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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.” The news has not been good. After all, individually, the may not look like much on paper. The book highlighted 40 colleges across the U.S.

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Reflections on Fitzgerald and the Qatar World Cup (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

They were both American-focused courses, one on the history of American education and the other on the history of American public policy. Like my courses in the United States, I engaged my Qatari students in a critical history of the United States, one that centered the history of race. But they never came.

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Preparing for the Next 330 Years (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

From the strategic and smart use of technology, to the need for data fluency across all disciplines (and yes, that includes liberal arts institutions), and the changing modes of online and in-person instruction, universities have been watching, and some embracing, what employers expect from graduates in today’s rapidly changing workforce.

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Innovating at Scale

Inside Higher Ed

In 2019, just 7.2 Thanks to funding from the New York-based Teagle Foundation, which is dedicated to supporting and strengthening liberal arts education and punches well beyond its weight, a number of other institutions have adopted somewhat similar models. This course has since become one of ACC’s signature experiences.

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Alphabet Soup

Susquehanna President's Blog

Alphabet Soup - Higher-Education Organizations There are dozens of national, international, and regional organizations supporting higher education. It later became a free-standing organization that has become focused on supporting and accrediting faith-based institutions. They focus on expanding access to all students.

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Strikes disrupt undergraduate learning anew

Inside Higher Ed

Striking New School professors and allies organized something called Strike School , featuring scholarly talks on labor and other issues online and on the picket line. There’s new union organizing going, new workers getting organized. But this, too, was voluntary and not part of students’ official coursework.

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Tough Times Ahead for Higher Education Enrollment: Changing Higher Ed Podcast with Host Drumm McNaughton and Guests Bob Massa and Bill Conley

The Change Leader, Inc.

About Our Podcast Guests Our Guests are both Principals at Enrollment Intelligence Now Bob Massa Dr. Robert Massa, a seasoned professional in higher education enrollment, began his career in 1974 at Colgate University and retired in 2019 from Drew University. 00:03:10] Drumm: Well, thanks, Bob. [00:03:12] the demographics are very daunting.