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Mount Holyoke Taps Howard University Law Dean to Lead College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mount Holyoke is a gender-inclusive women’s college in Massachusetts, one of the historic Seven Sisters, a group of highly selective women’s liberal arts institutions in the Northeast. Mount Holyoke was founded to challenge the idea that women did not need a liberal arts education,” said Holley.

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Program Equips Community College Students to Obtain Four-Year Degrees

Insight Into Diversity

First-generation students and those from underrepresented groups and disadvantaged backgrounds are given priority in the application process for the five-week summer program at Vassar, a private liberal arts institution in New York state. Scholarships are awarded to cover tuition and room and board.

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St. Francis College Cuts Athletics

Inside Higher Ed

“There are challenges facing higher education institutions, particularly smaller liberal arts colleges in the Northeast, from which SFC is not immune. Francis College will continue to honor current athletic scholarships. Salamone, chair of the St. Francis College Board of Trustees, said in a statement. Hide by line?:

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A clash of viewpoints at a struggling college

Inside Higher Ed

” But detractors of Oubré and the board have questioned the authenticity of the concerns, alleging that the president and trustees are trying to stifle criticism of a leader they believe doesn’t have a plan to turn around slumping enrollment at the small liberal arts college.

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President’s corner: Why Ed Feasel values cultivating global citizens at Soka University

University Business

” Feasel’s experience as a higher education administrator is deeply rooted in SUA’s mission to develop global citizens. Before becoming the private liberal arts school’s second president, he was a founding faculty member and became the dean of faculty after SUA graduated its first class. .”

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Bard’s Innovative LGBTQ+ Studies Program Prepares Future Leaders

Insight Into Diversity

The private liberal arts institution in Great Barrington, Mass., The college also provides a $20,000 annual Queer Leadership scholarship to qualifying students. is a unit of Bard College in New York and is designed as an early college program for 11th- and 12th-grade high school students.

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Can Public Universities Scale Honors-Like Experiences for a Larger Number of Undergraduates?

Inside Higher Ed

A small college within a much larger institution, with its own facilities, faculty, course offerings, scholarship and grant programs and perks for honors students. An arts cohort might, for example, not only hold an arts showcase, but participate in workshops in arts administration or arts education.