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What Is a College Library For?

Great College Advice

College libraries are important centers of the campus. Ideally, we might want to think of the campus as the academic focal point of the campus. The repository of knowledge. The temple of wisdom. Or a place to store a bunch of stuff. Or a social center–with a nice coffee shop attached. In the 21st century, what is a college library for, anyway?

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How Clarence Thomas orchestrated a new obstacle for Black students | Saida Grundy

The Guardian Higher Education

The supreme court’s ruling ending race-conscious admissions shifts the burden of ‘proving’ racism to the college essay Those who knew Justice Clarence Thomas during his formative years at College of the Holy Cross and Yale Law School have long noted the sharp ideological turn he took over the course of his life: from admiring Malcolm X and protesting racism alongside his Black classmates to deeply resenting the affirmative action policies that afforded him his success.

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For-profit Hussian College abruptly shuts down - Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Higher Ed Dive

Ray Schroeder

Hussian College, a for-profit institution with campuses in four states, is closing, according to state regulators and its accreditor. The Tennessee Higher Education Commission, which oversees three of Hussian’s campuses, said all branches of the college largely shut down June 12, and would only remain operational to help students finish internships or clinical portions of their academic programs.

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FTC will give over $3.3 million to student loan borrowers who fell for debt relief scheme - Jeremy Bauer Wolf, Higher Ed Dive

Ray Schroeder

The Federal Trade Commission will send $3.3 million in payments to student loan borrowers who were duped in a debt relief scam. Arete Financial Group and its related businesses pretended they would mitigate borrowers’ student loan debt in exchange for upfront and monthly fees, according to the FTC, which announced the restitution last week. In reality, Arete Financial pocketed the money, the agency said.