Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 16, 2023

percent from 2016 to 2020—the largest drop since it began its survey in 1958. percent from 2016 to 2020—the largest drop since it began its survey in 1958. The provost of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University has cited overall enrollment decreases and specifically low enrollments in these courses.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

At the height of the pandemic in 2020, without ever visiting the campus, Dr. David A. In 2020, that plan became concrete, and the search was on to find a director who could do that. Canton accepted the position of director of the African American studies program at the University of Florida. Photo courtesy of David Canton.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

million who enrolled in fall 2020, soon after the COVID-19 pandemic began. In 2020, community college enrollment dropped a whopping 10.5 million freshmen enrolled in a college or university last semester, a 4.3 percent increase over fall 2021 and a healthy jump from the 2.24 While the number still remains well below the 2.49

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

In STEM areas, health sciences professions and business disciplines, demand for new Ph.D.s But this is not the case in education, in social sciences and in particular in the humanities, all of which are characterized by stable or declining demand for assistant professors. is clearly growing. percent between 2011 and 2021.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

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?

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University Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

in 2020 and 3.5% decline that was recorded entering Fall 2020. Liberal arts and sciences, which was the third most enrolled major, saw a sharp 4.8% Liberal arts and sciences, which was the third most enrolled major, saw a sharp 4.8% They saw a 4.3% bump in students enrolled.

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Liaison International

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Nearly half had been in the process of doing so before the pandemic, although that number dropped to 21% from 2020 to 2021. The list of least-regretted majors was topped by computer/information science and criminology (both 72%), engineering (71%), nursing (69%), health (67%), and business (66%). Two-thirds of U.S. Source: CNBC.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Out in the Midwest, the smaller liberal arts-focused Wheaton College missed its 2019 enrollment mark by only 20 students after suffering from a series of budget cuts last year. While the University of North Carolina Greensboro’s enrollment overall is down from Fall 2022, it has seen an 11.5%

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication and information science at Cornell University; Neil A. percentage points each year on average between 2013 and 2020. The rate was a bit higher among liberal arts colleges: an increase of 0.33 times the current pace if they want the professoriate to reflect the U.S.

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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.

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College. Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College. With level-headedness, Clarence D.

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IHEP

JANUARY 7, 2022

In 2020, the onset of a global pandemic changed the course of lives around the world and today nearly one in five working-age adults in the United States has “some college, no degree” (SCND). Key findings include: Running degree audits for transfer-oriented degrees in general studies and liberal arts yield the most earned credentials.

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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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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 6, 2023

Image: Tabitha Edson always knew she wanted to work in health sciences. 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.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

Despite recent pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion among several states , a number of colleges have recently hired presidents based on their commitment to that principle. Several of them are also coming in as either the first woman or the first of their race or ethnicity to lead their school. Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 13, 2023

But this isn’t an art class; the students will be illustrating their moods as part of a new one-credit course at the University of Maryland, College Park, that Morgan developed to teach students basic emotional regulation skills. The images they produce might run the gamut from abstract doodles to colorful narrative scenes.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

There may be more opportunities at a research-focused university than a community college or a school more focused on liberal arts. 2016; Landrum & Nelson, 2002; Valdez & Liu, 2020). Students’ experiences in higher education goes far beyond the curriculum in their programs. Benefits and barriers.

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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. percent from the previous year and about 18.4

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

There may be more opportunities at a research-focused university than a community college or a school more focused on liberal arts. 2016; Landrum & Nelson, 2002; Valdez & Liu, 2020). Students’ experiences in higher education goes far beyond the curriculum in their programs. Benefits and barriers.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

has declined significantly; between 2012 and 2020, institutions such as Tufts University and Ohio State University lost nearly half their humanities students. percent from 2012 to 2018, according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Humanities Indicators.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

Many attendees were members of at least one of the organizations—and often only one. But the community’s understanding of “joint” changed in late 2018 when the two organizations, in carefully worded emails, posts and tweets, announced their conscious uncoupling. Some were unfazed by the split.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

On an overcast Wednesday morning in Western India, a coach pulls up between a skyscraper and a building site. Pro vice-chancellors and university directors step out of the vehicle one by one, school-trip style. They arrived in the state of Gujarat the previous evening, landing at a noticeably glossy airport.

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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. Colleges are under growing pressure to prove their value to students, parents, legislators and others. The scrutiny can be uncomfortable, but more are responding with serious efforts to measure and explain their value. We have data from the U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 8, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Not a day goes by that I don’t read something that shocks me, annoys me, frustrates me, rouses me, or inspires me. 60,000 a year programs for seniors that will let you call yourself a Harvard or Notre Dame fellow and help older workers plot encore careers and reflect on their work lives and find a sense of purpose.

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SRHE

JUNE 7, 2023

by Brett Bligh, Sue Beckingham, Lesley Gourlay, and Julianne K Viola SRHE’s ‘Landscapes of Learning for Unknown Futures: prospects for space in higher education’ symposium series, delivered with Professor Sam Elkington and Dr Jill Dickinson, aims to foster continuous dialogue around learning spaces. How are others using those spaces?

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Image: Tensions escalated last week between the University of California system and the New School and their respective striking academic workers. The New School also floated the idea of hiring replacement graders for the fall term and said it was doing “contingency planning” for the spring. Then, later in the week, came compromise.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 28, 2023

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. However, social sciences and natural sciences are not exempt from being cut.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 27, 2023

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. However, social sciences and natural sciences are not exempt from being cut. According to the Tampa Bay Times , St.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

Image: Huddled around a table in the Georgetown University Alumni House, roughly two dozen academics convened last week to address two of the most persistent challenges in higher education: improving student outcomes and lowering the cost of a bachelor’s degree. Now, nearly 15 years later, the idea has fresh momentum.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Drumm McNaughton Dive into the complexities of higher education enrollment–navigate through its current challenges, and uncover strategies for the tough times ahead. In this podcast, we dive into the complexities of higher education enrollment, navigating through its current challenges and uncovering strategies for the tough times ahead.

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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.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 18, 2023

David shares how much the cost of education has risen from 1969 to 2020, why most college and university managers plan to budget, why this doesn’t help address the problem, and what higher ed can do to improve this. In 2020, it was just under $29,000, or 42% of the median household income.

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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

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Between 2010 and 2020, the Houston metro area added 1.2 When I recently heard about the new Houston University of Science and Technology, I thought progress was being made. It’s the one to two weeks each year the weather’s perfect. Not so scorching hot and humid it feels like swimming in soup. million new residents, a 20.3

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