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An impossible task points to value of liberal arts (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

’” As a chemistry professor at a small liberal arts college, I was immediately intrigued and eagerly climbed into this rabbit hole, because in my courses on general chemistry, there are many concepts that would never occur to my students, even after several lectures and homework assignments.

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What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?

Inside Higher Ed

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D. in New York University’s joint Ph.D.

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The Faculty Resource Network of New York University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a law professor emanating from a primarily liberal arts institution, I deemed it invaluable that the author’s note in my law review articles could state that research was conducted, in part, as an FRN Scholar-in-Residence at NYU, courtesy of the Faculty Resource Network.

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When a college president is also a tech entrepreneur

Inside Higher Ed

To understand Adrian College today, it helps to look back to 2005, when Docking became president of an institution that he described as struggling and rudderless at that time. “Small private liberal arts colleges aren’t for everybody, but they work really well for the kids that need them.

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President’s corner: How Rob Vischer balances growth with century-old values at University of St. Thomas

University Business

Once a s mall Catholic liberal arts college, St. Thomas, dating back to becoming an associate law professor in 2005. Rob Vischer took over the University of St. Thomas in January during a pivotal period in its 139-year history. “We need everybody leaning in.”