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Undergraduate institutions of doctoral recipients

Higher Ed Data Stories

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 This visualization, of course is interactive. in Chemistry (Hope College).

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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 will take the helm Aug. 1, succeeding Dr. Anne M. Houtman, who will retire in July after a five-year term as president.

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How real work builds student character at these 10 Federal Work Colleges

University Business

Nearly 50% of Sterling College’s 2018 graduates earned their degree without accruing any debt. Eight other small liberal arts schools are currently designated four-year federal work colleges. A high proportion of the students are first-generation and Pell Grant eligible. Berea College in Berea (Ky.)

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Tougaloo College President to Step Down from Post

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2019, many alumni voiced their dissent of her candidacy due to her lack of liberal arts college experience, which proved to be prescient,” the coalition stated. Tougaloo is not alone in facing declining enrollment, a national trend and a concern at many liberal arts institutions.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

Manhattanville remains a private liberal arts institution, but it has changed its orientation somewhat in recent years. Amid all these changes, some faculty members wonder whether Manhattanville can continue to offer a liberal arts–grounded education that is heavy on faculty-student interaction. Focus on the Future.

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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance. They seek rigorous academics and associate that with strong STEM programs in a liberal arts context as the top characteristics of a great university. And they need to prepare themselves for future work, in relevant ways.

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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. This year marks 100 since Spelman Baptist Seminary became Spelman College, the all-women HBCU in the heart of Atlanta, Ga., which we know today. Who are Spelman College’s donors?

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