Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
The Diversity Challenge: Part 3 of 5
Editor’s note: Today we’re continuing our series on diversity, targeting specific questions to invite discussion and exploration of related topics. If you […]
The Diversity Challenge: Part 2 of 5
Editor’s note: Today we’re continuing our series on diversity, targeting specific questions to invite discussion and exploration of related topics. If you […]
The Diversity Challenge: Part 1 of 5
What is the greatest challenge to achieving diversity in the workplace? While measures to increase diversity are an integral part of management […]
Where Is Health Spending Taking Us?
Health spending in the U.S. is on the rise, and the government may deal with this in any number of ways that […]
Getting Emotional About Leadership
In today’s organizations, leaders need to adapt to constant change in dynamic work environments. The need for self-development is key to dealing […]
A Regulated Free Press – Compromise or Contradiction?
Lord Hunt, Chair of the Press Complaints Commission, and Angela Phillips, Chair of the Ethics Committee of the Coordinating Committee for Media […]
The Politics of Dissent
Recently, The Independent published a brief piece on the ‘slave-like’ working conditions of PhD students at UK universities. This sounds dramatic, but it’s hardly news – the problem has been around for years. The question arises why dissent did not emerge earlier and more forcefully.
What Can We Do About the Economy?
In a time of ongoing crisis, with millions in the U.S. facing unemployment or underemployment, it’s time to get radical. A new […]
