Teaching spires: universities should banish the notion of "publish or perish," stop churning out second-rate research and put more effort into teaching

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Overdependence on research in academics' careers is producing poorly funded, mediocre research and devalues what should be the institutions' primary purpose, teaching. Research should be concentrated in a few elite colleges, and quality teaching made a priority, with appropriate funding, in the rest.

Editorial, Standards, Research, Universities and colleges, College teachers, College faculty, Education, Higher, Higher education

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Publish and be ideologically damned: China

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China's Communist Party is cracking down against periodical publishers who stray from the party line. Former Beijing Youth Daily Pres Cui Enqing was dismissed for running stories deemed unfriendly to the government, such as an investigative piece about contamination in a state-run beverage concern.

China, Laws, regulations and rules, Periodicals, Media coverage, Communist Party (China), Government and the press, Press policy, Mass media policy, Chinese periodicals

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Publish and be chastised

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The role of the press in South-East Asia, and issues relating to press freedom are examined in detail.

Political aspects, Southeast Asia, Freedom of the press

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