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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
College Students May Not Buy That Textbook
August 24, 2011
University of Colorado junior Erica Truskolaski approaches college textbook buying with finesse. The physics student shops online. She shares books with classmates. She rents them. And, she avoids buying some books altogether because she said she can find similar educational material on the Web. She'll even consider photocopying portions of textbooks and then returning them. Seven out of 10 undergraduates in a national survey report that they avoided purchasing one or more textbooks because the cost is too high, according to a report released by the Student Public Interest Research Group.
Read more at:
http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_18723969
University of Colorado junior Erica Truskolaski approaches college textbook buying with finesse. The physics student shops online. She shares books with classmates. She rents them. And, she avoids buying some books altogether because she said she can find similar educational material on the Web. She'll even consider photocopying portions of textbooks and then returning them. Seven out of 10 undergraduates in a national survey report that they avoided purchasing one or more textbooks because the cost is too high, according to a report released by the Student Public Interest Research Group.
Read more at:
http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_18723969
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
College Freshmen Report Feeling Above Average
Among academics who track the behavior of young adults and teens, there's a touchy debate: Should the word "entitled" be used when talking about today's younger people? Are they overconfident in themselves? college students and others their age are more self-centered – narcissistic even – than past generations. Now she's turned up data showing that they also feel more superior about themselves than their elders did when they were young.
Read more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/16/more-college-freshmen-fee_n_878348.html
Among academics who track the behavior of young adults and teens, there's a touchy debate: Should the word "entitled" be used when talking about today's younger people? Are they overconfident in themselves? college students and others their age are more self-centered – narcissistic even – than past generations. Now she's turned up data showing that they also feel more superior about themselves than their elders did when they were young.
Read more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/16/more-college-freshmen-fee_n_878348.html
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Information Overload
Guest columnists Alison J. Head and Michael B. Eisenberg of The Seattle Times push back on the prevailing idea that today's college students are slackers. Rather, these researchers argue that colleges must retool to help young people learn the skills to negotiate the vast amount of information at their disposal.
Read the article here:
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Take a look at our Research Guide on Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage, found by visiting our website, http://www.sunywcc.edu/library and clicking on Research Guides
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Five Myths About The Information Age
Confusion about the nature of the so-called information age has led to a state of collective false consciousness. It's no one's fault but everyone's problem, because in trying to get our bearings in cyberspace, we often get things wrong, and the misconceptions spread so rapidly that they go unchallenged. Taken together, they constitute a font of proverbial nonwisdom.
Read the full article from the April 27th Chronicle of Higher Education by clicking on the link below:
Friday, April 08, 2011
ERes IS GOING AWAY
Subject Line: ERes is going away!
Effective August 31, 2011, ERes, the Library’s electronic reserve system, will be cancelled. The Library thanks the many faculty who have been loyal users and promoters of ERes.
Blackboard would be a great alternative to use for your course materials. Please contact the Online Education Office at 914.606.6827 or online.education@sunywcc.edu.
Should you have questions about your course materials in ERes, please contact Sandy Schepis at 914.606.6629 or sandy.schepis@sunywcc.edu.
Thank you
Effective August 31, 2011, ERes, the Library’s electronic reserve system, will be cancelled. The Library thanks the many faculty who have been loyal users and promoters of ERes.
Blackboard would be a great alternative to use for your course materials. Please contact the Online Education Office at 914.606.6827 or online.education@sunywcc.edu.
Should you have questions about your course materials in ERes, please contact Sandy Schepis at 914.606.6629 or sandy.schepis@sunywcc.edu.
Thank you
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