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  • Photo of the Week: Unidentified Military School

    Can you name this unidentified military school? It was taken about 1907 by C.J. French who was a surveyor in West Virginia and Virginia for...
    Topics
    • Education
    • General
    • History
  • “Yo, It’s a Time Machine!”

    Investigating an unknown cultural object can be a fascinating way to teach research and critical thinking skills—and to learn about unfamiliar times and places. The...
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    • Business
    • Education
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • Oral Histories in Special Collections and Archives

    An essential component of any modern special collections and archives department is its collection of oral history interviews. These are created to supplement archives, and...
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    • African American Studies
    • Art & Design
    • Business
    • Communication
    • Criminal Justice
  • The Social Network – Read all about it

    The controversial movie The Social Network hits theatres this weekend.  The movie tells a tale of  Facebook Inc.’s 2004 inception, and has already been hailed as...
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    • Books
    • Business
    • Communication
    • Education
    • General
  • Educating the Urban New South…with a Wry Twist

    Like the red-headed stepchild whose history it tells, Dr. Merl E. Reed’s Educating the Urban New South:  Atlanta and the Rise of Georgia State University,...
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    • Books
    • Education
    • Faculty Publications and Research
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
  • Evolution of Classroom Technology Timeline

    Here is a fascinating look at the evolution of classroom technology, published in the 9/19/10 issue of New York Times Magazine (Courtesy of ResourceShelf). Here...
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    • Education
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • General
  • GSU Institutional History Highlights Founders & “Firsts”

    Do you know who our first female graduate and faculty member was?  Can you name one of the young people who tried to integrate our...
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    • African American Studies
    • Books
    • Education
    • Faculty Publications and Research
    • For Faculty
  • Conducting Literature Reviews

    Conducting a comprehensive literature review for a thesis or dissertation is, for many graduate students, one of the more daunting challenges of a degree program....
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    • Biology
    • Books
    • Education
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • Georgia’s Red-Headed Stepchild Comes of Age

    Georgia State University: you’ve come a long way, baby! From a commuter night school in downtown Atlanta specializing in adult education for local businessmen to...
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    • Books
    • Education
    • Faculty Publications and Research
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
  • “Millennials” on Our Minds…

    Beloit College has rolled out its annual “Mindset List” for the Class of 2014, which originated in 1998 as “a reminder to faculty to be...
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    • Books
    • Databases
    • Education
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students