December 22, 2016

Why For-Profit Education Fails

Jonathan Knee, author of CLASS CLOWNS: HOW THE SMARTEST INVESTORS LOST BILLIONS IN EDUCATION, explains why for-profit education fails in The Atlantic.

December 21, 2016

The Road to Disastrous Educational Businesses Is Paved With Good Intentions

Read an excerpt from CLASS CLOWNS: HOW THE SMARTEST INVESTORS LOST BILLIONS IN EDUCATION, by Jonathan A. Knee, originally published in EdSurge.

December 20, 2016

A Cautionary Tale on Education Investment Flops: Jonathan Knee on Squawk Box

Jonathan Knee, author of CLASS CLOWNS: HOW THE SMARTEST INVESTORS LOST BILLIONS IN EDUCATION, discusses the dangers of investing in education on CNBC’s Squawk Box.

December 20, 2016

New Book Tuesday: Weather and Climate, Stories in Business, Oil Prices, Tainted Witness, and More!

Our weekly listing of new books now available!

December 15, 2016

10 Tidbits from Gordon M. Shepherd’s Neuroenology: How the Brain Creates the Taste of Wine to Casually Slip into Conversation at Your Next Winetasting Party

Read a list of ten tidbits about the science of how we taste wine for use in common wine-tasting party settings from Gordon M. Shepherd’s NEUROENOLOGY: HOW THE BRAIN CREATES THE TASTE OF WINE, compiled by CUP intern Elisa Kong.

December 14, 2016

The Vocabulary of Wine: Ten Neuroenologic Terms for Understanding the Neuroscience of Wine

Read a list of ten important neuroenologic terms from Gordon M. Shepherd’s NEUROENOLOGY: HOW THE BRAIN CREATES THE TASTE OF WINE, compiled by CUP intern Andrew Loso.

December 14, 2016

Shirley Hazzard's 2003 National Book Award Acceptance Speech

Read Shirley Hazzard’s powerful 2003 National Book Award acceptance speech, excerpted from our collection of her writings, WE NEED SILENCE TO FIND OUT WHAT WE THINK: SELECTED ESSAYS.

December 14, 2016

An Interview with Aarthi Vadde, Author of "Chimeras of Form"

Aarthi Vadde discusses her new book, “Chimeras of Form: Modernist Internationalism Beyond Europe, 1914–2016”.

December 13, 2016

A New Approach to Wine Tasting

Read the introduction to NEUROENOLOGY: HOW THE BRAIN CREATES THE TASTE OF WINE, by Gordon M. Shepherd!

December 13, 2016

New Book Tuesday: Strategies for Long-Term Business Growth, Lessons from the Boardroom, Left-Wing Melancholia, and More!

Our weekly listing of new books now available!

December 9, 2016

University Press Roundup

Our weekly roundup of the best blog posts from around the world of academic publishing!

December 9, 2016

John Pickrell on the Feathered Dinosaur Tail

John Pickrell, author of WEIRD DINOSAURS: THE STRANGE NEW FOSSILS CHALLENGING EVERYTHING WE THOUGHT WE KNEW, discusses the recent stunning discovery of a perfect dinosaur tail perfectly preserved in amber.