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Small Liberal Arts Colleges: Punching Above Their Weight

Helix Education

Everyone loves a David and Goliath story, and at this moment in the history of higher education, small colleges could use one. percent between 2015 and 2019.” percent between 2015 and 2019.” I think it is easy for lawmakers, the media, and even large sectors of higher education to dismiss small colleges.

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Penn State African American Studies Head Resigns, Alleges Broken Promises and Wavering Institutional Commitment to Diversity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He explained his departure in an open letter, claiming that Dr. Clarence Lang, dean of the College of the Liberal Arts, had refused to follow through on a commitment to hire two new tenure-line faculty.

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

University Business

Two presidents have been hired at small private colleges in the past two weeks and one leader is choosing to retire after four decades in higher education. Hired Trevor Bates – Mercy College of Ohio Trevor Bates Mercy College of Ohio has announced Trevor Bates as its next president.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., The college says it froze undergraduate majors with “very low student enrollment.” Manhattanville remains a private liberal arts institution, but it has changed its orientation somewhat in recent years. Geisler last summer. Focus on the Future.

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New graduate program at Gustavus Adolphus College

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Gustavus Adolphus College went 161 years without any graduate programs. Like other small private institutions, Gustavus Adolphus, a Lutheran college in southern Minnesota, faces a shrinking pool of traditional-age students, even ahead of the projected decline in college-age students due to kick in later this decade.

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How Does U.S. News Rank Colleges?

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

News & World Report released its first list of annual college rankings in 1983. News college rankings often point out that much of the data used to compile the rankings is provided by “experts” who range from high school guidance counselors to admissions counselors and faculty members at various higher education institutions.

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How U.S. Colleges and Universities are Responding to Declining Enrollments

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For a deeper look into the reasons why college enrollments are declining, see our earlier post, College Enrollment: Cliffs, Shifts, and Lifts. A surprising selection of colleges and universities are thriving despite the culling of institutions and programs happening around them. According to the Tampa Bay Times , St.