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Number of Ph.D.s conferred dropped 5.4% in 2021

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Newly available data from the National Science Foundation suggest that the first full year of the pandemic had a major, negative impact on graduate students’ ability to finish their Ph.D.s. Degrees awarded in the life sciences fell 6 percent between 2020 and 2021, and by about 8 percent in the physical and earth sciences.

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Report: Fall Transfer Enrollment Remains in Decline in 2022

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Researchers also found that of the students who transferred to a four-year school from a community college, liberal arts majors were significantly more likely than non-liberal arts majors to change their major (82.0% So this is very concerning." The report’s authors attributed these increases mainly to a rise in returning students.

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President moves: Recent spate of leaders to announce retirement boast impressive résumés

University Business

While SVU is technically a secular private liberal arts college, it identifies with the values of the LDS Church. In the last two weeks in higher education, the number of presidents to announce retirement doubled that of confirmed hires. But those who decided to step down are doing so on sound footing.

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Highlights from Higher Ed: International Enrollment, Campus IT Challenges, Global Recruitment, and Most-Regretted Majors 

Liaison International

That percentage dropped from 73% in 2016, though China is still the most popular country from which colleges recruit international students.”. The list of least-regretted majors was topped by computer/information science and criminology (both 72%), engineering (71%), nursing (69%), health (67%), and business (66%).

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President moves: New hires, plus retiring leaders being lauded for their pandemic strategy

University Business

Milo Riverso, for example, has leveraged his esteemed background in construction and engineering to win over Manhattan College’s Board of Trustees. Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College. With level-headedness, Clarence D.

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Field of study not key to new academic program success

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4

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Engaging Students in Research

Faculty Focus

There may be more opportunities at a research-focused university than a community college or a school more focused on liberal arts. 2016; Landrum & Nelson, 2002; Valdez & Liu, 2020). Students’ experiences in higher education goes far beyond the curriculum in their programs. Benefits and barriers.