By Colleen Flaherty. Shortly after being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013, Peter Higgs, of Higgs boson fame, said he doubted he would have gotten a job, not to mention tenure, in today’s academic system. The professor emeritus at the University of Edinburgh said he simply wouldn’t have been “productive” enough, with academe’s premium on publication metrics. Read more...
Oxford University Press announces agreement with Silverchair
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The Global Academic Division of Oxford University Press (OUP) announced today it has entered into an agreement with Silverchair Information Systems to migrate its extensive portfolio of journals and many of its online products to a new publishing platform powered by Silverchair’s SCM technology. More...
We need to examine the dark corners of peer review
By David Kent. One of the best peer-review processes that I have experienced is one that I didn’t get a great outcome from. I was applying for one of my first research grants with the U.K. Medical Research Council and did not get an interview based on the reviews of six experts who each had read my research proposal and submitted their comments. More...
IIENetworker Magazine Fall Edition: The Impact of International Education
The fall 2015 IIENetworker magazine, titled The Impact of International Education' is now available as a free interactive flipbook.
There is a growing awareness within the field of international education about the importance of assessing and documenting the profound influence of international educational exchange on individuals and societies. This edition is therefore devoted to a discussion on the impact and relevance of international education. Each article in this issue analyses distinct aims of international education and discusses ways to improve how we measure its success.
Read the full current edition (free interactive flipbook): Institute of International EducationSELECTED ARTICLES:
The Economic Impact of International Mobility By Christine Farrugia
International Education in the Wake of Identity-Based Conflict By Aryn Baxter
International Scholarships: Program Impact and Comparative Analysis By Matt Mawer and Rachel Day
Building Trust to Advance International Education Through Appreciative Inquiry By Chris R. Glass and Cheryl Matherly. More...
Some implications of online open publishing
By . One of the differences between an online open textbook and a commercial printed textbook is that developments with an open textbook are continuous rather than episodic. Since the April publication of Teaching in a Digital Age, my open, online textbook for faculty and instructors, there have been several developments around the book. Now is an appropriate time to bring readers up to date on these developments, because they indicate some broader issues around open publishing. More...
'Predatory' Publishing Up
By Carl Straumsheim. The rise of open-access publishing, combined with pressure on academics to get published, has caused a spectacular increase in the number of articles spewed out by “predatory” journals, according to researchers at Finland’s Hanken School of Economics. Read more...
Academic Social Network Hopes to Change the Culture of Peer Review
By Jeffrey R. Young. The network is called Academia.edu, and it has grown to more than 25 million registered participants, who use it mainly to post their published papers in order to help others find them (and, it’s hoped, cite them). More...
Quelle place pour les éditeurs indépendants en Ile-de-France ?
Are publishers really 'hoodwinking' academics?
Les Sciences sur la Place : la diversité des sciences en 5 ouvrages
Du 11 au 13 septembre, Les Sciences sur la Place reviennent pour la 10e année dans le cadre du salon littéraire nancéien Le Livre sur la Place. Cette manifestation gratuite invite le grand public à rencontrer des chercheurs-auteurs de Lorraine et d'ailleurs. Aperçu avec 5 ouvrages sélectionnés par Eureka Lorraine. Voir l'article...