Features: Our Place in the World
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Defining a University Without Borders
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The definition of a rigorous educationits values, processes, outcomesshifts slowly over time. Todays students are increasingly likely to work for corporations that court a global market, to dedicate themselves to social issues with international components, and to share communities with culturally diverse populations. Read More
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The World Is My Text
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Who could have known that in 1917when tiny St. Clara College first contemplated taking charge of a small school in the Swiss canton of Fribourgthat in 2007, St. Claras descendent, Dominican University, would offer more than a dozen flourishing study-abroad programs? Read More
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Libraries: Words and Worlds
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First came the printed wordin books, journals, newspapersneatly cataloged and safely stored in libraries. Twentieth-century technology, however, warehouses bits and bytes of information everywhereon paper, CDs, your computer, even in cyberspace. Read More
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An Atlas of Service
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Ernesto Ramirez will never forget the moment during his May 2007 service-abroad trip to Venezuela when the children in a state-run orphanage spontaneously ran up and climbed into his arms. Read More
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