Science Out in the Open Young scientists making their research results open to the public, challenging the standard means of publishing results, and opening themselves up to criticism. Out in the Open (Boston Globe) (HT: Culture Making) Historically Black Colleges Producing More PhDs After falling for several years, the number of PhD recipients produced by historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is on the rise. Who Produces Black Ph.D.'s? (Inside Higher Ed) Teach Them to Challenge … [Read more...] about Links
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The Making of an Economist
In Books & Culture, Robert Whaples, professor of economics at Wake Forest, reviews the updated The Making of an Economist (Redux), an examination of the country's best graduate programs in economics and the process by which they "turn a select group of bright students into the analytical economists that society has come to hate, yet revere." Whaples notes that the first edition of this book "became must reading for those considering taking the plunge" into an economics graduate program. … [Read more...] about The Making of an Economist
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Christian Colleges Increase Diversity Inside Higher Ed, citing an analysis from the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, notes that a number of colleges affiliated with ESN's partner, the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, have seen a dramatic increase in African American enrollment. At Montreat College, in North Carolina, undergraduate black student enrollment increased from 3.7 percent in 1997 to 23 percent in 2007, according to the analysis. At Belhaven College, in Mississippi, black student … [Read more...] about Links of the Week