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The Faculty Resource Network of New York University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a scholar engaged in legal research, the law library of New York University School of Law, ranked in the top ten of law schools, affords one bountiful offerings of legal research tools such as HeinOnline, Lexis Plus, VitalLaw, Law Journal Library and Proquest that are not available at primarily undergraduate institutions such as my own.

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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Wood — whose research focuses on racial equity in education — saw an opportunity. There will be a seminar room, study space, and lounge, all headquartered on the first floor of the library. The library symbolically serves as the central point of academic learning in an academic institution.”

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Librarians target incoming students, collaborative measures

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Academic library professionals across the higher education landscape are championing student success initiatives within their own spaces, particularly to equip new students for their academic careers. Student success within the library can mean having a quiet study space, finding materials for classwork or receiving research guidance.

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2023 IAP Intellectual Property Speaker Series

CAPD

Join the MIT Technology Licensing Office and MIT Libraries for a series of seminars on Intellectual Property in January 2023. Learn more here.

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What Looks Good on a College Application?

Great College Advice

Here’s what looks good on a college application It’s not what you do, but how well you do it Many folks think that there is some secret check list that one follows to get into selective colleges: community service, academic research, leadership, sports, the arts, an internship. Research is not just for science, either.

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The Research Essay from an Instructor’s Perspective

Academic Librarian

[The following is adapted from a talk I gave to colleagues who provide library instruction for first-year college writing courses, but have never taught one themselves. I thought similar librarians might be interested in the research essay from an instructor’s perspective.]. Where does the library portion come in?

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Ten campus living-learning communities to model

Confessions of a Community College Dean

WIMSE participants can also join the WIMSE Society, which offers the Research Experience Program and other service and research opportunities. Denison University—The Homestead Researchers looking for a hands-on approach to ecological sustainability find themselves at home on Denison’s Homestead.