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New Jersey Senate Sends K-12 Media Literacy Bill to Governor's Desk

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million public school students in New Jersey will be better prepared for life beyond school with key skills that help them with lifelong learning, civic participation, and work skills,” said Olga Polites, New Jersey Chapter Leader of Media Literacy Now. Bill S588 received bipartisan support and passed today by a 36-0 vote.

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How to Debunk Dangerous College Myths

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Still others, influenced by dangerous myths, are reluctant to attend an open-access institution like a community college. The institutions are open-access, affordable, and conveniently located. Public opinion surveys generally give the institutions high marks for the quality of their faculty and programs. Dr. George R.

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Librarians should stand with the Internet Archive (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

What began in 1996 as an audacious attempt to archive and preserve the World Wide Web has grown into a vast library of books, musical recordings and television shows, all digitized and available online, with a mission to provide “universal access to all knowledge.” It employs librarians and other information professionals.

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College Counseling for International Students

Great College Advice

Many American public and private universities rank among the best in the world. How can you present the three-dimensional human you are on this web-based form? Great College Counseling for International Students The United States remains a primary higher education destination for students from around the world.

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Making Transfer Students Visible

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Beyond Transfer Invisibility continues to define transfer students’ experience, despite their presence in numbers: a quarter of students at public four-year colleges nationwide are transfers and approximately one-third of undergraduates transfer at least once between colleges.

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Here’s how to engage your alumni and facilitate lifelong learning

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Harvard alumni also have free access to select workshops and online learning opportunities (current opportunities include digital health or managing happiness workshops). Additionally, Harvard University alumni are allowed to apply for a Library Borrowing Card at no charge, giving alumni on-site access to the library.

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SRHE News on Publishing: reports from April 2023

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by Rob Cuthbert One of the benefits of SRHE membership is exclusive access to the quarterly newsletter, SRHE News , www.srhe.ac.uk/publications/srhe-newsletter. publications/srhe-newsletter. To illustrate the contents, here is part of the April 2023 issue on recent developments in Publishing. or rob.gresham@srhe.ac.uk.