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The ‘Broader Impacts’ of Sequestration on Science

CSID Director Bob Frodeman has some suggestions about the interconnection of research & society in post-austerity world. Now that we’ve been driven off the “fiscal cliff,” perhaps we should look around and assess the results. It turns out that sequestration … Continue reading

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Welcome to the new reputation economy Wired UK

This article contains so many ideas that are like unripe fruit. Multiple books could be (and may well be) written about them. Welcome to the new reputation economy Wired UK. Among the issues raised: Who counts as a peer? Who … Continue reading

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Denied Tenure, a Professor Burns His Bridges – Faculty – The Chronicle of Higher Education

The comments to this piece demonstrate the on-going issues arising from the merger of “college” (oriented on teaching) with “university” (oriented on research). Denied Tenure, a Professor Burns His Bridges – Faculty – The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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