Thanks to a free subscription to The New York Times, Bradley students have a world of news at their disposal.
According to an email from the Provost office Wednesday, students can sign up by visiting nyt.bradley.edu. After signing up, they will receive a confirmation email in two weeks, which will include a link to start their one-year digital subscription. Students can sign in using their Bradley email address as their account name.
“The Dean and I had been discussing this New York Times subscription for some time and Sarah Handler, the student body president, thought it was a good idea to move in that direction,” Interim Provost Joan Sattler said. “Everyone involved thought it would be a way for the students to better engage with the world and to burst the Bradley bubble.”
Student Senate has been discussing the concept of a New York Times subscription over the last few weeks.
The subscriptions will last one year and it is currently uncertain whether Bradley will renew the service for next year, according to Sattler.
“We have an assessment plan in place,” Sattler said. “We will be looking into how students will be using it and how it might be affecting class discussions. Based off that, we’ll determine whether or not we will continue paying for the subscription.”
Sattler said she believes the subscription will be a tremendous addition to the learning environment at Bradley.
“I think what’s happening in the world and the nation is relevant to every discipline and major, so this subscription will positively affect all students,” Sattler said. “The great thing is that they will have access to not just the immediate news of today, but to the archives, blogs and a whole set of reference material, dealing with all types of topics, from sports to news to the arts.”
