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Tuesday, April 24, 2018


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Presses Under Pressure


University Presses

Scholarly Publishing’s Last Stand

By Samuel Cohen

When university presses close, so do our minds.

The Chronicle Review

The Future of the University Press

Publishers, press directors, editors, scholars, and other insiders share their views on the state and future of academic publishing.


Today’s News


Finance

Why a Public Flagship’s Acquisition of a Private College Made So Many Upset in Massachusetts premium

By Bianca Quilantan

The University of Massachusetts at Amherst said this month it would buy a campus that was shutting down, Mount Ida College. People at UMass-Boston weren’t thrilled.

Students

‘Being Not-Rich’: Low-Income Students at Michigan Share Savvy Advice

By Emma Kerr

“There’s this assumption that everyone here is wealthy,” says one of the online guide’s creators.

re:Learning at SXSWedu

Why It’s Important to Protect Space for ‘the Thought We Hate’

By Scott Carlson

Julie Wollman, president of Widener University, and Jeffrey Rosen, president of the National Constitution Center, a nonprofit group, discuss how education can help people understand First Amendment rights in an age of incivility.


Correction


An item in Monday’s newsletter stated incorrectly that a $1-million museum would be built at the University of Wisconsin at Madison to study and honor campus minority groups. The university will undertake a history project that will include an exhibit.


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The Daily Briefing

By Andy Thomason and Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz

The Daily Briefing tells individual subscribers everything they need to know about higher ed. Here’s a sample.


Views


Special Reports

Pros and Cons of Virtual Reality in the Classroom premium

By Adam Evans

How to use it, and what to beware of.

Special Reports

7 Steps to Better Online Teaching premium

By Esther C. Kim

What one instructor learned from YouTube, and other strategies that helped her better motivate her students.

Lingua Franca

Emoji Are Ruining Grasp of English, Says Dumbest Language Story of the Week

Poppycock, says Geoff Pullum. Dropping the occasional pictograph into their prose is not going to strip people of the capacity to form sentences.


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