With another summer ending, the time has come to ask the perennial question: Could this be the year higher education finally embraces the e-book?
BERKELEY — Lynne Withey, who has guided University of California Press through some of the most transformative years in its history, will retire from her position as director at the end of 2010. Withey's grace under pressure, her unassailable integrity, and her inspired vision for the future — not only for UC Press, but for scholarly publishing in general-have won overwhelming praise from the ...
NEW BRITAIN — Central Connecticut State University English Professor Gilbert Gigliotti received the Distinguished Service Award for providing exemplary service to the campus community.
Back in 2003, while happily ensconced in my studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, I was stunned by the news that I might suddenly be transferred back to my undergraduate alma mater, the University of California system. Why? Because MIIS was in a financial riptide and negotiating a partnership with UC Santa Cruz to pull it free. At the last minute the deal fell through. By ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—Reports from several Southern Baptist entities include the election of a seminary president to lead a scholarly organization dedicated to defending the faith.
Four of Baylor's newest doctoral programs received high national rankings by Academic Analytics, a company that ranks universities based on faculty productivity.
As the 19th century began, classical liberalism was the specter haunting Europe — and the world. In every advanced country the liberal movement was active.
Candidate's were asked twelve questions and given nine days to respond. This document compiles the responses received. DPAC would like to thank candidates for their thoughtful, considered responses.
( Wiley-Blackwell ) More than ever, as people grow older they are maintaining and nurturing work relationships as a primary part of their social network.
On Friday afternoons between work and rugby practice, Brittany Wolfe would rush to the campus library hoping copies of her advanced algebra textbook had not all been checked out by like-minded classmates. It was part of the math major's routine last quarter at the University of California, Los Angeles: Stand in line at the reserve desk in the library's closing hours with the goal of borrowing a ...
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On Friday afternoons between work and rugby practice, Brittany Wolfe would rush to the campus library hoping copies of her advanced algebra textbook had not all been checked out by like-minded c...
Some thoughts on higher education: I just read an article in an academic periodical, arguing that faculty in colleges and universities do not spend enough...
A fascinating event took place recently in Rome in a palazzo high up on Gianicolo, the hill overlooking the Vatican: the European premiere of a film about Pope John Paul II, presented by none other than Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the US House of Representatives and scourge of the Clinton administration.
