The PIE News
APRIL 18, 2024
Liberal arts students are afforded the fewest official opportunities for post-study work. STEM and science students have OPT , scientists and accounting and finance majors have jobs at both fintech and technology companies – humanities students are feeling the lack of options.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
So the institution’s disclosure that it briefed the Board of Visitors on not just a department but a possible division-level unit of computational and data science stunned many on campus. William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance.
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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 percent after growing 3 percent in 2020 and 2.4 Computer science, the sixth most popular major, saw significant growth, increasing by 10.4 percent, and in 2021, it decreased by 6.7
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.
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. But at the beginning of this new fall semester, colleges across the country are reporting big turnarounds. It’s proven to be the right call.
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% during the fall of 2020, which was smack-dab in the middle of the pandemic. Regardless of degree levels, health science programs have declined.
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.
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