Publishing - The Chronicle of Higher Education

I'd Like to Thank the Academy

The place where a writer's personality is revealed clearly, if unintentionally, is in the acknowledgments.
Learning Not to Give Too Much Advice
The Reality of Writing a Good Book Proposal

My Academic Metamorphosis

By Rebecca Schuman

Four years of anguish intense enough to induce a fugue state was enough for this would-be professor.
Before Jefferson's Campus, There Was Ramée's

By Lawrence Biemiller

The classic arrangement of buildings around a green may have its roots in an architect's plans for a New York college.
To Improve Completion, Remember the Countryside

By Sarah Beasley and Neal Holly

Rural America stands as an untapped source of potential college success stories, write two officials at the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.

Ditch the Monograph

By Jennifer Howard

Short-form e-books can be a respectable way to deliver serious scholarship.
Let's Spread the Word About Fair Use

By Zick Rubin

There's no need for you to ask permission to use my book chapter in your course pack, let alone pay me for it.
Want to Change Academic Publishing? Just Say No

By Hugh Gusterson

Companies shouldn't make millions from the free labor of professors.
The Future of Peer Review in the Humanities? It's Open

By Beth Mole

Nobody likes the current system, and most everybody agrees it should move online. But from there, opinions diverge.
Marilyn Still Bewitches Biographers

By Britt Peterson

But new theoretical readings, including third-wave feminists' embrace, may shed more light on our era than they do on the actress herself.

Jazz Journeys of Mind and Soul

In imaginative new works, Jaimeo Brown and Chuck Owen explore spiritual and natural revelations through hybrid musical forms.
Our Handwriting, Ourselves
Up in Arms

Weekly Book List, May 17, 2013

Descriptions of the latest books, divided by category

In Win for Libraries Over Publishers, Supreme Court Upholds Reselling of Foreign Books