January 21, 2019

Book Excerpt! The Freedom Schools: Student Activists in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement

“The activists and young learners who made the Freedom Schools possible have greatly gone unsung. In the midst of imminent danger, they learned and experienced democracy while illustrating the efficacy of community participation in education. Hale rightly places them at...

January 19, 2019

Roundup: Women’s Issues and Women’s Rights

Today, as advocates participate in the third annual Women’s March to push for legislation and policies that advance human rights, women’s rights, immigration and healthcare reform, and more, we’re featuring a roundup of some of our most recent and relevant...

January 18, 2019

Book Excerpt! The Activist Director (conclusion)

“For more than six decades, Ira Millstein has had an important seat in the boardrooms at some of our world’s most iconic corporations. The Activist Director is a fascinating and must-read book for anyone associated with a for-profit or not-for-profit...

January 17, 2019

4 Steps to Becoming an “Activist Director”

“Far too many corporate directors have failed to honor their responsibility to manage the corporations they serve for the benefit of the firm’s shareholders. In this powerful and articulate book, attorney and board consultant Ira M. Millstein aims to drive...

January 16, 2019

Ira Millstein on The Activist Director – Why It’s Needed Now More Than Ever!

“No one has more experience with corporate boards, and insights into what makes them work, than Ira Millstein. The Activist Director reveals the good, the bad, and the ugly from some of the biggest management failures—and successes—in recent history.” ~ Michael Bloomberg,...

January 15, 2019

New Book Tuesday! A Light in Dark Times, Sacred Cesium Ground and Isa’s Deluge, The Experience of Injustice, and More!

Our weekly list of new releases is now available. A Light in Dark Times The New School for Social Research and Its University in Exile Judith Friedlander Sacred Cesium Ground and Isa’s Deluge Two Novellas of Japan’s 3/11 Disaster Kimura...

January 14, 2019

A Decade of Columbia Business School Publishing

The end of 2018 marked the completion of the ten-year anniversary of our Columbia Business School Publishing imprint. In celebration of this landmark event, we will be highlighting guest blog posts and excerpts from our authors and books that are part of...

January 9, 2019

Q&A: Shani Orgad on Heading Home

“This book tells a story about sacrificing career for family that resonates far beyond the lives of the women in London Shani Orgad has interviewed. Orgad makes a powerful argument about the denials women experience, precisely because the author does...

January 2, 2019

How Do You Prepare for Retirement, When You Don’t Want to Stop Working?

Happy New Year! It’s 2019 and time to get all your affairs in order. Whether you’re in the middle or late stages of your career, or life has decided it has different plans for you than you intended, it’s time...

December 25, 2018

New Book Tuesday! Knowledge, Power, and Academic Freedom; The Dream Revisted; Fixing Landscape; and more!

Our weekly list of new releases is now available. The Dream Revisited Contemporary Debates About Housing, Segregation, and Opportunity Edited by Ingrid Gould Ellen and Justin Peter Steil Knowledge, Power, and Academic Freedom Joan Wallach Scott Targeting Top Terrorists Understanding...

December 21, 2018

Book Excerpt! Redemption by Friedrich Gorenstein (chapter 3)

Read Chapter 3 from Friedrich Gorenstein’s novel Redemption. Set in Ukraine, Redemption is a stark and powerful portrait of humanity caught up in Stalin’s police state in the aftermath of World War II. A major work bearing witness to the Holocaust in the...

December 20, 2018

My Time at CUP: Matt Weiland

“A publishing house is, more than anything, the assemblage of the talents and passions and personalities of the people who work in it. I was lucky to be around people . . . who evinced a deep dedication to the art and craft of...