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First African American Woman Tenured in the College of Education at Clemson University, Passes Away

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Margaree Seawright Crosby A committed activist who was part of the “Greenville 8”, Crosby participated in sit-ins in the 1960s to protest segregation at the Greenville library while she was a student at South Carolina State University. Jackson, selected a book and sat down to read it and was handcuffed and jailed by the local police.

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Free Expression Group Sues Florida School District Over Book Bans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Free expression organization PEN America is suing Florida’s Escambia County School District and School Board, alleging that the district’s recent book bans areunconstitutional. Joining PEN are authors, parents, and the largest book publisher in the country: Penguin Random House.

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New College of Florida Trashes Library Books

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The New College of Florida has thrown away hundreds of books from its main campus library, as well as from the library of its recently-shuttered Gender and Diversity Center, The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported Thursday.

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From Crisis to Solutions: Global Conference Charts New Course for Urban Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

HBCU students not only attended this year’s conference, but they participated in a service project and built bookshelves and delivered over 450 books to a local elementary school in Cancun that did not have a library until last week. We want to leave a lasting impact,” he said.

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Senators Slam Book Dumping at New College of Florida

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Senators Patty Murray of Washington and Susan Collins of Maine expressed outrage over reports that New College of Florida discarded hundreds of books, including a book about their leadership in the Senate. We stand against the senseless banning of books.

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The one change that worked: I found an escape from online life by swapping my home office for the library

The Guardian Higher Education

And, as I did as a child, I lose myself in a world of books. Last September, I started walking to the library every day. As a University College London alumnus, I get free membership of both the Senate House library and the universitys main library. That the destination is a library only compounds that.

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3 Questions on Academic Library Spending to the Scholar Who Wrote the Book on University Budgets

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Learning Innovation Professor Andrew Comrie reached out after reading my piece, How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? In his book, Like Nobody's Business: An Insider's Guide to How US University Finances Really Work (Open Book Publishers, 2021), Andrew digs into academic library budgeting.

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