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Articles
THE 'EFFICIENT FRONTIER'
Borrowing from how they analyze business, two economists at the College of William and Mary have devised a new method of comparing colleges' graduation rates. Misleading information about the U. of Maine at Orono's graduation rates, for example, might skew rankings done by U.S. News and others, according to the two professors.
New software for digital books updates a hallowed tradition of scholarship, the margin note, and lets readers comment on the comments. PRESERVING ANCIENT CULTURESSome colleges are working to keep American Indian languages from becoming a lost part of history. CONFESSIONS OF A JOURNAL EDITORWant to know what an editor is really thinking when he's reading that article you submitted? Research NotesBACKING OFF: Under criticism, the American Association of Publishers has toned down the language of its campaign against open access to science journals. FROM MACHU PICCHU: Yale University has agreed to return to Peru some artifacts from the campus museum. |
Publishing 
New Scholarly Books: Hot Type: A group of publishers and college librarians has proposed a standard document of understanding for the use of electronic materials. Nota Bene: Dissident Syria: Making Oppositional Arts Official explores the contradiction between the regime's emphasis on culture and the actual chill on free expression. Verbatim:What, really, is the difference between a white-collar criminal and a street thug? What they're reading on college campuses:A list of the best-selling books. |