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Two ACHE-sponsored bills signed into law by Gov. Ivey
“Alabama is a poor state with high tuition and low financial aid to offset the cost of college,” were the words of Jim Purcell yesterday in a meeting to discuss a coordinated plan to move Alabama’s student assistance programs forward. ACHE Chairman Charles Buntin says the financial burdens are being addressed by ACHE at the beginning and ending of a student’s college career.
UNA celebrating "Year of the UNA Woman"
UNA is commemorating 150 year anniversary of being the first four-year university in the southestern US to admit women. "Year of the UNA Woman" is a 14-month-long celebration highlighting the achievements of women who have made an impact in the university’s history.
Stillman College pays off 2020, 2021 debt for students
Stillman College pays off 2020, 2021 debt for 292 students
Academic libraries play essential role during coronavirus pandemic
Alabama Political Reporter article: Academic libraries play essential role during coronavirus pandemic
Dr. Jim Purcell, ACHE Director, discusses federal student loans in WSFA-TV interview
"Right now, more than 40 million Americans currently hold $1.6 trillion in student loan debt. Purcell said conversations about the cost of higher education need to be addressed."
WHNT interview with Dr. Purcell, ACHE Director, January 3, 2021
Discussion about higher education budgets and keeping STEM grads in Alabama
Reports: Alabama higher ed relies more on tuition, less on state support
Interview with Dr. James Purcell, Director of ACHE
Department of Defense launches aerospace research center at Tuskegee University
In Focus: "Alabama Higher Education," Troy Public Radio, Jan. 28, 2021
“Now is Alabama’s window of opportunity for economic growth,” Jim Purcell told listeners to Alabama Public Radio’s “In Focus." He was a guest on the program to discuss higher education, the pandemic, and ACHE initiatives.
APTV’s Spotlight on Education, January 21, 2021
Higher education’s approach to the pandemic moving forward and ACHE’s legislative agenda
Troy University campuses awarded the Tree Campus Higher Education designation
All four of Troy University’s campuses in Alabama have been awarded the Tree Campus Higher Education designation by the Arbor Day Foundation
In a dark year, Alabama State University has been a bright spot
From the opinion piece in Al.com: "[O]ne of the bright spots in the middle of all this has been ASU’s work — both in attacking the virus head-on with innovative technologies and forward-thinking plans and in providing for the local community, particularly the poorest areas of Montgomery."
The University of Alabama’s Education Policy Center says lottery revenue should be used for college scholarship fund.
Talladega College President: "How one HBCU president managed the coronavirus shutdown"
Talladega College is featured in this regular opinion series penned by college presidents discussing how the higher ed sector can weather the pandemic via Education Dive
Tools for Teachers from North Alabama NAAL members and the AVL
WHNT News segment "Tools for Teachers" featuring resources from North Alabama NAAL members and the Alabama Virtual Library 4/29/2020

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Houston Cole Library

Houston Cole Library at Jacksonville State University

Collier Library @ UNA

Collier Library at The University of North Alabama

Marx Library at the University of South Alabama

Charmichael Library at the University of Montevallo

Harwell Goodwin Davis Library at Samford University

Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library at The University of Alabama

Charles Andrew Rush Learning Center / N.E. Miles Library at Birmingham-Southern College

Ralph Brown Draughon Library at Auburn University

Kares Library at Athens State University

Ida Belle Young Library at Auburn University in Montgomery

Gus Nichols Library at Faulkner University

Huntingdon College Library

Bowling Library at Judson College

C.A. Kirkendoll Learning Resource Center and Library at Miles College

Eva B Dykes Library at Oakwood University

Burke Memorial Library at Spring Hill College

The Sheppard Library at Stillman College

The Savery Library at Talladega College

The Ford Motor Company Library at Tuskegee University

Troy University Library

Robert Block Library at the United States Sports Academy

Mervyn H. Sterne Library at the University of Alabama at Birmingham

M. Louis Salmon Library at the University of Alabama at Huntsville

J.L. Bedsole Library at the University of Mobile

Julia Tutwiler Library at the University of West Alabama

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The Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL) is an unincorporated consortium of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education and Alabama’s public and private four-year colleges and universities. Our primary purpose is to foster communication and cooperation between member libraries with a focus on purchasing and sharing collections, products, and services that foster teaching, learning, and research. Libraries not affiliated with member institutions may participate as nonvoting cooperative members.

Sheila Snow-Croft, Executive Director

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