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Remembering Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. (1952-2023)

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

was wrongfully arrested at his own house in 2009, the first thing that he said was “Get Tree!” Last fall, the Ogletree family donated papers from Ogletree’s career to the Harvard Law School Library, which will make them available on a rolling basis over the next 3 years. race riots.

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3 Initiatives That Nurture Student Success and Unlock Higher Enrollments

University Business

According to Deloitte, one in three students reported a mental health disorder in 2020, and rates of major depression on campus doubled between 2009 and 2019 (from 8 percent to 18 percent). Grammarly also offers a Style Guide feature that allows you to set up a shared library of words, terms, and phrases specific to your institution. .

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Famous Graduates of Liberal Arts Colleges

Great College Advice

Geological Survey Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani ‘62, former prime minister of Yemen NOTABLE ALUMNI of DAVIDSON COLLEGE, Davidson, NC Stephen MacMillan, CEO of Stryker Dean Rusk , United States Secretary of State (1961-1969) Charles Wright , Pulitzer Prize -winning poet, chancellor of The Academy of American Poets, winner of the Library of Congress’ (..)

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Mini-series: Student subtitling project to improve accessibility of online media materials

Teaching Matters Online Learning

It furnished me with a concrete reason to be disciplined, to organise myself, plan my calendar and quite simply, go out and talk to people instead of being huddled in a dark corner of the library without knowing what day (or even month) it was. She is also a member of the Steering Committee of the European Quality Assurance Forum.

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The Research Essay from an Instructor’s Perspective

Academic Librarian

[The following is adapted from a talk I gave to colleagues who provide library instruction for first-year college writing courses, but have never taught one themselves. Except for a year when I exiled myself from academia, I either taught writing or worked in a writing center from then until the end of 1999 when I finished library school.

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Re-setting site-work in Architecture and Landscape Architecture Design courses in 2020: Part 2

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Proximity is experience, distance is critical and can be creative (Gabrielsson, 2009). 2009) ‘The necessity of distance’. National Library of Scotland Reference number: 3703. [ [link] accessed 18 Nov 2020] Webb, Michael. Burns and Andrea Kahn, VII-XXIII. Routledge, 2005. Burns, Carol J. and Kahn, Andrea. Routledge, 2020.

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The role of CPE in protecting the rights and interests of international students studying in Singapore

Creatrix Campus

Background and history of CPE Background and history of CPE The Committee for Private Education (CPE) was established in Singapore in 2009 under the Private Education Act. PEIs must maintain minimum standards for their facilities, equipment, and resources, including libraries, laboratories, and IT infrastructure.