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SSP’s Generations Fund Crosses the Finish Line

SSP Thanks Individual & Organizational Contributors to the Generations Fund!

  • By Society for Scholarly Publishing
  • Oct 10, 2025
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SSP’s Generations Fund Approaches the Finish Line

The Generations Fund is nearing the finish line, officially surpassing 90% of its goal, thanks to all of our generous donors.

  • By Society for Scholarly Publishing
  • Mar 28, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

What Universities Have Wrought: An Interview with Davarian Baldwin

The crises that US universities are producing in cities are intensifying as fast as others they face. An interview with Davarian Baldwin, author of In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower.

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Jun 14, 2021
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 11 mins

The Impacts of COVID-19 on Academic Library Budgets: Fall 2020

The pandemic has wrought profound disruption on the academic sector. Today, we share findings from a major research project about the budget situation in US academic libraries.

  • By Jennifer Frederick, Roger C. Schonfeld, Christine Wolff-Eisenberg
  • Dec 9, 2020
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  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Forecasting the US Higher Education Market: A Primer

As scholarly publishers reforecast and consider strategic directions, here is a primer on the US higher education market

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld
  • May 5, 2020
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  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Where Does a University Press Sit in its Parent’s Priorities?

The unfortunate news about cutbacks at Stanford University Press makes it clear that all presses must develop strategies to make them more central to the university’s set of priorities.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Apr 29, 2019
  • 18 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

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