Inside Higher Ed removes comments

Inside Higher Ed, a trade publication for academics, has closed its comments. I always thought the comments were pretty good, but I guess I did not read them enough (or closely enough) to dwell on the problems cited by the editors. There clearly were plenty of comments from critics of the academy, but they seemed easy enough to ignore. Editors have instituted a letters to the editor section.

Incivility and lack of representation were reasons cited for ending comments. Comments were dominated by a small portion of the readership, editors say. (This is a common point made by editors closing comment sections.)