The need for critical scholarship

Introduction: race critical public scholarship

In a climate marked by expanding scholarship in ethnic and racial studies alongside sweeping changes in universities and the conditions of academic work, we seek to explore the nature of and challenges for critically engaged research, teaching and scholarship on race and racism. In particular, we look at the connection between academic scholarship and political engagement and activity that we a...

The scholarship of critical review: improving quality and relevance.

OBJECTIVE To describe the process of scientific peer review as it is used in the manuscript submission process, assess threats and challenges to the peer review process, and to offer suggestions for enhancing its effectiveness. DISCUSSION Peer review is often seen as one of the hallmarks of scientific publication. The primary goal of peer review is to improve the science within papers that ar...

Critical theory and the scholarship of medical education

The essential aspects of the scholarship of medical education are reflection and research of the endeavour of medical education.1,2 The endeavour of medical education covers a range of activities, from making policy decisions to curriculum design and its implementation. All of these activities should prompt the medical educator to reflect on the purpose of education and the methods that are use...

Network Neutrality and the Need for a Technological Turn in Internet Scholarship

Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/faculty_scholarship Part of the Broadcast and Video Studies Commons, Communications Law Commons, Communication Technology and New Media Commons, Computer Law Commons, Digital Communications and Networking Commons, Infrastructure Commons, Law and Society Commons, Science and Technology Commons, and the Science and Technology P...

Critical National Need Idea