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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. At my university, the provost has put in place a prerecorded self-paced, self-directed asynchronous U.S.

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3 Questions About Extended Reality and Online Learning

Inside Higher Ed

To learn more about Michigan’s approach to integrating open online learning and extended reality and what they have learned, I spoke to my friend James DeVaney , associate vice provost for academic innovation and founding executive director of U-M’s Center for Academic Innovation , to learn more.

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Representation Matters

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We have a proposal for a graduate certificate program in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies that the provost supports. … Developing courses In 2010, Nurse wondered why Delaware State didn’t have a women’s studies program. We are in the next phase of pushing forward.” Newson-Horst commends Dr. Ida E.

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Why did Allegheny cut its Chinese program?

Inside Higher Ed

” Shi continued, “I wasn’t interviewed or consulted by the president or the provost throughout [the] process, or ever, actually. Shi helped establish the Chinese studies minor at Allegheny starting in 2010. “Why was Chinese language and culture cut? The numbers don’t support the decision.”

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Navigating President Turnover: Higher Ed Leadership Challenges: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 169 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. William E. “Brit” Kirwan

The Change Leader, Inc.

The first is that it’s human nature to want to advance and meet new challenges. Among Dr. Kirwan’s many honors is the 2010 TIAA-CREF Theodore M. I was department chair for four years, and then all of a sudden, the university needed a provost. As a result, many people are still compelled to rise to the top.

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How U.S. Colleges and Universities are Responding to Declining Enrollments

WCET Frontiers

The majority of these programs are deemed low-enrollment and fall within undergraduate humanities: mostly religious studies, philosophy, English, creative writing, languages, history, fine arts, and classics. According to the Urban Institute , the 50 state flagships increased their enrollment by 24% between 2010 and 2018.

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How U.S. Colleges and Universities are Responding to Declining Enrollments

WCET Frontiers

The majority of these programs are deemed low-enrollment and fall within undergraduate humanities: mostly religious studies, philosophy, English, creative writing, languages, history, fine arts, and classics. According to the Urban Institute , the 50 state flagships increased their enrollment by 24% between 2010 and 2018.