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Investing in Libraries is the Right Thing for Administrators To Do, Even if There Are Fewer Resources Overall

Library budgets shrank for 2 decades. They can’t shrink any further because of COVID-19. In fact, they should grow despite contracting college budgets

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Aug 25, 2020
  • 12 Comments

Guest Post — The Dissertation Publication Requirement: It’s Time for Reexamination

Guest author Rob Schlesinger encourages a rethink of the common requirement that graduate students publish their dissertations.

  • By Rob Schlesinger
  • Apr 8, 2019
  • 36 Comments

Summertime and Graduate Teaching (Still) Isn’t Easy

Upstream from the work of scholarly publishers, it’s the middle of the deceptively paced academic summer when scholars I know are often focused on conferences, research trips, and writing. Summer isn’t as frantic as the academic year, when every other […]

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Jul 14, 2016
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Cheat Sites: Where Students Turn to Crib Papers

A study of matched content in student papers submitted to Turnitin reveals where students turn for sources but is unable to distinguish instances of plagiarism from valid scholarly use.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Nov 4, 2011
  • 6 Comments

The Ghostwriter Behind Student Papers

Essay mills are a thriving industry behind successful lazy and illiterate students.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Nov 18, 2010
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