Category: Education

Do not fear open access. Embrace it!

Guest post by Rebecca Anne Goetz In the recent controversy over the American Historical Association’s statement on open access dissertations, I found myself reliving an old argument about how scholars do research and share their work. The advent of both the internet and the social media tools that facilitate scholarly communication online have left our rather…

Do not fear open access. Embrace it!

Guest post by Rebecca Anne Goetz In the recent controversy over the American Historical Association’s statement on open access dissertations, I found myself reliving an old argument about how scholars do research and share their work. The advent of both the internet and the social media tools that facilitate scholarly communication online have left our rather…

Mid-summer news and new books

News and Notes Curious about life sciences, or want to learn more about American history? Click here to let us know which subject areas you are interested in so that we can let you know about books we know you'll want to read. Tragically, there seems to be a rash of train wrecks of late,…

Mid-summer news and new books

News and Notes Curious about life sciences, or want to learn more about American history? Click here to let us know which subject areas you are interested in so that we can let you know about books we know you'll want to read. Tragically, there seems to be a rash of train wrecks of late,…

June news and new books

News and Notes Take a look at our new Fall 2013 catalog to see what's in store for the coming season. Valerie Weaver-Zercher, author of Thrill of the Chaste: The Allure of Amish Romance Novels, writes about ‘Why Amish Romance Novels Are Hot’ in The Wall Street Journal. Mark Bowden writes in the The Atlantic,…

Where research meets real life

by Janet Gilbert Journals Direct Response and Renewals Senior Coordinator How many of us have been sought out by a colleague, friend, or child making a difficult decision or processing a challenging event, and jumped in immediately with our own experience, advice, and judgment? Simple, silent listening is extremely difficult, but crucial to understanding and…

Where research meets real life

by Janet Gilbert Journals Direct Response and Renewals Senior Coordinator How many of us have been sought out by a colleague, friend, or child making a difficult decision or processing a challenging event, and jumped in immediately with our own experience, advice, and judgment? Simple, silent listening is extremely difficult, but crucial to understanding and…

Making a scene

By Janet Gilbert Journals Direct Response and Renewals Senior Coordinator Theatre majors—like philosophy and English majors—are frequent recipients of the question, “What on earth are you going to do with that when you graduate?” Yet the inexorable truth is that performance skills schooled and perfected onstage flow across the proscenium into mainstream life. Let’s give…

Making a scene

By Janet Gilbert Journals Direct Response and Renewals Senior Coordinator Theatre majors—like philosophy and English majors—are frequent recipients of the question, “What on earth are you going to do with that when you graduate?” Yet the inexorable truth is that performance skills schooled and perfected onstage flow across the proscenium into mainstream life. Let’s give…