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Why I gave $25M to a small liberal arts college (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Now, I see this through a new lens as my husband, Richard, and I have made our first big philanthropic investment in higher education: supporting one of our nation’s small liberal arts colleges. Today’s world is made better with the kind of education students get at a small liberal arts college.

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Exploring the History of Latinos in Baseball

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

So, when it came time for him to pick an academic pursuit, the study of Latinos and sports history naturally came to mind. I just wanted to understand what [the history was] behind this,” says Burgos. “I Latino, African American, and sports history. He is a professor of history at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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After “exhausting all avenues” to avoid going under, Notre Dame College closes

University Business

Founded in 1922 as a women’s college, NDC became coeducational in 2001. A small private, often religiously oriented liberal arts college struggling with a poor budget deficit can no longer rely on a regional pool of traditional-aged college students due to demographic changes. Centuries of serving higher education erased.

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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The professor will be based on the Hartford campus in UConn’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. There, students get the chance to do research, conduct oral histories, work with community leaders, and help document traumatic and often-silenced refugee stories. “We One example of domestic anti-Muslim racism is the U.S.’s

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

12 December · Episode 185 AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education 49 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students.

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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The professor will be based on the Hartford campus in UConn’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. There, students get the chance to do research, conduct oral histories, work with community leaders, and help document traumatic and often-silenced refugee stories. “We One example of domestic anti-Muslim racism is the U.S.’s