My Chronicle colleague Rich Monastersky analyzes the academic ties and professorial style of our new commander-in-chief: The academic style offers some advantages in developing policy. Many reports of how Mr. Obama has operated his campaign and his Senate office suggest that he runs discussions with advisers much like graduate seminars, by seeking a diverse range… Continue reading »
Archives for Academe
Rank and File
I’ve been remiss in not posting my most recent investigation for the Chronicle: “New Ratings of Humanities Journals Do More than Rank–They Rankle.” It looks at an ambitious project in Europe called ERIH, or the European Reference Index for the Humaniities. ERIH assigns journals in the humanities and social sciences to three categories: A, B,… Continue reading »
