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The Academic Library And High-Impact Practices For Student Retention: Perspectives Of Library Deans, Adam L. Murray May 2014

The Academic Library And High-Impact Practices For Student Retention: Perspectives Of Library Deans, Adam L. Murray

Dissertations

Dramatic declines in state appropriations for postsecondary education, the rise of performance-based funding models, and limitations on tuition increases have resulted in a focus on student retention as a matter of importance to institutions of higher education. Concomitantly, academic libraries face changes in service models brought about by technology and the rising costs of providing access to an ever-expanding field of literature required by academic programs and faculty. The value proposition of the academic library is reduced in the face of budget interests that impact recruitment and retention. Many researchers and university leaders have called on academic libraries to develop …


Alfred Russel Wallace Notes 3: Two Early Publications, Charles H. Smith Oct 2011

Alfred Russel Wallace Notes 3: Two Early Publications, Charles H. Smith

DLPS Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Ua51/1/5 Wku Libraries Scrapbook 3, Wku Libraries Jan 1993

Ua51/1/5 Wku Libraries Scrapbook 3, Wku Libraries

WKU Archives Records

Scrapbook has been disassembled. Photographs are available in UA1C11.23 WKU Libraries Photograph Collection. Documents housed in UA51.1.5 Dean of Libraries - Events File.


Ua51/1 Brief History Of The Library Of Wku, Wku University Libraries Oct 1923

Ua51/1 Brief History Of The Library Of Wku, Wku University Libraries

WKU Archives Records

A report made regarding the history of WKU Libraries from 1909 through ca. 1923.