University Business
DECEMBER 19, 2022
The coursework in the crosshairs isn’t hard to divine, either: liberal arts mainstays such as literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology. Those with liberal arts degrees took umbrage. The key is to paint a sharper picture of the enormous benefits that liberal arts actually deliver.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 25, 2022
His mission is to transition the long-time program into a department. Two years in, Canton is preparing a proposal that outlines the reasons for making African American studies a department, and the benefit it would bring to the university, to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in which it is situated, and to the community. “We
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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. However, Riverso does have a background in developing young talent through academia. He also served on the review committee at NYU for their master’s construction program curriculum.
University Business
MARCH 14, 2023
Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. Treasury Department and the Council of Economic Advisors. As Dean of the Faculty, she reviewed their recruitment, appointment and promotion; additionally, she oversaw the budget, personnel and graduate programs across multiple academic departments.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
My own professional experience—which ranges from Big Ten universities to my current small, liberal arts setting—suggests that if the humanities are dying, it is not for the reasons Professor Mintz focuses on in this essay. embracing the possibility of change as something positive that we have the ability to navigate.
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 15, 2022
program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D. in New York University’s joint Ph.D.
eLiterate
JANUARY 17, 2023
While this problem is often framed by academia as a decrease in the supply of students—the so-called “enrollment cliff,” the hot job market, and so on—I think it is better understood as a failure to respond to changing demand and new opportunities. Meanwhile, a significant and growing percentage of U.S.
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