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  1. Under Pressure to Prove ROI, a University Closes Its Press – Inside Higher Ed

    November 12, 2025

    Under Pressure to Cut Costs, a University Closes Its Press

    Bucknell University says it’s closing its storied academic press to focus more resources on undergraduate students. But faculty and other scholars say the press has long been a part of the value proposition at a student-centered university.

    By  Kathryn Palmer

    Founded in 1968, Bucknell University Press has published more than 1,200 titles across numerous disciplines. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison / Inside Higher Ed | Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe / Getty Images | Education Images / Universal Images Group/Getty Images.

    Faculty and academic press advocates are pushing back against Bucknell University’s unilateral decision to close its academic press, which has a decades-old reputation for publishing important work in the fields of 18th-century studies and Latin American literature.

    Since the announcement in August, which a pending faculty motion has labeled an “extraordinary breach of shared governance,” the Association of University Presses, the American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Goethe Society of North America have joined Bucknell faculty in writing letters to university administrators, decrying the decision and asking them to reconsider.

    They argue that despite what the administration has suggested, Bucknell University Press is part of the university’s value proposition—even if it’s not a cash cow.

    Most Popular

    “For decades, it has promoted the name and brand of Bucknell University far and wide, amplifying the university’s influence beyond that of similarly sized peers without presses and expanding recognition of the high value of a Bucknell degree,” the AUPresses wrote in a statement in September, noting that it has offered to help the university. “We remain hopeful that a mutually beneficial reimagination of the press will be possible.”

    Saving Bucknell’s press wouldn’t be unprecedented for a university publishing house. Over the past 13 years, numerous academic presses, including those housed at Stanford University, the University of Missouri and the University of Akron, have reversed their decisions to close in the face of outcry from within and outside their institutions. Indeed, they can be hard for institutions to let go; although fewer than 3 percent of universities in the United States and Canada have their own presses, they have long served as curators of international scholarly conversations and vehicles for faculty career advancement across the larger professoriate.

    ANGHI and tanuha2001 / iStock / Getty Images.

    Editor’s Note: This post was recommended by Library Link of the Day
    http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/  (archive, rss, subscribe options).

    Continue/Read Original Article Here: Under Pressure to Prove ROI, a University Closes Its Press

    Tags: 2025, Academic Press, America, Books, Bucknell University, Bucknell's Press, Education, History, Libraries, Library, Opinion, Pressure, Prove ROI, Reading, ROI (Return on Investment), United States, Value Proposition

    #2025 #academicPress #america #books #bucknellUniversity #bucknellsPress #education #history #libraries #library #opinion #pressure #proveRoi #reading #roiReturnOnInvestment #unitedStates #valueProposition

  2. Under Pressure to Prove ROI, a University Closes Its Press – Inside Higher Ed

    November 12, 2025

    Under Pressure to Cut Costs, a University Closes Its Press

    Bucknell University says it’s closing its storied academic press to focus more resources on undergraduate students. But faculty and other scholars say the press has long been a part of the value proposition at a student-centered university.

    By  Kathryn Palmer

    Founded in 1968, Bucknell University Press has published more than 1,200 titles across numerous disciplines. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison / Inside Higher Ed | Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe / Getty Images | Education Images / Universal Images Group/Getty Images.

    Faculty and academic press advocates are pushing back against Bucknell University’s unilateral decision to close its academic press, which has a decades-old reputation for publishing important work in the fields of 18th-century studies and Latin American literature.

    Since the announcement in August, which a pending faculty motion has labeled an “extraordinary breach of shared governance,” the Association of University Presses, the American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Goethe Society of North America have joined Bucknell faculty in writing letters to university administrators, decrying the decision and asking them to reconsider.

    They argue that despite what the administration has suggested, Bucknell University Press is part of the university’s value proposition—even if it’s not a cash cow.

    Most Popular

    “For decades, it has promoted the name and brand of Bucknell University far and wide, amplifying the university’s influence beyond that of similarly sized peers without presses and expanding recognition of the high value of a Bucknell degree,” the AUPresses wrote in a statement in September, noting that it has offered to help the university. “We remain hopeful that a mutually beneficial reimagination of the press will be possible.”

    Saving Bucknell’s press wouldn’t be unprecedented for a university publishing house. Over the past 13 years, numerous academic presses, including those housed at Stanford University, the University of Missouri and the University of Akron, have reversed their decisions to close in the face of outcry from within and outside their institutions. Indeed, they can be hard for institutions to let go; although fewer than 3 percent of universities in the United States and Canada have their own presses, they have long served as curators of international scholarly conversations and vehicles for faculty career advancement across the larger professoriate.

    ANGHI and tanuha2001 / iStock / Getty Images.

    Editor’s Note: This post was recommended by Library Link of the Day
    http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/  (archive, rss, subscribe options).

    Continue/Read Original Article Here: Under Pressure to Prove ROI, a University Closes Its Press

    Tags: 2025, Academic Press, America, Books, Bucknell University, Bucknell's Press, Education, History, Libraries, Library, Opinion, Pressure, Prove ROI, Reading, ROI (Return on Investment), United States, Value Proposition

    #2025 #academicPress #america #books #bucknellUniversity #bucknellsPress #education #history #libraries #library #opinion #pressure #proveRoi #reading #roiReturnOnInvestment #unitedStates #valueProposition

  3. Under Pressure to Prove ROI, a University Closes Its Press – Inside Higher Ed

    November 12, 2025

    Under Pressure to Cut Costs, a University Closes Its Press

    Bucknell University says it’s closing its storied academic press to focus more resources on undergraduate students. But faculty and other scholars say the press has long been a part of the value proposition at a student-centered university.

    By  Kathryn Palmer

    Founded in 1968, Bucknell University Press has published more than 1,200 titles across numerous disciplines. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison / Inside Higher Ed | Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe / Getty Images | Education Images / Universal Images Group/Getty Images.

    Faculty and academic press advocates are pushing back against Bucknell University’s unilateral decision to close its academic press, which has a decades-old reputation for publishing important work in the fields of 18th-century studies and Latin American literature.

    Since the announcement in August, which a pending faculty motion has labeled an “extraordinary breach of shared governance,” the Association of University Presses, the American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Goethe Society of North America have joined Bucknell faculty in writing letters to university administrators, decrying the decision and asking them to reconsider.

    They argue that despite what the administration has suggested, Bucknell University Press is part of the university’s value proposition—even if it’s not a cash cow.

    Most Popular

    “For decades, it has promoted the name and brand of Bucknell University far and wide, amplifying the university’s influence beyond that of similarly sized peers without presses and expanding recognition of the high value of a Bucknell degree,” the AUPresses wrote in a statement in September, noting that it has offered to help the university. “We remain hopeful that a mutually beneficial reimagination of the press will be possible.”

    Saving Bucknell’s press wouldn’t be unprecedented for a university publishing house. Over the past 13 years, numerous academic presses, including those housed at Stanford University, the University of Missouri and the University of Akron, have reversed their decisions to close in the face of outcry from within and outside their institutions. Indeed, they can be hard for institutions to let go; although fewer than 3 percent of universities in the United States and Canada have their own presses, they have long served as curators of international scholarly conversations and vehicles for faculty career advancement across the larger professoriate.

    ANGHI and tanuha2001 / iStock / Getty Images.

    Editor’s Note: This post was recommended by Library Link of the Day
    http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/  (archive, rss, subscribe options).

    Continue/Read Original Article Here: Under Pressure to Prove ROI, a University Closes Its Press

    Tags: 2025, Academic Press, America, Books, Bucknell University, Bucknell's Press, Education, History, Libraries, Library, Opinion, Pressure, Prove ROI, Reading, ROI (Return on Investment), United States, Value Proposition

    #2025 #academicPress #america #books #bucknellUniversity #bucknellsPress #education #history #libraries #library #opinion #pressure #proveRoi #reading #roiReturnOnInvestment #unitedStates #valueProposition

  4. Under Pressure to Prove ROI, a University Closes Its Press – Inside Higher Ed

    November 12, 2025

    Under Pressure to Cut Costs, a University Closes Its Press

    Bucknell University says it’s closing its storied academic press to focus more resources on undergraduate students. But faculty and other scholars say the press has long been a part of the value proposition at a student-centered university.

    By  Kathryn Palmer

    Founded in 1968, Bucknell University Press has published more than 1,200 titles across numerous disciplines. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison / Inside Higher Ed | Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe / Getty Images | Education Images / Universal Images Group/Getty Images.

    Faculty and academic press advocates are pushing back against Bucknell University’s unilateral decision to close its academic press, which has a decades-old reputation for publishing important work in the fields of 18th-century studies and Latin American literature.

    Since the announcement in August, which a pending faculty motion has labeled an “extraordinary breach of shared governance,” the Association of University Presses, the American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Goethe Society of North America have joined Bucknell faculty in writing letters to university administrators, decrying the decision and asking them to reconsider.

    They argue that despite what the administration has suggested, Bucknell University Press is part of the university’s value proposition—even if it’s not a cash cow.

    Most Popular

    “For decades, it has promoted the name and brand of Bucknell University far and wide, amplifying the university’s influence beyond that of similarly sized peers without presses and expanding recognition of the high value of a Bucknell degree,” the AUPresses wrote in a statement in September, noting that it has offered to help the university. “We remain hopeful that a mutually beneficial reimagination of the press will be possible.”

    Saving Bucknell’s press wouldn’t be unprecedented for a university publishing house. Over the past 13 years, numerous academic presses, including those housed at Stanford University, the University of Missouri and the University of Akron, have reversed their decisions to close in the face of outcry from within and outside their institutions. Indeed, they can be hard for institutions to let go; although fewer than 3 percent of universities in the United States and Canada have their own presses, they have long served as curators of international scholarly conversations and vehicles for faculty career advancement across the larger professoriate.

    ANGHI and tanuha2001 / iStock / Getty Images.

    Editor’s Note: This post was recommended by Library Link of the Day
    http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/  (archive, rss, subscribe options).

    Continue/Read Original Article Here: Under Pressure to Prove ROI, a University Closes Its Press

    #2025 #academicPress #america #books #bucknellUniversity #bucknellsPress #education #history #libraries #library #opinion #pressure #proveRoi #reading #roiReturnOnInvestment #unitedStates #valueProposition

  5. Under Pressure to Prove ROI, a University Closes Its Press – Inside Higher Ed

    November 12, 2025

    Under Pressure to Cut Costs, a University Closes Its Press

    Bucknell University says it’s closing its storied academic press to focus more resources on undergraduate students. But faculty and other scholars say the press has long been a part of the value proposition at a student-centered university.

    By  Kathryn Palmer

    Founded in 1968, Bucknell University Press has published more than 1,200 titles across numerous disciplines. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison / Inside Higher Ed | Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe / Getty Images | Education Images / Universal Images Group/Getty Images.

    Faculty and academic press advocates are pushing back against Bucknell University’s unilateral decision to close its academic press, which has a decades-old reputation for publishing important work in the fields of 18th-century studies and Latin American literature.

    Since the announcement in August, which a pending faculty motion has labeled an “extraordinary breach of shared governance,” the Association of University Presses, the American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Goethe Society of North America have joined Bucknell faculty in writing letters to university administrators, decrying the decision and asking them to reconsider.

    They argue that despite what the administration has suggested, Bucknell University Press is part of the university’s value proposition—even if it’s not a cash cow.

    Most Popular

    “For decades, it has promoted the name and brand of Bucknell University far and wide, amplifying the university’s influence beyond that of similarly sized peers without presses and expanding recognition of the high value of a Bucknell degree,” the AUPresses wrote in a statement in September, noting that it has offered to help the university. “We remain hopeful that a mutually beneficial reimagination of the press will be possible.”

    Saving Bucknell’s press wouldn’t be unprecedented for a university publishing house. Over the past 13 years, numerous academic presses, including those housed at Stanford University, the University of Missouri and the University of Akron, have reversed their decisions to close in the face of outcry from within and outside their institutions. Indeed, they can be hard for institutions to let go; although fewer than 3 percent of universities in the United States and Canada have their own presses, they have long served as curators of international scholarly conversations and vehicles for faculty career advancement across the larger professoriate.

    ANGHI and tanuha2001 / iStock / Getty Images.

    Editor’s Note: This post was recommended by Library Link of the Day
    http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/  (archive, rss, subscribe options).

    Continue/Read Original Article Here: Under Pressure to Prove ROI, a University Closes Its Press

    #2025 #academicPress #america #books #bucknellUniversity #bucknellsPress #education #history #libraries #library #opinion #pressure #proveRoi #reading #roiReturnOnInvestment #unitedStates #valueProposition

  6. Simplifying our proposal application process is just one of the ways we are making academic publishing faster & fairer. Begin your path from PhD to publication today & connect with our editors.

    republish.uk/insights/how-to-s
    #AcademicPress #Republish #PhDtoPublication #PhDPublishing

  7. 📢 Join a growing number of academics looking to transform their PhDs into publications.

    Republish Academic Press specialises in supporting scholars looking to make an impact in their industry. Publish factually faster and fairer.

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  8. From PhD to Publication ... to vlog?
    Transforming chapters into multimedia content like YouTube videos and podcasts can be a fantastic way to make your research more accessible, engaging, and impactful.

    Read more about how we are reimaging academic publication: republish.uk/insights

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  10. From PhD to Publication ... to Podcast?
    We can help you generate multimedia outlets for your research. Unlock its potential and engage new audiences. Read some tips on our website : republish.uk/insights

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  11. From PhD to Publication ... to Podcast?
    We can help you generate multimedia outlets for your research. Unlock its potential and engage new audiences. Read some tips on our website : republish.uk/insights

    #PhDResearch #PhDCareer #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPress #AcademicPodcast #ResearchImpact #PhDResearch #Podcast #Learning #Outreach #Insights

  12. From PhD to Publication ... to Podcast?
    We can help you generate multimedia outlets for your research. Unlock its potential and engage new audiences. Read some tips on our website : republish.uk/insights

    #PhDResearch #PhDCareer #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPress #AcademicPodcast #ResearchImpact #PhDResearch #Podcast #Learning #Outreach #Insights

  13. From PhD to Publication ... to Podcast?
    We can help you generate multimedia outlets for your research. Unlock its potential and engage new audiences. Read some tips on our website : republish.uk/insights

    #PhDResearch #PhDCareer #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPress #AcademicPodcast #ResearchImpact #PhDResearch #Podcast #Learning #Outreach #Insights

  14. 🤔 Wondering how to make your PhD research more engaging. Publishing your thesis as a book can be the first step in having an impact both within and beyond academia.

    Read why we think publishing should be the natural next step after PhD completion: republish.uk/insights

    #AcademicPress #Republish #PhDtoPublication #ScholarlyPublishing #PhDPublishing #Publishing

  15. Should granting rights to an academic press to charge €200 for a copy of one's research monograph (hardcover, the crappy glued print-on-demand paperback is just €100) even be considered "publishing"?

    'Publish = to make information available to people, especially in a book' dictionary.cambridge.org/dicti

    #academicpublishing #academicpress @academicchatter

  16. We rarely ask for donations, but today is an exception. The University Press of Kentucky is a non-profit publisher that has been producing high-quality books for over 75 years. We give a voice to the marginalized people in Affrilachia, produce studies of regional health and public policy, shine a light on civil rights and highlight history.

    Every gift, no matter how small, makes a difference, even $5! Can't donate? Boost this post!

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  17. We rarely ask for donations, but today is an exception. The University Press of Kentucky is a non-profit publisher that has been producing high-quality books for over 75 years. We give a voice to the marginalized people in Affrilachia, produce studies of regional health and public policy, shine a light on civil rights and highlight history.

    Every gift, no matter how small, makes a difference, even $5! Can't donate? Boost this post!

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  18. We rarely ask for donations, but today is an exception. The University Press of Kentucky is a non-profit publisher that has been producing high-quality books for over 75 years. We give a voice to the marginalized people in Affrilachia, produce studies of regional health and public policy, shine a light on civil rights and highlight history.

    Every gift, no matter how small, makes a difference, even $5! Can't donate? Boost this post!

    Donate now at onedayforuk.uky.edu/giving-day
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  19. We rarely ask for donations, but today is an exception. The University Press of Kentucky is a non-profit publisher that has been producing high-quality books for over 75 years. We give a voice to the marginalized people in Affrilachia, produce studies of regional health and public policy, shine a light on civil rights and highlight history.

    Every gift, no matter how small, makes a difference, even $5! Can't donate? Boost this post!

    Donate now at onedayforuk.uky.edu/giving-day
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  20. We rarely ask for donations, but today is an exception. The University Press of Kentucky is a non-profit publisher that has been producing high-quality books for over 75 years. We give a voice to the marginalized people in Affrilachia, produce studies of regional health and public policy, shine a light on civil rights and highlight history.

    Every gift, no matter how small, makes a difference, even $5! Can't donate? Boost this post!

    Donate now at onedayforuk.uky.edu/giving-day
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  21. In this first book-length scholarly review of the 1912 Hillsville, Virginia shoot-out, author Travis A. Rountree examines various media written about and inspired by the event and explains how the incident reinforced the nation's conception of Appalachia through depictions of this sensational moment in history.
    kentuckypress.com/978081319722

    #books #BookCovers #BookArt #UniversityPress #AcademicPress #Bookstodon #Virginia #history

  22. We have so many beautiful book covers that haven't had their time to shine. I am going to try to post all of them.

    Caution: we have thousands of books. This may take a while.
    #books #BookCovers #BookArt #UniversityPress #AcademicPress #Bookstodon