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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.

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Revenue, Retention and Reactivation: Findings from the 2011 Index of Higher Education Fundraising Report

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Download The 2011 Index of Higher Education Fundraising Performance Report to learn more about the 6% revenue growth and other key performance indicators of annual funds at more than 100 public and private institutions. How do you, as a college or university, keep up with me? Do you have special alumni access and pages?

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Reimagining Graduate Student Recruitment: 4 Tips to Get Started

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Accordingly, many college and university graduate programs have grown significantly over the last few decades. In fact, from 2011 to 2021, the rate of growth of earned master’s and doctoral degrees outpaced bachelor’s and professional programs. Get together: Communicate across your college or university.

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Candid names Ann Mei Chang as new CEO

Candid

We are delighted to have Ann Mei guide us as we live our values of being driven, direct, accessible, curious, and inclusive.” in computer science from Stanford University and is a member of the Aspen Institute’s Henry Crown Fellows class of 2011. Agency for International Development and the first executive director of its U.S.

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Giving USA 2011 Report

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The Giving USA Foundation and its research partner, the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University , has released Giving USA 2011: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the year 2010. Below are some key findings and information from the 56th annual report. Total charitable giving by donor source for 2010 is estimated to be $290.89

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When Looking to Diversify Your Development Office, Widen Your Lens

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I’ve heard that to be a major gift officer you have to have access to people with money, be comfortable socializing with them, and speak their language. Prior to 2011, the majority of my career was spent at small and mid-size organizations, where a large part of the funding came from foundations, corporations, and government grants.

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Universal City Studios, Inc., The Chafee Amendment allows authorized nonprofit entities like Benetech to create accessible versions of copyrighted books without the need to request permission from publishers (or pay a royalty) and then to distribute these versions exclusively to people with qualifying disabilities. of America v.

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