Brexit: Challenges for Universities in Hard Times

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Hard Times for Computer Science

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Challenges in Ranking of Universities

In this paper we discuss recent developments in rankings of universities and the impact of these rankings on academia in the context of international benchmarking and evaluation. We focus on technical and methodological problems behind these rankings, particularly those based on bibliometric methods, with special attention to the social sciences and humanities. We criticize the recent expert-ba...

Hard Times for Unions: Challenging Times for Scholars

It is rather disconcerting to open an envelope from a law review and find enclosed a manuscript of a forthcoming article to which the editors are asking you to respond. In this case, a quick glance at the opening page of Hard Times for Unions1 revealed that Professors LaLonde and Meltzer were referring to my article, Promises to Keep,2 as a "celebrated work." I knew full well, though, that thei...