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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 article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D. in New York University’s joint Ph.D.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

Multiple faculty sources declined to speak on the record, saying that Manhattanville required departing professors to sign nondisparagement agreements in order to receive severance pay. Following his and others’ departures, he said, just one full-time professor will remain in his department. It’s incredibly destructive.”

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Colleges deploy new strategies to revive English programs

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“We’re not just marching through the archives,” said Blackwood, who chairs the English department at Pace. ” The New Yorker article centered on the claim that the number of humanities majors in the U.S. ” The New Yorker article centered on the claim that the number of humanities majors in the U.S.

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New course teaches skills for tackling mental distress

Inside Higher Ed

Housed in the university’s Department of Family Science, the course will meet once a week in two consecutive seven-week sessions beginning in the spring semester. A 2019–20 survey by the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors found that 45.6 Learning the Skills.

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Alphabet Soup

Susquehanna President's Blog

. · AAC&U – American Association of Colleges and Universities – this is the organization that focusses on liberal-arts education across higher education with an emphasis on enhancing the quality of teaching and learning and advocacy on the power of a liberal education. including college and university counselors.

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

WCET Frontiers

The majority of these programs are deemed low-enrollment and fall within undergraduate humanities: mostly religious studies, philosophy, English, creative writing, languages, history, fine arts, and classics. In March 2023, Penn State leadership asked all departments to submit positions for elimination.

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

WCET Frontiers

The majority of these programs are deemed low-enrollment and fall within undergraduate humanities: mostly religious studies, philosophy, English, creative writing, languages, history, fine arts, and classics. In March 2023, Penn State leadership asked all departments to submit positions for elimination.