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Harvard opts in to publishing completed papers free online

Posted on February 18, 2008 by huangj

Harvard University’s arts and sciences faculty approved a plan on Tuesday that will post finished academic papers online free, unless scholars specifically decide to opt out of the open-access program, leading an important movement that academics are taking back control … Continue reading →

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PowerPoint presentation to “Ten Tips for Better Photos”

Posted on December 10, 2007 by huangj

For those interested in Charles Cottle’s PowerPoint presentation on “Ten Tips for Better Photos”, it can be found on his website. He generously offered that people should feel free to contact him at anytime by email to cottlec@cecfoto.com on the … Continue reading →

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Western Carolina University adopting “Scholarship Reconsidered” as Tenure Policy

Posted on October 2, 2007 by huangj

While academia praised Ernest Boyer’s idea in Scholarship Reconsidered (1990) to abandon the traditional “teaching vs research” model, most campuses were paying only lip service. Tenure and promotion decisions are still based on traditional measures of research success: books or … Continue reading →

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Chronicle of Higher Ed Online

Posted on June 13, 2007 by huangj

The University now has a campus-wide subscription to the online version of the Chronicle of Higher Education! To access the subscription while on campus, you can go directly to the Chronicle’s web site at http://chronicle.com. If off campus, connect via … Continue reading →

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