‘Predatory’ Publishing Up
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 ...
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A new global tinderbox: The world’s northern forests
Rapidly rising temperatures, changes in precipitation, and increased lightning strikes are leading to ever-larger wildfires in the northern forests ...
News blog: more and more UK universities appointing female leaders
I have just read the news that Plymouth University has appointed Judith Petts as its new vice-chancellor.
Colleges launch site to provide young students more access to higher ed
In January, high school students as young as freshmen will have the opportunity to engage with several colleges — including Pomona, Stanford and Caltech ...
Electricity from the air – Drayson’s big idea
Free energy from the air.
Novelist Quits Teaching Job Over Loyalty Oath
James Sallis, a novelist who may be the most famous faculty member at Phoenix College, has for many years taught as an adjunct at the community college.
Flush with jobs — and potential workers — Germany is stymied by this cultural quirk
There is no shortage of jokes about the German language.
Urban materiality and a new network of sustainable cities
Cities around the world are growing faster than ever before.
Earning a doctorate on an unusual campus
There was, first of all, the matter of what to call him. “Dr.-Almost Carvalho” tumbled out of the interviewer’s mouth.
Publishing PhD papers ‘improves a university’s profile’
Theses in open-access repository at Dublin City University have been downloaded 650,000 times
