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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

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.” So far, administrators have already set aside over 6,000 square feet of space to house the college.

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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. An older model among libraries is coming into classrooms like an English 101 course or a first-year seminar to share information.

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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.

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Course Spotlight: Bibliotherapy in London

AIFS Abroad

If we break the word down, we can understand that the concept is a combination of books and therapy — and it actually dates back to Ancient Greece when libraries were seen as sacred places of answers and healing. I found this class to be one of my favorites as we explored bookstores and libraries. Sounds pretty great, right?

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What Looks Good on a College Application?

Great College Advice

For example, a student who spends 4 hours every Saturday for four years shelving books at the local library performs an important service to the community. But exploring the world’s libraries is really where we can find the repository of human intellectual inquiry. Do summer programs look good on a college application?

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Ten campus living-learning communities to model

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Faculty and other guests will host weekly Homestead seminar sessions for discussions relevant to the Homestead. Cabin Bob also boasts a Homestead library, with books related to Homesteaders’ lives and interests as well as a study space, adding another academic dimension to the living-learning community.