I am teaching an undergraduate course which consists entirely of exploratory projects. I'm looking for projects where a Calculus student can make discoveries within an hour, and an advanced undergraduate can continue even after twenty hours. I prefer projects where students can do short investiga...
Following up a recent meta post wondering about the direction this site is taking, I wanted to discuss the possibility of changing one of our current habit, which is to close "technical" questions as off-topic.
While some are clear cuts, say someone asking about the content of an algorithm, som...
@ff524 I have my reservations about him. It would be nice if there was a more inclusive group doing the work. I had a question about open access consortia a while back. Apparently there is little desire to provide quality assurance for open access.
@StrongBad I also had reservations - both about some of the criteria for listing journals, and some of the ideological stuff he wrote.
I wish there was a better way both to label predatory journals, and to rehab them - some of these "publishers" are not trying to be scammers, they just have no idea how to run a journal.
@StrongBad That site isn't helping it's case much. Reads like any one of a number of "Speaking Truth to Power" conspiracy pages.
Their ranting about the Frontiers journal series really put it over the top. If there was ever a clear case of a self-inflicted wound that landed a publisher on the list, Frontiers is it.
Following up a recent meta post wondering about the direction this site is taking, I wanted to discuss the possibility of changing one of our current habit, which is to close "technical" questions as off-topic.
While some are clear cuts, say someone asking about the content of an algorithm, som...
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