From TNR, Blaine Greteman reviews The Shadow Scholar: How I Made a Living Helping College Kids Cheat by Dave Tomar. Felix Salmon on the necessity of a college education. John K. Wilson ideas for improving the AAUP that don’t require radical changes in the organization or massive amounts of funding. Anatomy of a campus coup: What does the failed ouster of Teresa Sullivan, the University of Virginia’s president, mean for higher education? With guilty plea, University of Alabama shooter Amy Bishop writes her own ending. Peer pressure: The journal review system's lack of transparency worries Stephen Mumford. University press realities: Higher education depends on scholarly publishing, even if most institutions don't do anything to foot the bill, write Alex Holzman, Douglas Armato and MaryKatherine Callaway. The latest academic book (hopefully) one click away: The scholarly e-book revolution is coming, but there’ll be a few bumps on the road before we get there. Fellow humans, pay attention: algorithms are reshaping research from the inside out and we have barely noticed, warns David Beer.
