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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, Arum, Roksa

Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, Arum, Roksa

Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, Arum, Roksa

Posted by Trevor at 11:30 AM

Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, Arum, Roksa

Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, Arum, Roksa

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The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com

Alvin McEwen: Black Leaders Should Not Ignore Same-Sex Families of Color - A new report is highlighting the plight of a population who always seem to be ignored when African-American leaders begin debating issues pertaining to the c...
33 minutes ago
Inside Higher Ed

Things I Probably Should Have Considered More Deeply Before Complaining About the AWP Conference - The Education of Oronte Churm I revise and extend my pre-conference complaints.
3 hours ago
ACRL Insider

Member of the Week: Heidi Steiner - Heidi Steiner is Distance Learning Librarian at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont. Heidi is on Twitter at @heidisteiner, has been an ACRL member si...
10 hours ago
The Kept-Up Academic Librarian

MOOCs Have The Potential To Democratize Higher Education - The big names have been a big draw. Since Udacity, the for-profit startup running the course, opened registration on Jan. 23, more than 90,000 students have ...
11 hours ago
In the Library with the Lead Pipe

Snooki, Whale Sperm, and Google: The Unfortunate Extinction Of Librarians When They Are Needed Most - “Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.” — Neil Gaiman The night before I was scheduled to return to work...
1 week ago
Library Journal - Academic Libraries

ARL Salary Survey: U.S. Academic Librarians’ Salaries Up 1.5 Percent - The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released its annual salary survey today which showed academic librarians' salaries in 2010-2011 increased 1.5 p...
2 months ago
ACRLog

Embracing Discovery - This summer my library, like over 60 others, is implementing Summon. Serials Solutions’ discovery layer is meant to provide our users with that “one search...
9 months ago
District Dispatch

Massachusetts businesswoman named winner of 2011 White House Conference on Library and Information Services Award - The American Library Association (ALA) today announced that Alison Kenney, a business owner from Marblehead, Mass., is the winner of the 2011 White House C...
10 months ago
Library Journal News

Morristown, NJ, Library Recovering from Explosion, but Still Closed - Utility explosion caused millions of dollars in damage.
1 year ago
The OLE Project

Mellon foundation awards $2.3 million for OLE development - A $2.38 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Indiana University will be used to develop software created specifically for the management o...
2 years ago
AL Inside Scoop

You’re in the archives… - Inside Scoop is now integrated into American Libraries’ new web site. Jump directly to the blog. This site will continue to exist, but not be updated.
2 years ago
AL Online News

Community Outrage Prompts Officials to Reopen Colton Libraries -
2 years ago
The Chronicle: Daily News Blog

A Chancellor Urges College Planners to Rethink Education - George P. Pernsteiner, chancellor of the Oregon University system, stood before a crowd here Tuesday to restate a question that consultants and managemen...
2 years ago
The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog

U. of Michigan Library Will Offer 400,000 Titles in On-Demand Reprints - The library will print soft-cover books though an agreement with BookSurge, part of Amazon.
2 years ago

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