It would actually be more comforting if Google charged something reasonable to institutions for Scholar. Interestingly, competitor @SemanticScholar appears to be the result of a billionaire's endowment (the Allen Institute for AI), so maybe it represents a long-term alternative.
EDUCATION
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Standardized Testing Fails to Differentiate Among Thousands of Students
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There is a failure of standardized testing as it cannot distinguish between 10,000+ students. The SAT and GRE are too easy, especially the math sections.
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Google Scholar’s critical role in modern scholarly research infrastructure
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I'd argue that Google Scholar plays a critical role in modern research. It is free, and it absolutely crushes every other scholarly search engine, including specialized ones Though it is a bit scary that it seems to be a tiny team & it exists only by the charity of Google…