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Undergraduate institutions of doctoral recipients

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It shows the undergraduate college of people who received doctorates in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022. And filter further to find, for instance, the liberal arts college in the Great Lakes states that sends the most students to Ph.Ds in Chemistry (Hope College).

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Reflections on Fitzgerald and the Qatar World Cup (opinion)

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In 2016, I traveled overseas to teach two general education courses at Carnegie Mellon University’s campus in Qatar. They were both American-focused courses, one on the history of American education and the other on the history of American public policy. A good liberal arts education should make us do that.

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

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While SVU is technically a secular private liberal arts college, it identifies with the values of the LDS Church. After assuming the presidency in 2016, one of Whitaker’s most notable actions was reaffirming the university’s accreditation.

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New graduate program at Gustavus Adolphus College

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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. ” But enrollment has since declined.

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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. The institution has a storied history. history survey course to be delivered in the summer.

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

University Business

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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A professor's job is endangered for teaching about race

Inside Higher Ed

15, I concluded a class and walked out of the classroom to find the provost and the dean of the school of liberal arts and sciences waiting for me,” Joeckel wrote. Lewis Phenomenon: Christianity and the Public Sphere (2013) and Golden Notes , a novel (2016). “On Feb. “They asked to speak with me privately.