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Backlash as a university says its library will be 'all digital'

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“What we heard was that they need and want access to library resources where they are, whether on or off campus.” Some may favor, for example, reading a print book outside surrounded by the Northeast Kingdom’s live audio of spring peepers.

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The Power of Relationships in Undergraduate Education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Two books that appeared in 2020 – which were mainly written pre-pandemic -- speak to an issue that campuses need to take more seriously: The centrality of interpersonal relationships to students’ learning, retention, and psychological well-being. But only 14 percent of graduates said they had experienced such a relationship.