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Conversations with Gen Z

Six Key Findings to Know About Gen Z

October 02, 2018
Make no mistake, Generation Z is not Millennials 2.0.According to a new Barnes & Noble College Insights™ report, Conversations with Gen Z, the post-millennial generation known as Gen Z, account for 26 percent of the U.S. population — and they’re driven by values and strive to make the world a better place.Born in 1996 or later, Gen Z make sophisticated choices about identity, purpose and values. In its original report, Getting to Know Gen Z, Barnes & Noble College conducted research on middle and high school students’ expectations for higher education and explored their attitudes, preferences and expectations regarding their educational and learning experiences. Those student [...]

Enhanced Digital Learning Can Improve Reading

August 09, 2018
It’s a problem schools must solve: Many undergraduates hate reading.For years, teachers at good public and private schools have been perplexed about how to help students find joy in a good novel, story or work of creative nonfiction. Many introduce topical texts, movie tie-ins, shorter and shorter [...]

Student Orientation Can be Vital to Persistence and Retention

July 19, 2018
Research shows that students who feel a connection to their new school and other students during orientation are more likely to persist and graduate. With a national first-year retention rate of only 61%, colleges and universities can utilize orientation to help students develop that sense of fittin [...]
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Fighting Back Against Counterfeit Textbooks

September 11, 2017
The production and sale of counterfeit textbooks represents a growing problem for all of higher education. While these counterfeits cause some very real and immediate challenges from a business standpoint, their long-term effects extend much further. The threat of counterfeit textbooks leaves colleg [...]
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The Value of College: The Parents’ Perspective

June 07, 2017
Every year, families experience angst figuring out how to pay for college, but what do parents really think about the value of college?Next to the two respectable cars in the driveway of Patrick and Elizabeth McGrath’s well-kept home in Chicago’s Northside suburbs, is parked a new, fire-engine r [...]

Barnes & Noble College Hosts “Take Your Child to Work Day”

May 12, 2017
The opportunity to expose children to possible future careers, as well as their parents’/guardians’ place of work, was clearly on display at this year’s Barnes & Noble College, “Take Your Child to Work Day.” The Company has been hosting the program at its Basking Ridge, N.J. he [...]

Barnes & Noble Education Acquires MBS for $174.2 Million

February 28, 2017
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (NYSE:BNED) (“the Company” or “BNED”), one of America’s largest contract operators of bookstores on college and university campuses and a leading provider of digital education services, today announced that it has acquired MBS Textbook [...]

Students Reset for the New Year with Wellness Refresh Events

February 20, 2017
The time spent at college should represent some of the best years of a student’s life, but according to research from Barnes & Noble College InsightsSM, it seems today’s college students are not without their concerns. “We’ve learned that they want to know what their college experience i [...]

Clemson Captures College Football National Championship

January 10, 2017
The Clemson University Tigers won the national collegiate football championship with a touchdown pass in the closing seconds of Monday’s game, and like most dramatic events in sports, it ended in spectacular fashion. The win came at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, just after midnight, whe [...]

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

December 14, 2016
“Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them,” noted author Neil Gaiman. “And it’s much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!”For many pediatric patients at the Riley Hospital for Children, located in Indianapolis, Indiana, thos [...]
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