Yesterday I took up the question of the future of the American Historical Association in the Web 2.0 world. Today I want to continue that discussion by taking a look at the part of the report I mentioned that deals with the AHA’s plan to “maximize use of the Internet.” I think that the committee…
Tag: Academic Commons
The Future of the AHA
What if the American Historical Association held an annual meeting and no one came? That’s not likely to happen, but it’s an interesting question to ponder, especially in light of the recently published “Final Report and Recommendations of th Working Group on the Future of the AHA.” This report is well worth reading, both because…
What’s a Professor to Do?
If you’re like me, you probably took four or five classes in graduate school that prepared you for the world of digital rights management, online copyright, fair use, and other legal niceties of the digital age. Of course, that version of me who took all of those courses lives in a parallel universe only loosely…
The End of Western Civilization as We Know It (cont’d)
This is now the sixth post in my extended reflection on how the free economy poses important challenges for American higher education. Thus far I’ve written a lot about the academic aspects of what free means for those of us in post-secondary education, so today I want to turn to the economic aspects of the…