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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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Higher Education Reading List

Susquehanna President's Blog

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. Liberal Arts Leadership and the Liberal Arts: Achieving the Promise of a Liberal Education , edited by J. The Evidence Liberal Arts Needs: Lives of Consequence, Inquiry, and Accomplishment. Sterling, VA: Stylus, 2013. Daniels, Ronald J.:

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Study finds true faculty diversity is possible by 2050

Inside Higher Ed

percentage points each year on average between 2013 and 2020. The rate was a bit higher among liberal arts colleges: an increase of 0.33 ” Accounting for time to tenure, the researchers estimate that between 2013 and 2020, 45,309 Ph.D.s Meanwhile, the U.S. percentage points per year. percentage points per year.

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College presidents move to cultural institutions (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

With the recent announcement that Sean Decatur would assume the presidency of the American Museum of Natural History in New York after nearly a decade at the helm of Kenyon College, at least five major American cultural institutions will be headed by former presidents of small liberal arts colleges.

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Several prominent universities end legacy admissions in light of affirmative action ending

University Business

The University of Minnesota and Carnegie Mellon University—two R1 research universities—and the highly selective private liberal arts college Wesleyan University have rendered a student’s connection to alumni irrelevant when considering their application. How ending legacy #admissions 10 years ago changed @JohnsHopkins.

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President moves: Milestone hires and dramatic exits start off the month

University Business

He came into power at the small liberal arts school after a DeSantis-backed overhaul of the Board of Trustees ousted former President Patricia Okker. As a champion of diversity in the STEM space, her education proves she is well-grounded in the liberal arts thanks to her upbringing, according to BU.

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Presidential habits: How a track record of successes (or failures) has shaped their careers

University Business

Beginning in July, this liberal arts college will be welcoming Dr. Wayne P. He has demonstrated a passion for liberal arts in small college settings like ours. Dr. Julie Schornack will be the second president and first female president to lead the school since its expansion and name change in 2013. Dr. Wayne P.