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Should conferences stay put or relocate? It's complicated.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” ASHE is moving its 2024 meeting to Minneapolis, even though it may incur financial costs from breaking a contract with the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. “Once you book into the place, with all the knowledge and information we have at that time, we’re not going to cancel later,” Kruger said.

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3 Questions KSU’s Laurel Littrell on How Academic Library Budgets Really Work

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Almost all of the materials budgets are tied up in subscriptions and access fees for online resources, often with multi-year contracts with vendors that provide these services. Mostly these are print books and other physical materials, but even some of those purchases are tied to a contractual obligation.

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The Helen Perkins era

SRHE

Before Helen’s appointment the Society was facing serious challenges, with parlous finances, uncertainty over its office accommodation, and a limited range of activities for members, despite its established annual conference, its leading journals and a respected book series.

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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A: Doctoral-granting university libraries in ACRL spend about 37 percent of their budgets on salaries, 13 percent on fringe benefits, 40 percent on materials and 11 percent on operations. About 18 percent is spent on one-time purchases (including books and ebooks). What are the big trends and debates in academic library spending?

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Technology and Teacher Training: Utilizing Simulated Environments for Real Practice

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

SELU contracts with Mursion© to deliver customized mixed reality training simulations that recreate the most demanding interpersonal challenges, and precise classroom realities that educators confront on the job every day (Mursion© 2018). She is a freelance writer specializing in education, and education related content.

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When disgraced presidents return (or never go away)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

And while Penn State hasn’t honored him to the extent that Michigan State has honored Simon, Spanier was scheduled to return to campus last week for a presentation about his recent book recapping the events of the Sandusky scandal, which downplays his role and responsibilities. Board leaders did not respond to a request for comment.

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Reflections of the Career of a University Expatriate

Edu Alliance Journal

It was equally significant for my wife and me to pass on a multicultural world view, not from books or YouTube videos but lived experiences, to our children. Funding opportunities and grant support may be harder to come by or mainly restricted to nationals of the country. This benefit is real, and I value it greatly.