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Benefits of Integrating Service-Learning With Other High-Impact Practices

The Scholarly Teacher

This article describes two examples of public health service-learning combined with other HIPs that have resulted in high student engagement and success. This site was named for lead-contaminated soil, a remnant of the city’s industrial past, that potentially impacts child health. Association of American Colleges & Universities.

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Community colleges' positive, pervasive digital leap

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Berlin (pronounced “BER-lin”) is a heavily forested region of the state that was once home to a thriving paper industry, which, at its peak, employed more than 8,000 people in its mills and nearby woods. —home to White Mountains Community College—appears to have little in common with urban Miami.

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3 Questions on Academic Library Budgets for an Assessment and Planning Librarian

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Libraries are buying less print and more electronic materials as print circulation declines. For-profit scholarly publishing has one of the highest profit margins of any industry. The rest of the materials budget goes to collection support through interlibrary loans, copyright fees and external cataloging fees.

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A better way to address revenue sharing and online marketing (letter)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The department helped create the online program manager industry, in part to encourage traditional universities to embrace online learning. The industry has evolved; so too have the OPMs. Yes In-Article Careers: 3 Whatever updates the department makes should serve to lower the cost of higher ed and increase college completion.

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AI-ROBOT CAPITALISTS WILL DESTROY THE HUMAN ECONOMY (Randall Collins*)

Higher Education Inquirer

[Editor's note: This article first appeared in Randall Collins' blog The Sociological Eye.] It will thrive in a world of children brought up on smart phones and game screens; grown up into adults already addicted to electronic drugs. Let us assume Artificial Intelligence will make progress. It will solve all its technical problems.

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Study Business in the Ivy League – Expert Advice

Great College Advice

So, it wasn’t until the 19th century that Europeans and Americans began thinking of teaching university courses that were directly relevant to both agriculture (where most Americans were employed at the time) and to the advances of the Industrial Age (and the rise of engineering as a discipline).

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How Virtual Reality is Transforming Higher Education Learning

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

This article will delve into the true experience of VR and its transformation to higher education institutions today through the following components: What to consider before applying VR. The VR industry is already booming and will need a workforce with the understanding of the technology. While 18% of U.S.