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Liberal Arts Microcredentials on the Rise

Inside Higher Ed

Liberal Arts Microcredentials on the Rise Sara Weissman Wed, 05/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Badges and certificates aren’t just for technical fields anymore. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

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Small Liberal Arts University Relocates Satellite Campuses to Bolster Transfers

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Small Liberal Arts University Relocates Satellite Campuses to Bolster Transfers kathryn.palmer… Tue, 03/19/2024 - 03:00 AM Lakeland University has moved some of its learning centers onto two-year college campuses to create a steady pipeline of transfer students from the colleges. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer

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Century-old Liberal Arts College to Shutter in Northeast Ohio

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Notre Dame College (NDC) in South Euclid, Ohio, has announced it will close its doors at the end of spring 2024. The NDC Board of Trustees secured agreements with nine partner colleges and universities to help current NDC students in good standing continue their college careers through a Teach-Out program or as a transfer student.

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Northeastern Expands With Marymount Manhattan Merger

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Northeastern Expands With Marymount Manhattan Merger Josh Moody Thu, 05/30/2024 - 03:00 AM The Boston-based institution will absorb the small, liberal-arts college, adding a 14th campus to its global system and establishing its first site in New York City. Byline(s) Josh Moody

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Independent Colleges: Four Headwinds for Leadership to Navigate in 2024

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Our 2024 kicked off with a trip to sunny Florida for the Council of Independent Colleges Presidents Institute. We’re sharing four challenges that will shape the 2024 higher ed landscape. At CIC, we saw the need for liberal arts colleges (LACs) to amplify the value of liberal arts in career preparation and shaping society.

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University of Redlands Announces Another Merger

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University of Redlands Announces Another Merger jessica.blake@… Wed, 01/17/2024 - 03:00 AM The planned merger with Woodbury University, a small, private liberal arts institution in California, follows a wave of college mergers and closures in 2023. Byline(s) Jessica Blake

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University of Austin, the self-proclaimed antidote to college campus ‘illiberalism,’ is now accepting fall 2024 applications

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After announcing its founding in 2021, the University of Austin has won approval to issue liberal arts degrees and is now accepting undergraduate students for fall 2024, The Texas Tribune reports. After that, it plans to keep tuition around $32,000.