Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

” But detractors of Oubré and the board have questioned the authenticity of the concerns, alleging that the president and trustees are trying to stifle criticism of a leader they believe doesn’t have a plan to turn around slumping enrollment at the small liberal arts college. What Is The State of Whittier College?

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 6, 2023

According to the study, the number of graduates with an undergraduate degree in public health jumped by more than 1,100 percent between 2001 and 2020, outpacing master’s degrees as the most popular public health degree by 2020. The increase comes from a combination of new undergraduate public health programs in the U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

The SED shows that American universities awarded 55,283 doctoral degrees in 2020—15 percent more than a decade earlier. universities , the effects of which are apparent in the decline in new assistant professorships in 2020 seen in our data. Notably, the COVID-19 pandemic prompted hiring freezes at many U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Bloomfield—a small private liberal arts college in Bloomfield, N.J., Like many small liberal arts colleges, Bloomfield has dealt with dwindling enrollment for years. Then March 2020 hit.” Going forward, Bloomfield will be known as Bloomfield College of Montclair State University. A Plea for Help.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The types of research-related opportunities available to students will differ based on the type of institution (interested readers may refer to our previous article, “ Writing Your First Grant ,” (Cappon & Kennette, 2022) for tips to secure some funding). We will share additional data from this survey throughout this article.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

But a combination of competitive pressures, demographic patterns and accreditation requirements in one of its most job skill–focused undergraduate fields has led the private liberal arts institution to create its first-ever master’s degree—and to consider adding others. Yes In-Article Careers: 3

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JANUARY 9, 2023

The individual was referencing an article , “A Word From Abigail Thompson … a Vice President of the AMS,” that was published in a late-2019 issue of the Notices of the AMS and divided the math community at the time. For every woman who is awarded a math doctorate, more than two men are awarded the degree.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 13, 2023

percent of member institutions limit the number of one-on-one counseling sessions students can attend, usually per semester or year (AUCCCD did not measure this in its 2020–21 survey). 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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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The types of research-related opportunities available to students will differ based on the type of institution (interested readers may refer to our previous article, “ Writing Your First Grant ,” (Cappon & Kennette, 2022) for tips to secure some funding). We will share additional data from this survey throughout this article.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

It’s been a rough decade for Vermont’s small liberal arts colleges. “That’s an advantage that we have that you wouldn’t necessarily see in a small liberal arts college in the middle of the Midwest with many other competing schools.” program during the 2020–21 school year.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The December 2022 issue of Jacobin , which bills itself as “a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics and culture,” contains a provocative article entitled “I Love Higher Education. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

With the discipline facing a surge of scrutiny in the wake of a viral New Yorker article published in late February called “ The End of the English Major ,” English faculty are employing a range of efforts to give their field new relevancy and pizzazz. Yes In-Article Careers: 3

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Image: Andriyana Baran spent the 2020–21 academic year as a Fulbright scholar in the United States, serving as a teaching assistant and helping to develop online learning curricula for the University of Kansas at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past 10 months, a number of U.S. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Gillis: I’m an assistant professor in sociology at a small liberal arts college in upstate New York. I wasn’t aware of [HyFlex’s] existence until the pandemic, like many instructors, when I taught five out of my six in the 2020–21 year in HyFlex modality with basically no training.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Congress repealed a 1994 prohibition on Pell Grants for incarcerated students in 2020 as part of the FAFSA Simplification Act. ” To prepare, Seroczynski is working with other higher education institutions in the state as part of the Indiana Prison Liberal Arts Network so they can collaborate and support one another.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 8, 2023

I may read fewer novels than when I was younger, but I read much more non-fiction: a seemingly unending torrent of books and articles, editorials, essays, social commentary, blog postings, tweets, and other long and short-form texts. But of all the articles I recently read, two stand out, and both share a common theme: The power of purpose.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Haley Nicole North, an American studies major at UC’s Berkeley campus who is currently finishing her senior honors thesis—and who, like many UC students, is sympathetic to strikers’ demands for a living wage—first transferred to Berkeley in the spring of 2020, weeks ahead of the pandemic hitting.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In 2020, we released a paper about a new way of evaluating institutions of higher education. People often worry about liberal arts majors in these conversations. Think about the teacher example that José Luis brought up. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 28, 2023

**Editors note: A previous version of this post included a section with references to a news release and two news articles, on the University System of New Hampshire and a previously proposed plan to combine with additional institutions. Best Colleges has been tracking college closures since 2020.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 27, 2023

Outside of the liberal arts, programs in risk include business, journalism/communication, education, nursing, and family & consumer sciences. Institutional Closings The majority of school closings are for-profit institutions, but nonprofits, rural colleges, and small liberal arts colleges are most at risk for closure.

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Echo Delta

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Jeff Kallay: You’re a graduate of a small liberal arts college? ” There are a lot of beautiful liberal arts colleges out there. Jeff Kallay: We’re a traditional national ranked liberal arts college with about how many undergrads? Jeff Kallay: Wait, 2020 or 2021? Mae Watters: 2020.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

“The first thing that comes to mind is if it’s a proposal to reduce, does that mean a reduction in general education or the liberal arts and sciences at a time when that type of education is more critical than ever for addressing the wicked problems and grand challenges of which COVID-19 was emblematic?”

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

His notable career includes roles at Lafayette College, Drew University, Case Western Reserve University, and Johns Hopkins University, before retiring in 2020 from Bucknell University. Bob, I, one of the things that I, you probably had read, Paul Tough, wrote a very interesting article in the, New York Times Magazine.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 13, 2023

In January 2020, WashU opened a satellite financial aid office in the student union at the Danforth University Center, which is closer to residence halls and other student spaces. Among the many resources present, she envisions an institution could create a credit-based, required course to count toward a liberal arts degree.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The report found that the number of community college professors fell from 308,567 in fall 2019 to 281,932 in fall 2020, an 8.6 She also finds technical fields have less of a “consistent pipeline” to professor roles, unlike liberal arts programs that have pools of graduate students waiting to fill teaching positions.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 16, 2023

In 2020, Primacorp Ventures signed an agreement with Quest University in British Columbia, acquiring the land and buildings from the heavily indebted institution and then leasing back the campus. If the King’s College closes, it will eliminate a rarity: an evangelical liberal arts college located in the heart of Wall Street.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Southern New Hampshire, for example, grew from 135,000 students in March 2020 to 175,000 today, according to Paul LeBlanc, the institution’s president. The extra 10,000 students could, on their own, populate a midsize traditional university, or several small liberal arts colleges. In 2020, before the pandemic, 0.28

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

“I’m not hearing this morning about a migration away from the liberal arts, or the death of the liberal arts,” Daniel Lugo, president of Queens University of Charlotte and the session’s moderator, said to the three female executives on the stage with him. “I’m still a big believer.”

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 23, 2023

23 May · Episode 156 Preserving Democracy: The Vital Role of Liberal Arts in Higher Education 29 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Drumm McNaughton talks with Jeff Scheuer about the role of liberal arts in higher education and their value to the American identity and democracy.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 2, 2023

As of 2020, just one-fifth of the total number of nonprofit colleges and universities owned nearly 99 percent of endowment in higher education; the wealthiest 3 percent owned 80 percent of endowment, and the richest 1 percent owned more than half. But the growth rate of the U.S. Iler Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Between 2010 and 2020, the Houston metro area added 1.2 ” The unspoken objective was to demonstrate the value of a liberal arts education in a nation that Freedom House ranks 48th out of 100 (“partly free”) due to limited political rights and civil liberties. million new residents, a 20.3 percent growth rate.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 7, 2022

RAs at peer institutions are trying to seize the momentum from these victories, hoping to capitalize on the pressure for their progressive liberal arts schools to live the values they claim to espouse. At Georgetown University, a four-year unionization campaign ended unsuccessfully when its leaders graduated in 2020.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

Not dissimilar are the college classrooms of smaller, liberal arts colleges. Resources such as Khan Academy, specialized podcasts, Ted Talks, or audio versions of long articles offer various paths to learning in multiple ways. Vladimir Bratic, PhD, is an associate professor of communication studies at Hollins University.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

Not dissimilar are the college classrooms of smaller, liberal arts colleges. Resources such as Khan Academy, specialized podcasts, Ted Talks, or audio versions of long articles offer various paths to learning in multiple ways. Vladimir Bratic, PhD, is an associate professor of communication studies at Hollins University.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 14, 2023

schools in the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 academic years. International student enrollment is making a comeback from the 46 percent drop in the 2020/2021 academic year, but it is still only 87 percent of the number of international students who were enrolled in 2019/2020.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 13, 2023

“Students, even if they go to liberal arts colleges, are thinking about future employment more often than I think some institutions would care to admit,” she said. “There has to be a nuanced approach, but we can’t continue to avoid a discussion about student earnings coming out of particular programs.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Freshly re-elected, he’s now shaking up higher ed at the campus level, aiming to transform the state’s public liberal arts college in the image of one of the country’s most visible private Christian colleges. On Twitter, Rufo said the new board aims to turn the college into a classical liberal arts institution.

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