Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2024

At the end of 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which was designed to give low-income households a discount each month on their internet bill, even offering a one-time coupon of up to $100 to buy a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

A study in the National Library of Medicine suggests that such negative experiences compromise collaborative efforts among healthcare providers, potentially causing lapses in patient care coordination and reduced adherence to clinical guidelines.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 27, 2023

” In 2020, Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House and Wiley sued the San Francisco–based Internet Archive over its National Emergency Library, which was created when physical libraries closed during COVID-19 lockdowns. ” Libraries that engage in controlled digital lending do so in many ways.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2023

When Congress voted in December 2020 to restore Pell Grants for incarcerated Americans after a 26-year ban, advocates hailed the move as an opportunity for 760,000 people in prison to achieve a better life through education. It becomes a normal thing, just like a law library,” he said. “I

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

In this post, Christine Love-Rodgers, College Lead for Library Academic Support (CAHSS), provides an in-depth assessment of the University’s first Dissertation Week event that took place in November 2019… The University of Edinburgh Library held its first Dissertation Week on November 11-15 2019.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 22, 2021

The Digital Library is in fact comprised of three services: Development & Systems Digital Imaging Unit uCreate Studio These services offer a range of technical support to the University focused on the provision of digital services, assets and technologies, all in support of research, teaching and learning. and Resource (or Reading) Lists.

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The Scholarly Teacher

JUNE 12, 2024

Keywords: Engagement, Faculty Development, Course Design Introduction Institutional and social support are important to promote success and retention among faculty (Sun & Simon-Roberts, 2020). Techniques video library: Update your classmate. Psychological Inquiry , 18(4), 272–281. link] Edutopia (2023).

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 3, 2024

I link to the final versions of the articles whenever possible, but those without access to an academic library should note that earlier versions of many of these articles are available online via a quick Google search. Here is the reading list I am assigning my students for the course. Friedman, J. Gorton, N., & Lovenheim, M. Kelchen, R.,

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Photo Credit: University of Edinburgh Image Collections CC0 Welcome to the February issue: Library and University Collections This month’s issue of Teaching Matters puts Library and University Collections firmly in the spotlight.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 6, 2023

KWU’s student success coaching program gives students a personal connection to library resources and its personnel, which in turn boosts retention, says student success center director JD Koons. Nationally, retention is a bit higher; about 66.4 Nationally, retention is a bit higher; about 66.4

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 15, 2025

Students studying in the PPLS library, 7 George Square. As Bond (2020) says, it is through language that we access disciplinary knowledge and navigate the norms of our academic discourse communities. CLEVEDON: Multilingual Matters Ltd, 2020. References Bond, B. Gale, T., & Parker, S. link] Lillis, Theresa et al.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The study’s findings indicate that marijuana use on college campuses is common and the ability to vape marijuana may increase usage on college campuses, including in public locations such as classrooms and libraries. The data are included in the 2020 Monitoring the Future survey repor t.

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 3, 2022

I am beyond excited to be back in the (virtual) classroom this spring, as I get to teach a course for the first time since spring 2020. The last two times that I taught the course ( spring 2020 and fall 2017 ), I shared my reading list for the class on this blog. State higher education finance: FY 2020. The Hechinger Report.

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Robert Kelchen

JUNE 15, 2023

The last three times that I taught the course ( spring 2022 , spring 2020 , and fall 2017 ), I shared my reading list for the class on this blog. A typology and landscape of state funding formulas for public colleges and universities from 2004 to 2020. Here is the reading list I am assigning my students for the course. Friedman, J.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 1, 2023

Instead of digging into Google Drive for ethics discussion questions from a class I taught in 2020, I had ChatGPT devise a few discussion questions to start with. For example, I used ChatGPT to help me write a letter of recommendation and to assist me with crafting my lesson plan on banned books in libraries.

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The Scholarly Teacher

AUGUST 30, 2023

That was in the spring of 2020. I suggest starting with Aesop's Fables , available through the Library of Congress - [link] (Library of Congress, n.d.) References Library of Congress. This request came because students were overwhelmed and worried they would miss something. Isn't that what we always hope students will do?

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The Scholarly Teacher

MAY 12, 2022

Farrell and Brunton (2020) uncovered themes essential to online student engagement. Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 10(3–4), 137– 173. 3) What additional tool or strategy might you try in order to enrich your teaching and. create authentic opportunities for students to learn in a digital environment?

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Photo Credit: Unsplash, Alex Hadba, CC0 In this post, Lauren Smith, Digital Support Librarian, outlines why open access resources are important in teaching, how lecturers can incorporate open access resources into their teaching materials, and how Library and University Collections can support them… What is open access? Feb 20, 2020

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Photo credit: Resource Lists homepage: [link] The Library now provides Resource Lists for around 2500 taught courses. The Library has grown the service by showing how Resource Lists benefits students, and by making it easier for course organisers to request Library materials for teaching by using Resource Lists.

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University Business

JULY 29, 2024

Based on a 2020 review of 52 contracts at 31 institutions serving 700,000 students, “the rapidly increasing cost of textbooks has students now spending over $3 billion of financial aid dollars each year on course materials.” Through NCOER, a searchable library of materials by submit can be found here. College textbooks are expensive.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

foundations in 2020, only 23 cents specifically supported LGBTQ communities and issues, according to data analyzed from Giving USA 2021 by Funders for LGBTQ Issues. of all NIH-funded studies concerned LGBTQ+ health—excluding projects about HIV/AIDS and other sexual health matters, according to the National Library of Medicine.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The pandemic accelerated that trend, as enrollment at these institutions fell another 9 percent between 2019 and 2020, according to the report. The report is the seventh round of data collection in a series of surveys that began in April 2020. Most of the findings in the current report hail from the fall 2022 survey.

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Ray Schroeder

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Net tuition and fees revenue in fiscal year 2020 was $114,749,020. Jackson Library, Chiller Plant, other repairs and renovations). Jackson Library, Chiller Plant, other repairs and renovations). In fiscal year 2023, that number was $92,254,915, a decline of $22,494,105 (19.6%). We are not in a “rainy day” situation.

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AIFS Abroad

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Students can take courses, meet with staff and take advantage of libraries, technology and lounge areas at our centers. In 2020, Fairfield University and AIFS partnered to develop a school of record relationship that will allow academic credit to be available for both Fairfield and non-Fairfield students. Rome, Italy. Rome, Italy.

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Higher Education Inquirer

MAY 28, 2022

In 2017 and 2020, Ambow ventured into US for-profit colleges, acquiring Bay State College (BSC) in Boston and NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) in San Diego. In January 2020, Bay State College settled with the Massachusetts Attorney General for $1.1 The APs collect and warehouse more than 300,000 data points per day."

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2019

My preferred study place is the Glasgow University library that I can access any day of the year (even during exam periods) thanks to my SCONUL access, a membership scheme to all academic and national libraries in the UK and Ireland. However, I managed to include study time after work and over the weekends.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

on the first floor of the Main Library, George Square. Feb 27, 2020 We are always there to support users and make sure that people never give up on their ideas. uCreate Studio is located in rooms 1.11 Staffed 10am – 8pm, Monday to Friday and accessible (to inducted makers) from 8am to 1am, 7 days a week.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Francesca Baseby Fran Baseby is CRC Services Manager, based at the Centre for Research Collections on the 6th floor of the Main Library. Feb 11, 2020 She is responsible for the CRC User Services team within Special Collections, in addition to promoting the use of collections for teaching and academic research.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Some people I’ve spoken to don’t even want to mention March and April 2020. In 2019-2020 she was a Fulbright Scholar based in the USA. Oct 1, 2020 It was an incredibly challenging time for students and staff. We moved rapidly to remote teaching and learning with very little warning.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MAY 6, 2019

Photo credit: © Mihaela Bodlovic If you would like to get involved, applications for the 2020 Festival of Creative Learning and Pop-up events will be opening in September 2019. Her key recent posts have included Programme Manager at the Scottish Poetry Library and Literature Officer at the Traverse Theatre. May 6, 2019

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University Business

JANUARY 17, 2023

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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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 28, 2020

After honing their writing and analysis skills through taught courses, they can finally immerse themselves in a research project of their choice, working closely with an expert supervisor and spending hours reading in the library. It turns out many of our students still, by dissertation stage, don’t understand how to access library resources.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

K-12 libraries, providing snacks): 16% Schedules: 15% Student acceleration/student retention: 9% Building policies (e.g., district social media): 23% Vendors: 15% For more information on the topics listed above, see AskEAB’s On-Demand Research Library. cell phone policies, dress code, etc.): Program evaluation: 4.5%

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 10, 2022

In March 2020, the pandemic hit, and through the hugely important no detriment policy, applied to student assessments, there was no August diet. Starting 2020/21, we returned to the WP August diet support pilot. We paused the project. She is based in UK and currently studying MA in Illustration in Edinburgh College of Art.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In 2020/2021, the Centre for Open Learning (COL) made the swift pivot to online teaching. King Edward IV and his court (British Library MS Royal 15 E IV, f. Although these students had worked through the entire 2020/2021 programme together, for the in-person attendees, this was the first time they had met face-to-face.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

And last but not least, something I took advantage of during the virtual learning times was the Library online resources, especially for my reports. In his free time, he likes to play bagpipes and badminton, and he enjoys walking, cycling and debating Sep 7, 2020 He is in the final year of his degree.

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Goucher DEI

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In the fall of 2020, Goucher College became a founding member of the Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance (LACRELA), a partnership of 72 colleges nationwide. Background.

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