Peak Oil in Higher Education, Part II

I had another thought while attending the Digital University Conference at CUNY on Wednesday and that was a serious question about who the experts will be under the new system of digital and open scholarship. Currently, Digital Scholarship is not valued or accepted on par with traditional methods of academic valuation. By that I mean: [...]

“Mr. N.Y. Times, tear down this wall”

I sympathize with the New York Times. They’re a venerable institution with a long history of being a respected source for news, but I think they’re making a big mistake by moving behind a “paywall” in 2011. This is a case of an old media company not having the guts to stick to a new [...]