Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 2, 2022
In 2016, I traveled overseas to teach two general education courses at Carnegie Mellon University’s campus in Qatar. A good liberal arts education should make us do that. And maybe, just maybe, I provided a better liberal arts education in Qatar than I thought. men’s soccer star Christian Pulisic ?
University Business
JUNE 29, 2023
Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College. There, she served as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, whose 2000-student population is double the size of Presbyterian’s, according to the college’s website.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
Hollis, then dean of the College of Liberal Arts. The women’s and gender studies minor at North Carolina Central University was launched in the fall of 2016. and presented it to the department chair who in turn presented it to the dean, Dr. Marshall Stevenson. Most are in STEM areas, notes Newson-Horst. “As
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
The professor, Samuel Joeckel, said in an email that the dean of his department and the university’s provost waited outside the class he was teaching last week to inform him of the news. The dean had an envelope in his hand and gave it to me. “On Feb. “On Feb. “They asked to speak with me privately.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
An Alabama jury awarded Michael Stern $645,837 in damages, finding after a two-week trial that Stern’s former dean illegally punished him for speaking out. Around this time, Stern’s new dean allegedly opposed his tenure bid, as did the provost, contradicting the positive recommendation of his department.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 20, 2023
But a combination of competitive pressures, demographic patterns and accreditation requirements in one of its most job skill–focused undergraduate fields has led the private liberal arts institution to create its first-ever master’s degree—and to consider adding others.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 21, 2023
percent failure rate for 156 new programs in the liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities. Scott Muir, director of undergraduate initiatives for the National Humanities Alliance, which promotes the value of studying the humanities, described challenges faced by deans and faculty members trying to launch new programs.
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