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JSTOR's Digital Archives Now Reach Over Half a Million Incarcerated Learners

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

More than half a million incarcerated people can now access scholarly materials and texts online via digital library JSTOR’s expansion of its availability in U.S. This is the first exposure many incarcerated learners have to independent, self-directed research, which is foundational to an immersive, quality college education.”

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With Pell Grants Expanding to the Incarcerated, Experts Say Prisons Need To be Less Restrictive of Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Demetrius James, program manager at the Bard Prison Initiative and a former incarcerated student Demetrius James, a program director with the Bard Prison Initiative, which runs higher education programs in seven New York State prisons, knows this firsthand. It becomes a normal thing, just like a law library,” he said. “I

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Admissions Counselor on the Mission of a Liberal Arts College

Great College Advice

The so-called “land grant” universities were established by state governments (with federal participation) expressly for the purpose of providing educational programs that would propel the economic growth of the nation. You might grab a coffee with them after class to discuss your research paper.

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Here’s how to engage your alumni and facilitate lifelong learning

EAB

According to research by Sunil Gupta, Donal Lehmann, and Jennifer Ames , your current customers (in this case, students) are your best prospects as they have a great impact on organizational value. And, according to a 2016 Pew Research Center report , 73% of American adults consider themselves to be lifelong learners.

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College professors face the highest exposure to AI tools, study finds

University Business

If you’re still remotely skeptical about whether the explosive developments in AI will impact higher education, a recent academic study done by researchers from Princeton, New York University and the University of Pennsylvania may finally cause you to embrace the new horizons. Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary 10.

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Land Acknowledgement and Hallowed Ground Project

Goucher DEI

Students are engaged in all aspects of this project, including archival and archaeological research, classes, outreach programs, and memorialization. By incorporating the research methodologies of archaeology and history, Goucher College will tell a more in-depth account of the past.

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The College for Creative Studies Leads With Institution-Wide Artificial Intelligence Policy

College for Creative Study

Over the course of one year, CCS systematically researched, surveyed and crafted a robust plan for broadscale AI usage. Becca Pad, Library Director and Co-Chair of the Artificial Intelligence working group is proud of the synergy such a dynamic group was able to achieve in a short period of time. “T