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Max Weber Invented the Crisis of the Humanities

The Battle over Zomia (2011)

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A Criminologist Accused of Cooking the Books

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The Tyranny of Trendy Ideas in Academia

A Legendary Scientist Sounds Off on the Trouble with Stem

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E.O. Wilson Sounds Off on the Trouble With STEM

The University Is a Ticking Time Bomb

How Political Science Became Irrelevant

The Books That Wouldn’t Die

How did we decide that professors don’t deserve job security or a decent salary?

Is Email Making Professors Stupid?

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UCLA to faculty: consider refusing reviews for Elsevier, go open access instead

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Students Evaluating Teachers Doesn’t Just Hurt Teachers, It Hurts Students

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What’s the Most Influential Book of the Past 20 Years?

Is Publishing Hoax ‘Hilarious and Delightful’ or Dishonesty and Bad Faith?

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