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The 5 subjects proven to give undergrads the best wage premium

University Business

Wage premiums associated with earning an undergraduate degree declined precipitously following the Great Recession in 2008. “To date, scholars have primarily examined the overall decline in college enrollment while overlooking substantial variations in enrollment and degree attainment across college majors,” the study read.

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Emerging leaders: 4 colleges hire their first Black or female—or both—president

University Business

These colleges may all be well over a hundred years old, but there is still a first time for everything: Mount Holyoke (Mass.), Norbert College (Wis.) Norbert College all fall somewhere around 2,000. President-designate Danielle Ren Holley (Photo: Mount Holyoke College website) She was the perfect person to do it, too.

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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Faculty members at the College of William & Mary are concerned that the institution is purposely excluding them from conversations about the future. Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school.

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The Power of Empowerment

Faculty Focus

A person with a growth mindset views one’s position, intelligence, talents, and abilities as being controllable and learnable; a person with a fixed mindset views such traits as being unchangeable (Dweck 2008). Dweck (2008) notes that outcomes are all that matter to students with a fixed mindset. New York: Ballantine, 2008.

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Humanities majors should pay lower tuition (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Since the Great Recession of 2008, but especially after 2012, the share of majors in the humanities has continued to decrease precipitously among American college-goers. Instead, American universities have adopted the expedient, but ultimately harmful, practice of keeping tuition fees for all liberal arts degrees essentially equal.

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Vassar connects two-year colleges and liberal arts colleges

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Campus leaders at Vassar College are on a mission to bring community college students to liberal arts institutions. The courses are co-taught by Vassar and community college faculty. Campus leaders will also arrange convenings of administrators from these liberal arts colleges throughout the two years.

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Student Satisfaction Data: Taking Action for Institutional Success

Helix Education

Heather Rondeau , director of research and institutional effectiveness at Alexandria Technical and Community College in Minnesota, and Hannah Miller Leftwich , senior director of student success and undergraduate enrollment at Oklahoma Christian University , provided the two-year and the four-year institutional perspectives during our session.