Category: aa sociology of information

A Workshop on Information in Networks (WIN) will be held at the Stern School at NYU in late September. Here’s how they describe what they

Recently got copy of an email sent out by McGraw-Hill’s “Assessment Research Project.” In part it said: As a quick reminder, we are conducting this

This is intended to be a critical discussion of assessment in higher education.

Reports today of a potential class action lawsuit against Google on behalf of trademark holders in Texas. At issue, apparently, is Google practice of allowing

Insider trading is a classic example of the instrumental value of information and it reminds us of how markets are socially constructed (not in the

A February 26 NY Times article that carried the title “Now Is No Time to Cut Research” starts out thus: Steve A. Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief