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What Is a College Library For?

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College libraries are important centers of the campus. In the 21st century, what is a college library for, anyway? Not too long ago, there was a major ethnographic study of how college students actually use libraries for research and learning demonstrated the degree to which students make use of libraries and librarians: not much.

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4 Reasons College Campus Visits Are a Waste of Time & Money

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In our conversations, here are some of the things that families tell us that we wish the admissions offices around the country should hear. Every once in a while an admissions officer is able to channel something fresh. And it seems that admissions directors don’t really want to. ” The canned presentations.

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Merit-Based Financial Aid Explained

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I’m here just kind of outside the library in a little courtyard, the azaleas are in bloom, and students are packed in the library right now studying for finals. Architecturally speaking, this campus is one of those harmonious campuses, all in gray brick. It’s just absolutely stunning.

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Teachers as Transformers

Confessions of a Community College Dean

One literally said, as he pointed out his window, "There's the library. When we met in the library or on the quad, they invariably asked what I had thought about a particular reading or idea, and listened attentively as I responded, and often punched back. See you in four years." They weren't just teachers.