Drama! Gossip! A request for proposals from the Mellon Foundation! Actually, this convention was a lot of fun. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription only) »
Writing
“New Mellon Grants Spur Jockeying Among University Presses”
The aftermath of that Mellon RFP mentioned in the previous entry. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription only) »
“The Need for a Broader Concept of Publishing in the Digital Age”
The just-issued Ithaka Report will transform scholarly publishing as we know it. Or it won't. Your call. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription only) »
“A Splash of Fun”
Kiddie pools your children will adore. Read More at Slate »
“How To Be Good”
In which I review Wendy Shalit's new book, Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It's Not Bad To Be Good, and find it an exercise in alarmism and dubious sociology. Watch out, girls, for cheap sex, bought with cheap clothes and cheaper liquor, at the price of self-respect and the prospect of any serious romance. Read More at The Washington Post »
