A Q&A with the editorial director of the Vault at Pfaff's, a online archive dedicated to recreating the lives and times of the literary bohemians who hung out at Pfaff's saloon in New York City in the 1850s and '60s. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
Writing
“Layoffs Hit Oxford U. Press”
Worries about the economy--and the need to restructure the law, medicine, and reference divisions as they move increasingly online--prompt the largest university press to cut 60 out of 700 jobs. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“First National Picture of Trends in the Humanities Is Unveiled”
The Humanities Indicators make their official debut. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“Teaching by Lying: Professor Unveils ‘Last Pirate’ Hoax”
Students in a history class at George Mason University created a fictional 19th-century pirate and unleashed him on the Internet. The catch? Their professor told them to do it. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“Professors Get Advice on Breaking Into Print”
Wouldn't it be nice if you had someone to help you get that book into publishable form and out into the world? If you're an author affiliated with Georgetown University, you already do: Carole Fungaroli Sargent, director of the university's Office of Scholarly and Literary Publications, a k a Booklab. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
