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5 High Tech Solutions that Enable High Touch Campus Experiences

University Business

Balancing the use of technology with human interactions is a concept known as High Tech, High Touch, and was first introduced in 1982 by futurist and author John Naisbitt in his book, Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives. Researcher and author Hana Ben-Shabat discusses this in her book, Gen Z 360.

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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Some may favor, for example, reading a print book outside surrounded by the Northeast Kingdom’s live audio of spring peepers. In planning for the new library, the financially challenged institution seeks to forge a path that balances cost with quality, while also reaching a wider swath of the state’s rural residents.

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