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Two Johns Hopkins University Press Journals received awards from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals at the recent Modern Language Association annual meeting in New York. ASAP/Journal took home an award for the second straight year by winning the Best...

We conceived of this book in the spring of 2016 in response to the fragmented and incomplete state of the literature that informs debates and decisions related to college admission testing. For many students, teachers, parents, policymakers – frankly, nearly...

Eisenhower: Becoming the Leader of the Free World Republican presidents come in all sizes, shapes, and temperaments. They have different backgrounds, different careers, and different ways of dealing with the crises they inevitably face during their time in the...

How to Run a College: A Practical Guide for Trustees, Faculty, Administrators and Policymakers Colleges are confusing, bewildering and complex places with storied traditions, antiquated governance practices, and competing constituencies. Even worse, however...

Wernher von Braun’s rocket team’s journey from captivity in Germany to their brilliant “second act” with the US Army and eventually NASA began with a series of debriefings with the Army Counter-Intelligence Corps (CIC) in a ski chalet near Garmisch...

In How University Boards Work I argue that there should be greater alignment between the following elements in university and college plans in order to achieve optimal effectiveness: *Criteria for board membership and the goals and strategies of the...

Tears for My Sisters: The Tragedy of Obstetric Fistula L. Lewis Wall, MD, DPhil Selina Okin Kim Conner Professor in Arts and Sciences Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine Washington...

As an educator and research mathematician, I feel that my primary job is to share my knowledge and expertise, to shed light on difficult concepts, and to encourage students to continue discovering beyond what’s presented in the classroom. When I began work on...

A Woman's Guide to Living with Heart Disease: my Blog-turned-Book! By Carolyn Thomas With a splendid sigh of relief, I hit the ‘submit’ button and sent off the completed draft manuscript of “A Woman’s Guide to Living with Heart Disease”, the book I’d been...

“My students aren’t engaging with my materials because, well that’s what they do, or don’t do. What’s the golden (tech) bullet to engage my students? Artificial Intelligence?, The Internet of Things?, Blockchain?, Next Generation LMS-s?, Virtual Reality...