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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Fitzgerald , an assessment and planning librarian at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, reached out to me after reading my piece “ How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? ” In her email, Sarah shared some fantastic insights on trends in academic library spending. How do academic libraries spend their budgets?

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Want to improve your enrollment marketing campaign? You need a better content library.

EAB

You need a better content library. Not only do enrollment and marketing leaders often struggle with differentiation and distinctiveness, but several other industries have poked fun at higher ed’s marketing sea-of-sameness—check out Reese’s University and Monsters University if you haven’t already. What is an asset library?

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CCS Announces Winter 2024 Lecture Programming

College for Creative Study

The Toyota Lecture Series will feature accomplished alumni and industry professionals from the disciplines of Communication Design, Advertising Design, Entertainment Arts, Illustration, User Experience Design, Film and Photography. All lectures are free and open to the public. Her poetry has been translated into German, French and Italian.

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Admissions Counselor on the Mission of a Liberal Arts College

Great College Advice

Nationwide, liberal arts colleges average 11 students per faculty member. Faculty incentives are different in liberal arts college than in major research universities. Thus the faculty who teach at liberal arts colleges also value teaching–and they hone their craft.

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Facility reinvestment, bogged by inflationary costs, manages upswing in 2024, report

University Business

Plus, how current students, faculty, administration, and overall staff engage with the campus has changed. Research takes place just as often in a student’s room as in the library,” the report reads. At the same time, campus expansion has remained flat for a third year as enrollment has ebbed. “Employees work remotely.

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

College for Creative Study

Rapidly developing artificial intelligence (AI) technology is bringing to light serious concerns within the art and design industry. With a storied career spanning over 35 years in the entertainment industry as a Hollywood concept artist and designer, Flattery has weathered many advancements in technology in the art and design industry.

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Career Ceilings

Confessions of a Community College Dean

For an industry as status-obsessed as it is, higher ed is remarkably bad at building career ladders. That’s particularly true among many staff roles, as opposed to faculty or management. For colleges that only have one library, the next step up for the head of the library is likely a very different job.