At the end of April，Stanford University in the United States announced that it will no longer provide annual funding for the school's publishing house (Stanford University Press)，This move caused a large number of scholars, especially scholars in humanities and social sciences。Therefore，The relevant responsibility department of Stanford University intends to re -examine the previous resolution。For this incident，Reporter's survival status around American University Press、The prospects of academic publishing，I interviewed relevant scholars。

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Stanford University Press has always been one of the important organizations at Stanford University，As early as 1891, Leland Stanford (Leland Stanford) couple founded the school at the beginning of the school，I decided that the publisher should take the important academic achievements of publishing teachers and graduate students as the responsibility，Display excellent academic achievements through book publishing。

Actually，Stanford University Press have achieved a total of about 27 % of revenue growth in the past 10 years，But its income still cannot maintain the daily expenses of the publishing house。The bet365 best casino games publishing house publishes about 140 new books per year，Among them, about two -thirds are works in the field of humanities and social sciences，The books published in Latin America、Asian research and Middle East research enjoy a high reputation。But，If Stanford University stops funding，The publishing house will be unable to continue，Many valuable academic books will also be difficult to publish。

For this，"Higher Education Internal Communications" editor Justin Weinberg said，Stanford University Press actually generate about 5 million US dollars of book sales per year，Compared with the sales of many academic publishing houses，This amount is "impressive"。but，Like many academic publishing institutions，It is difficult for the publishing house to rely on university support。

2016，Stanford University out of the original intention of supporting academic publishing，Once agreed with the publishing house，Subsidiated 1.7 million US dollars per year。But，3 years have passed，Stanford University Press has always been unable to achieve negative profit and loss。April this year，The Budget Committee of Stanford University rejected the proposal to continue funding the publishing house。The Budget Committee of Stanford University also pointed out，The book "Grade High" published by the publishing house in recent years，Therefore, "the income is not high"，Finally caught in operational dilemma。

A faculty who does not want to disclose the name bet365 Play online games of Stanford University，University Press has used academic communication as the main mission，Both the nature of public welfare services。Therefore，Funding issues should be assisted by the university。Press is not a commercial institution，Can't take business interests as the first standard to consider its operational situation。

Peter Berkery, president of the American University Press Association, said in an open letter to Stanford University，University Press Handle is of great significance for university，I hope that the school can re -consider the financial funding of the publisher。

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After this incident,，can be described as a stone stirring thousands of waves。Faculty and many scholars at Stanford University expressed concerns，If Stanford University Press, the operation is stopped due to capital issues，Many scholars will lose a very important publishing platform。and academic works cannot be published smoothly，It will directly affect the evaluation of many teachers' job title。For example，Standard Standards Stanford University，Lifetime faculty needs to publish two or more books in the university publishing house in the United States。The dilemma of Stanford University Press will cause many teachers in the school to lose this "near -water tower"。

Professor of Stanford University Professor Peter Stansky believes，The school should not reduce funding for publishing houses，Instead, you should increase bet365 best casino games expenditure，To help Stanford University Press to become like Harvard University Press、Yale University Press is so prosperous，Then spread more outstanding research results of scholars from Stanford University。He thinks，Make an academic publishing house's self -profit loss is "unacceptable"。

Ge Wang, Assistant Professor of the Department of Music at Stanford University, said，If people use pure financial indicators to evaluate the value of academic books，Then the academic mission of the university will be lost，University Press will only publish a book with favorable can be published，Graduate students will only write the papers that are favorable.。

It is gratifying that it is，Under the pressure of all parties，April 30，Persis Drell (Persis Drell) in Stanford University said in a public email to the staff，In view of the strong response from all parties，The school finally decided to continue to give the publisher a one -time funding in fiscal year，But the amount will not be higher than $ 1.7 million。The school hopes that the publisher can try to find a sustainable business model as much as possible，Improve its operating status as soon as possible。

　　Reflection of the operation method of the University Press

Many universities in the United States have set up publishing houses，But from the perspective of the belonging，Generally divided into two categories: the first type of publisher and university have a closer subordinate relationship。For example，Stanford University、Bet365 app download New York University、New York University、Press from the University of Chicago and other universities belongs to one of the components of the university，Its operations are regulated by university。Where，Some publishers are operating independently，Some publishing houses will be funded by university or feedback university，Such as the University of Chicago Press due to good operating conditions，I have contributed to the school's construction。Although the second type of publishing house is in the name of the university，But its operation is basically independent of the university。but but，This type of publishing society and universities achieve complementary academic resources，Its typical representatives include Princeton University Press、Yale University Press, etc.。

Generally speaking，Because college publishers are mainly publishing academic books，Its operation is not as flexible as other commercial publishing houses，This causes some university publishing houses to encounter various financial difficulties during the operation。

Weberg said，Stanford University Press storm brings an important reminder to people: academic publishing has both public welfare nature，Also consider commercial interests。If it cannot solve the operation and capital of university publishing houses，Similar storms will be staged。

University of Chicago Press unique in the American academic publishing industry，It may be able to bring some revelation to other university publishing houses in terms of operation。A staff member of the Bet365 app download publishing house said，In recent years，The publication of the University of Chicago Press has achieved "two hands": on the one hand, publishing classic works。For example，The famous "Chicago Manual: Writing、 Edit and Publishing Guide "(The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers， Editors & Publishers)，3547_3557，It has become a classic reference guide for academic editing institutions，Total sales up to 1 million copies。On the other hand，To meet the needs of the public，The publishing house except publishing professional academic works，It also published historical history such as "Big River Love", "Young Man and Fire"、Literary Books。These books have brought good benefits to the publishing house。

Over the years，Over the years，Many college publishers are also exploring different publishing models。For example，MIT Press Press is almost the only American university publishing house in the direction of science and technology publishing，In recent years, it has explored the road of publishing of electronic publications。Except for electronic journals，The publishing house also launched a richer all -media communication method，It has achieved good results in the promotion and popularity of science and technology，This has made more and more popular readers in the science and technology publishing of niche。

(Our newspaper Boston, May 5th)