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Oh, the humanit(ies)! Why integrating the liberal arts and STEM is a win-win for students, institutions

University Business

Bolstered by state and national workforce needs and their promising return on investment, the STEM track represents a gold mine for colleges and universities that want to ensure credentials from their institution are providing students with good job prospects and gainful employment. What can we do?

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Presidents corner: How can courage breathe new life into a classic liberal arts education?

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“It takes courage to be an institution of education, and it takes courage to develop it in other people,” she says. the small private college has traditionally championed the classical values of a liberal arts education. Tucked away in the small rural town of Middlebury, Vt.,

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President moves: New hires, plus retiring leaders being lauded for their pandemic strategy

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Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College. Ambrister and Tom Bogart managed their pandemic-era funding to set their institutions up for long-term success. With level-headedness, Clarence D.

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Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

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Rural-serving institutions (RSIs) face many more unique challenges than most urban schools and persist, comprising more than 25% of all U.S. Although inherently different, every higher ed institution can learn from the innovative best practices RSIs have been forced to adopt to help positively impact their enrollment and more.

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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

University Business

Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. Both Jenkins and Gillespie noted that Bates’ commitment to the liberal arts made Jenkins a great fit to foster “student engagement” and a “culture of collaboration.” Treasury Department and the Council of Economic Advisors.

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The Catalysts for Competency-Based Learning and Prior Learning Assessments Have Arrived

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Worse, in this new era of economic, geopolitical, rapid technological advancement (e.g., I will also make the case by focusing on skills mainly as an additive to the degree—the degree-plus-“skills” formula promoted by Coursera, boot camps and the like—institutions are missing opportunities.

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A Global Shift in Higher Education Requires a New Business Model: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 180 with Drumm McNaughton and Catherine Friday

The Change Leader, Inc.

This contraction is not a mere ebb and flow but a clarion call for a fundamental change in how these institutions operate. Examples like AI tutors in Korea show the potential for technology to personalize learning at scale. Cutting costs, a go-to strategy in lean times, has reached its limits.

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