionalists, but at the University Colorado at Boulder, it’s the open-to-innovation crowd that is speaking out. CU-Boulder is one of many institutions that have moved away from stocking print books to signing ebook subscription deals with publishers. Read more...
By Rebecca Koenig. When the orange Chegg bus rolls onto a campus, one person is unlikely to be excited about its free swag and energy drinks: the college-bookstore manager. The rise of online textbook retailers such as Chegg, Amazon, and Half.com, has put official college and university bookstores on the defensive. Once the default source of course materials, campus bookstores run by Barnes & Noble and Follett are responding to the pressure by cracking down on competitors’ on-campus advertising, which bookstores contend violates their exclusivity contracts with colleges. Read more...
By Matthew McAdam. “Doesn’t Matt care about publishing books anymore?” That’s what an editor of a well-established humanities journal recently asked one of my press colleagues. The editor had just returned from a meeting with me, where she had expressed interest in publishing “curated” collections of articles from back issues of the journal. It struck me as a wonderful idea. More...
By Joshua Kim. "Neither Molly nor you seem to be appreciative of the public libraries and their impressive ebooks collections. As a taxpayer, I'm able to take get hold of the newest titles and bestsellers thanks to my local library. I haven't ever had to pay for an ebook and still ready at least one each week, a treat for my daily commute to campus.”By Scott McLemee. A technological visionary created a little stir in the late ‘00s by declaring that the era of the paper-and-ink book as dominant cultural form was winding down rapidly as the ebook took its place. As I recall, the switch-off was supposed to be complete by the year 2015 -- though not by a particular date, making it impossible to mark your day planner accordingly. Read more...
By Lucy Ferriss. Hallelujah. The copy edits have gone back. Hallelujah. I’m referring here to the 350-page manuscript for my new novel, A Sister to Honor, forthcoming in January 2015, which I received in copy-edited form 18 days before my wedding date, with a two-week deadline. More...
Par Jean-Pierre Gonguet. L’économie circulaire est, depuis deux ou trois ans, parée de toutes les vertus. L’économie circulaire, c’est la transformation des déchets en matière première et sa réutilisation pour concevoir d’autre produits ou pour d’autres usages. A terme cela veut dire que l’industrie ne créera que des déchets qu’elle pourra ensuite absorber. Une boucle. Théoriquement cela représente un gain de compétitivité énorme pour les industries mais cela permet-il pour autant de créer des emplois ? Pour Rémy Le Moigne, consultant qui vient de publier « L'Economie circulaire », il n’y a pas de doute la réponse est positive. Voir l'article...
By Brian Mathews. This summer my library went through a strategic realignment. We had the convergence of numerous retirements and other departures that presented us with an opportunity to look across the entire organization and consider some adjustments. The driving factor behind this effort was to better align the library with the University’s strategic directions. New priorities are emerging across campus and we needed to position ourselves to participate and partner more fully. More...
By Tim Moore - EvoLLLution. Clay Christensen predicted that the “bottom 25 percent of every tier” of American colleges will disappear or merge in the next 10 or so years.
That could be up to 1,000 colleges.
If he’s right, it’s time for higher education leaders to wake up. The signs are there: surveys show more and more schools missing their enrollment targets each year, with one survey suggesting that 40 percent of four-year colleges missed their mark in 2013. More...
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