College leaders' views of outsourcing, pro and con; libraries consider their Elsevier options; why assessment is a waste of time (opinion); and more.
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A study finds that the institutions, trying to offset drops in state support, are using out-of-state recruiting practices biased against low-income and minority students in their own states.
On the subject of the migration of college freshmen, two things are clear: Most stay within their home state’s borders, and the rest tend to go to private colleges in neighboring states.
Something’s got to give, librarians are saying. Their budgets are flat, and prices of bulk journal subscriptions, dubbed “big deals,” keep going up. PREMIUM
Small rebellions, universitywide subscription renegotiations, and a European open-access mandate for certain research are putting unusual pressure on industry giants.
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