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Colleges deploy new strategies to revive English programs

Inside Higher Ed

The main reasons for the decline in English majors, according to the New Yorker piece, are a lack of student interest in the traditional literary canon and the belief that an English degree doesn’t lead as easily and directly to a good job as, say, an engineering degree does. million Andrew W.

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2023 Inspiring Programs in Business Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

Retention and graduation rates exceed national and Drexel University standards. XULA students in liberal arts or STEM can enter Lehigh’s master of science in management program, earning a degree in 10 months. Since 2019, nearly 200 students have completed the program and 40 were enrolled in fall 2022.

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Innovating at Scale

Inside Higher Ed

In 2019, just 7.2 ACC responded by implementing the community college success formula – a multi-pronged approach to student retention and success that has become widespread thanks, in part, to the intrepid efforts of the Community College Research Center: Provide every student with a clear degree map. Excuse making helps no one.