Academic Papers

Opinionator: Politics in the Academy: The Same Old Song

6 Feb 2012

In academia, questions are left unanswered and nothing gets done. That is how it should be.

Academic warfare: Get creative with class assignments

5 Feb 2012

Two things I wish I'd known before coming to college: 1) Professors of liberal arts rarely provide worthwhile readings, and 2) The risk of clogging a friend's toilet is never worth taking. The latter has an easy remedy: Never poop in a toilet of someone you know.

Scientists sign petition to boycott academic publisher Elsevier

3 Feb 2012

Cost of Knowledge petition criticises 'exorbitantly high' price of Elsevier's scientific journals and the publisher's 'huge profits' More than 3,000 academics, including several Fields medal-winning mathematicians, have put their names to a petition declaring their intention to boycott the academic publisher Elsevier . The "Cost of Knowledge" petition claims Elsevier charges "exorbitantly high ...