Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Francis College in New York announced Monday it is dropping its entire Division I athletics program at the conclusion of the spring semester, noting recent enrollment and demographic challenges. Francis College Board of Trustees, said in a statement. Francis College will continue to honor current athletic scholarships.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 13, 2023

With the recent announcement that Sean Decatur would assume the presidency of the American Museum of Natural History in New York after nearly a decade at the helm of Kenyon College, at least five major American cultural institutions will be headed by former presidents of small liberal arts colleges. Why is that?

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

McPherson College in Kansas could be the recipient of a $500 million gift, depending on donor matches. The gift to the McPherson College endowment— announced Friday —is believed to be the largest gift to a small liberal arts college in history, according to the college. Hide by line?:

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Image: Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., “This will result in both academic and administrative staff changes. ” Of the eight professors laid off, Manhattanville says three will take on other administrative roles and five will leave after the spring term.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As a student activist, a longtime faculty member, and an administrator in higher education, I am particularly proud of two career accomplishments. One was fifty years ago at Earlham , a small Quaker liberal arts college, where I helped repurpose a college-owned house into a Black culture center.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Image: Gustavus Adolphus College went 161 years without any graduate programs. Like other small private institutions, Gustavus Adolphus, a Lutheran college in southern Minnesota, faces a shrinking pool of traditional-age students, even ahead of the projected decline in college-age students due to kick in later this decade.

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Dr. Missy Alexander

DECEMBER 31, 2023

We’ve invested in Public Health, Addiction Studies, and expanded our portfolio of nursing programs to create pathways from community college to the doctorate in nursing practice. All arts programs at WCSU are focused on top tier professional training, fully preparing our students to work in these competitive and in-demand industries.

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University Business

MAY 10, 2024

“Others that have a long history—or even a short history—but don’t have that specific attention tend to maintain just a steady state.” ” Feasel’s experience as a higher education administrator is deeply rooted in SUA’s mission to develop global citizens.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 5, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Sue Lorenson , vice dean for undergraduate education at Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences, is a close colleague and good friend of Eddie’s. A liberal arts education is the ultimate preprofessional education; it can prepare you for any career. Q: Your Ph.D. is in linguistics.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 14, 2023

There, she worked with students academically underprepared for college, she says. in African American studies and sociology from EIU; and an Associate of Arts in African American studies from Olive-Harvey Community College. Erasing anybody from what we call history … is dangerous,” says Williams-Goliday. “I

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Milo Riverso, for example, has leveraged his esteemed background in construction and engineering to win over Manhattan College’s Board of Trustees. Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College. in 2016.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Similar to our roads and bridges, the pathways between our colleges and universities have often been marked with potholes, roadblocks and lane closures. Currently, all the state’s community colleges and public universities, as well as 18 independent colleges and universities, participate in one or more of the pathways.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

OpenAI mastermind Sam Altman and social media pioneer Jason Citron are just a few A-list investors backing Campus, a completely online community college reimagining the two-year experience for students and faculty. At the K12 level, too, online school alternatives are beginning to percolate.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Image: Some colleges and universities have offered mental health days or experimented with work-from-home policies to address burnout and low employee morale during the pandemic. Meredith College, a private women’s liberal arts institution in Raleigh, N.C., Optional excursions are available for a fee.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

As legislative attacks continue to threaten the rights and protections of LGBTQ+ students, an innovative new program at Bard College at Simon’s Rock aims to empower them with the professional and social capital to lead the charge for a more inclusive future. The private liberal arts institution in Great Barrington, Mass.,

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Susquehanna President's Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The weekly newspaper format has been largely replaced by a daily e-newsletter with feature stories ranging from current news stories from the academy to annual higher-ed almanac reports, to opinion pieces from faculty, administrators, and pundits. History Kimball, Bruce A.: New York: College Board, 1995. Ricks, Thomas E.:

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University Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A proposed fundraiser event by a small liberal arts school president has incited an avalanche, calling for the resignation of a school dean and drawing the Board of Trustees into the muck as 120 faculty pressure the Board to begin its new president search immediately. We made that decision believing that our values were clear.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2023

It’s taken months of collaboration across institutions, but east Tennessee’s only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) is on track to regain accreditation. The college is anticipating submitting its application for approval in April. Knoxville College (KC), a private institution, lost its accreditation in 1997.

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Dr. Missy Alexander

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Over the last few weeks, I have been in several conversations about the impact of career focused education on the liberal arts. This framing reveals deeply held biases about what qualifies as liberal arts (and therefore a quality degree) which are pervasive in higher education.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Image: Scholars in Florida are angry, disappointed and divided over a recent joint statement , signed by Florida College System presidents, promising to “not fund or support any institutional practice, policy, or academic requirement that compels belief in critical race theory or related concepts.”

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. Administrative discourse often appears devoid of substance, lacks respect for previous efforts, (e.g.,

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2023

He also led the school through seven of its largest freshman enrollment classes in Langston’s 126-year history. steps down at a time when Langston’s total enrollment has been steadily declining for the past decade, like other regional colleges in the state. Previous to that at Saint Paul College (Minn.)

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In March 2021, the chair of the Board of Trustees of Becker College announced that the institution would close its doors due to financial difficulties accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a blow to the students, faculty and staff of this private college in Worcester, Mass.,

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Ask yourself: Would the $20 million gift that Bloomberg Philanthropies gave to Princeton in 2021 to support the university’s first-generation and low-income students have a greater impact at Tougaloo College, an HBCU with a $10 million endowment? The very question—posed by educational historian Bruce A.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

MAY 8, 2023

Some of these overreaches have been in response to faculty serving as expert witness in court cases in which their testimony was unfavorable to the state’s position; some are battles over ideology; some are acts of political theatre; and some are attempts to whitewash history. This includes the literature, music, and art we teach and study.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

15, I concluded a class and walked out of the classroom to find the provost and the dean of the school of liberal arts and sciences waiting for me,” Joeckel wrote. He is co-editor of The Christian College Phenomenon: Inside America’s Fastest Growing Institutions of Higher Learning (2011). “On Feb.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 6, 2023

No one in his family had gone to college, much less earned an advanced degree. ” That lesson remained with him throughout his college years and as he went about building his professional career. ” When Belmont administrators were developing the job description for the new position, L.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

AACC – American Association of Community Colleges – One of “The Six” Higher-Education Organizations in Washington, DC; they represent almost 1,200 institutions · AACSB – Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business – This is the leading accrediting body for business schools in the U.S. including college and university counselors.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4

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Susquehanna President's Blog

JUNE 17, 2022

Presidents of colleges and universities may have four stripes on their sleeves. Much of the early history of grades in American higher education was associated with creating a way to determine which student would give that speech. Doctoral robes in the U.S. typically have bell shaped sleeves with three velvet stripes.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 8, 2023

Consider the following examples: Wealthy colleges have found a new way to separate potential students from their dollars. Nor are they, like the City University of New York’s 2 and 4 year colleges, dedicated to broad access and upward mobility. ” Or I don’t know whether to laugh for cry. ” Here’s how: 1.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Many of these students’ college experiences already have been impacted by COVID-19, and this new disruption is especially challenging due to the internal nature of the conflict and the lack of clear guidance about how to proceed. “Learning is social. It’s emotional as well as intellectual,” Macklin said.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 27, 2023

For a deeper look into the reasons why college enrollments are declining, see our earlier post, College Enrollment: Cliffs, Shifts, and Lifts. A surprising selection of colleges and universities are thriving despite the culling of institutions and programs happening around them. According to the Tampa Bay Times , St.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 28, 2023

For a deeper look into the reasons why college enrollments are declining, see our earlier post, College Enrollment: Cliffs, Shifts, and Lifts. A surprising selection of colleges and universities are thriving despite the culling of institutions and programs happening around them. According to the Tampa Bay Times , St.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 31, 2023

While it includes a commitment to civic responsibilities, it also emphasizes the importance of producing employment-ready graduates with skills that transcend the boundaries of STEM and liberal arts education. I’ve worked at virtually every level of higher education, from community college to graduate-only schools.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma What is an honors college? A small college within a much larger institution, with its own facilities, faculty, course offerings, scholarship and grant programs and perks for honors students. Today’s honors college is the product of a complex history. Honors 1.0.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

These changes are reshaping how colleges and universities must embrace an adaptive approach to student recruitment and retention. The Shifting Landscape of Higher Education Enrollment Enrollment patterns in colleges and universities are undergoing significant transformations.

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