SSH News: July 9, 2015

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9 juillet 2015

 

Here is our list of the most interesting news articles on the humanities, social sciences and higher education from the past week. Voici notre liste des plus intéressants articles concernant les sciences humaines, sciences sociales et l’enseignement supérieur de la semaine passée.

Humanities and Social Sciences | Sciences humaines et socials

The government should support the independent study of Canada

July 7, 2015 | Embassy

Robots Might Save the Humanities

July 6, 2015 | New Republic

Rich Kids Study English

July 6, 2015 | The Atlantic

Who is telling our stories? Canadian millennials in literature and the humanities

July 2, 2015 | Federation blog

Higher Education | L’enseignement supérieur

McGill medicine program put on probation

July 8, 2015 | McGill Daily

Queen’s tool can assess diversity, equity by department

July 7, 2015 | University Affairs

Impact and attention: what can the metrics tell us?

July 7, 2015 | BioMed Central blog

Nearly a Year Later, Fallout From Salaita Case Lingers on Campuses (subscriber content)

July 6, 2015 | The Chronicle of Higher Education

Runte: A university funding model that's right for Ontario

July 6, 2015 | Ottawa Citizen

Publishing and Open Access | L’édition et le libre accès

We are all in a tizzy about Open Access. Or, at least, I am

July 8, 2015 | University Affairs

Démarrage d’une étude socio-économique des revues savantes canadiennesLaunch of a Socio-Economic Study on Canadian Scholarly Journals

6 juillet 2015 | Érudit blog

Are Northrop Frye’s ideas now DOA?

July 6, 2015 | National Post

Russell Smith: How to publish a book in Canada

July 3, 2015 | The Globe and Mail

Elsevier journal editors ‘may be asked to resign’ in open access row

July 3, 2015 | Times Higher Education

How Does the University Press Remain Relevant?

June 29, 2015 | The Scholarly Kitchen

Equity and Diversity | L’équité et la diversité

Truth and Reconciliation: Canadians see value in report, skeptical government will act

July 9, 2015 | CBC News

Letter to My Son by Ta-Nehisi Coates

July 4, 2015 | The Atlantic