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Freshman enrollment is up for the first time since 2019

Inside Higher Ed

million who enrolled in fall 2020, soon after the COVID-19 pandemic began. million freshmen who enrolled in 2019, “this is a very promising sign for higher education,” said Doug Shapiro, the research center’s executive director. In 2020, community college enrollment dropped a whopping 10.5

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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school. Some professors describe this as an end run around the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which voted in early 2021 not to approve department status for William & Mary’s then year-old data science program.

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An impossible task points to value of liberal arts (opinion)

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’” As a chemistry professor at a small liberal arts college, I was immediately intrigued and eagerly climbed into this rabbit hole, because in my courses on general chemistry, there are many concepts that would never occur to my students, even after several lectures and homework assignments.

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Study finds true faculty diversity is possible by 2050

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Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication and information science at Cornell University; Neil A. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, the researchers found that the racial diversity of U.S. percentage points each year on average between 2013 and 2020. population in terms of race by 2050. Meanwhile, the U.S.

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Institute Spearheads Racial, Climate Justice Projects in Pacific Northwest

Insight Into Diversity

In 2020, the Almeda Fire ravaged rural communities of Jackson County, Oregon, destroying more than 2,500 homes. It felt … connective, hopeful, powerful,” says Megan Davis, U of I Art + Design program student and graduate research assistant. “A It was really moving to see.”

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Engaging Students in Research

Faculty Focus

Students’ experiences in higher education goes far beyond the curriculum in their programs. There may be more opportunities at a research-focused university than a community college or a school more focused on liberal arts. We will share additional data from this survey throughout this article. Benefits and barriers.

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Humanities majors should pay lower tuition (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

If we include popular majors like communications, the share of humanities majors was just under 10 percent in 2020. Instead, American universities have adopted the expedient, but ultimately harmful, practice of keeping tuition fees for all liberal arts degrees essentially equal. What’s behind this decline? Allow me to explain.