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Leveling the Playing Field: Loaning Library Laptops for Community College Student Success Cover

Leveling the Playing Field: Loaning Library Laptops for Community College Student Success

Virginia Libraries
Volume 69 (2025): Issue 1
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Open Access
|May 2025
Figures & tables

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Success metrics for students borrowing a library laptop.

WITHOUT A LIBRARY LAPTOPWITH A LIBRARY LAPTOPIMPROVEMENT WITH A LIBRARY LAPTOP
Retention term to term48.1%54.2%6.1%
Retention year to year46.6%53.7%7.1%
Credential attainment22%33%11%

[i] Data from March 2020 – August 2024.

Table 2

Race/ethnicity of students borrowing a library laptop.

WHITESTUDENT OF COLOR (AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKAN, ASIAN, BLACK, HAWAIIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER, HISPANIC, OR 2 OR MORE ETHNICITIES)
Borrowing a library laptop (Spring 2024)39%61%
General college population51%49%

[i] Data from Spring 2024.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v69i1.685 | Journal eISSN: 2331-3331
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Language: English
Page range: 5 - 5
Submitted on: Feb 20, 2025
Accepted on: Apr 18, 2025
Published on: May 21, 2025
Published by: Virginia Tech Publishing
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
academic libraries,
technologies,
access services,
technology loans,
community colleges,
community college libraries,
social equity

© 2025 Suzanne Sherry, published by Virginia Tech Publishing
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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