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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). For some, it could be 2014; for others, 2000.

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$100 million: The largest single donation in HBCU history goes to Spelman College

University Business

On Thursday, the Atlanta-based liberal arts institutions received a $100 million donation. In 2018, the couple donated $30 million. The post $100 million: The largest single donation in HBCU history goes to Spelman College appeared first on University Business. which we know today. Who are Spelman College’s donors?

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Penn’s Sniegowski Named Earlham President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Earlham has an important and longstanding place within the distinctive liberal arts tradition in the United States. He advocates for first-generation, low-income students, participating in the establishment of the Penn First Plus Office and launching a student advisory board in 2018 to provide a voice for FGLI students in the college.

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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

University Business

One campaign he oversaw helped draw in $66 million, the largest in school history, Telegram & Gazette reports. Lastly, the private liberal arts school strengthened its athletics department, adding women’s and men’s wrestling, eSports, women’s and men’s lacrosse and other sports.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

Manhattanville hasn’t publicly announced which programs are frozen, but faculty sources say they are art history, world religions, philosophy, film studies, music, music education, French, Spanish and chemistry. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members. Focus on the Future.

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Colleges used these 3 strategies to spark big enrollment rebounds this Fall

University Business

Out in the Midwest, the smaller liberal arts-focused Wheaton College missed its 2019 enrollment mark by only 20 students after suffering from a series of budget cuts last year. The Class of 2027 at the University of South Alabama is one of the largest in school history, bumping first-year enrollment by 19% compared to last year.

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Higher Education Reading List

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History Kimball, Bruce A.: Orators and Philosophers: A History of the Idea of Liberal Education , expanded edition. Liberal Arts Leadership and the Liberal Arts: Achieving the Promise of a Liberal Education , edited by J. Roth, Michael: Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters.