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A Daring Experiment: Harvard and Business Education for Women, 1937-1970

Women have been educated at the Harvard Business School (HBS) since 1937, and this online exhibit from the Baker Library at HBS provides a wealth of material on the period from "the first daring experiment in 'practical education' for women" in 1937 to 1970, when women became residents in HBS dormitories. The materials here are organized chronologically into areas like "Co-Education: Women and Men...

https://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/daring/
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A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology

Anyone who has ever conducted archival research knows that the field includes a variety of specific vocabulary terms, including words relating to material preservation, copyright law, and more. Fortunately, the Society of American Archivists (SAA) has created this free, extensive glossary of archival and records terminology. On this website, visitors can browse hundreds of terms alphabetically or...

https://dictionary.archivists.org/
A Row in Savile Row

Savile Row Artisan http://thesavilerowartisan.com/ SavileRowBespoke http://www.savilerowbespoke.com/Home/index.php Tailor Made For History http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/autumn05/tailor.cfm The Tailor's Manual or Twenty Years A New England Tailor (By One Of The Craft) http://books.google.com/books?id=V63yrs3whqoC&dq=tailors&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q=tailors&f=false Victorian...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2010/0813
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AACC: 21st Century Center

This excellent website from the American Association for Community Colleges (AACC) provides a range of thought provoking articles, discussions, and reports. Beyond scouting the homepage, which features some of the site's Latest Stories and Latest Opinions, readers may search by Topics, Recommendations, and Resources. Topics include relevant examinations of Completion (how to help students complete...

http://www.aacc21stcenturycenter.org/
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Academic Earth

Academic Earth provides videos of lectures by top scholars in "Subjects" that range from Astronomy to Entrepreneurship to Religion, from "Universities" as celebrated as MIT, Berkeley, Harvard, and Stanford. Visitors must register to view the lectures, but registration is free. There are over 1500 video lectures available, with more being added everyday. In addition to viewing the lectures...

https://academicearth.org/
Advanced Kitchen Chemistry

There is a great deal of chemistry going on in every kitchen, even though most cooks may not be cognizant of the various interactions going on in the pot, wok, or oven. MIT's popular OpenCourseWare Initiative has recently made the contents of Dr. Patricia Christie's course on kitchen chemistry available on this site. Visitors to the site can download the syllabus, take in some assigned readings...

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/es-287-kitchen-chemistry-spring-...
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Advanced Technological Education Television

Funded by the National Science Foundation, the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program is designed with two purposes in mind. First, it aims to connect community college students with the skills and networks they need to achieve success in technology driven growth industries. Second, it hopes to help those industries grow by giving them the labor force they need. ATETV, an integral part of...

https://www.atetv.org/
Advancing Women in Leadership Journal

More and more women are now located amongst the upper echelons of leadership in a number of professions, including higher education, business, and the entertainment business. As a result, there has been an increased interest in scholarly publications and journals on the subject of women in leadership. In 1997, a group of scholars convened to electronically publish the first issue of the Advancing...

http://www.advancingwomen.com/awl/index.html
Aggie Horticulture

The good folks at Texas A&M University's Extension Horticulture program have been maintaining this site since October 1994. Currently, over fifty teachers, scientists, and extension specialists work to keep this site buzzing with activity and high-quality resources for Texans and anyone else who wanders on by. Visitors can navigate the materials offered here by combing over the links on the...

https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center at UIUC

Based at the Isaac Funk Family Library at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC) is a fine way to learn about the latest developments throughout the world of agricultural journalism. The ACDC was established by agricultural communications faculty members at UIUC and visitors can read their newsletter and also browse through their...

https://www.library.illinois.edu/funkaces/acdc/
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