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Penn’s Sniegowski Named Earlham President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Earlham has an important and longstanding place within the distinctive liberal arts tradition in the United States. He advocates for first-generation, low-income students, participating in the establishment of the Penn First Plus Office and launching a student advisory board in 2018 to provide a voice for FGLI students in the college.

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Preparing for the Next 330 Years (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

From the strategic and smart use of technology, to the need for data fluency across all disciplines (and yes, that includes liberal arts institutions), and the changing modes of online and in-person instruction, universities have been watching, and some embracing, what employers expect from graduates in today’s rapidly changing workforce.

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

University Business

Jenkins is set to become Bates College’s first Black president in its 168-year history. 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.”

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Alphabet Soup

Susquehanna President's Blog

AAC&U – American Association of Colleges and Universities – this is the organization that focusses on liberal-arts education across higher education with an emphasis on enhancing the quality of teaching and learning and advocacy on the power of a liberal education. including college and university counselors.

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Back to Campus Visit (But Not Like Before) [Webinar]

Echo Delta

Jeff brings with him 20 years of experience in and around higher education and I don’t think you will find a more passionate advocate for both schools and the students they hope to reach. Both Jeff and Mae are thoughtful and enthusiastic advocates for the campus visit and I’m excited to welcome them both. Mae Watters: I am.

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A Happy Anniversary

Susquehanna President's Blog

o We were among the initial institutions to join the Liberal Arts College Racial Equity Leadership Alliance. He is to resist the vulgar prosperity that retrogrades ever to barbarism, by preserving and communicating heroic sentiments, noble biographies, melodious verse, and the conclusions of history. He is the world's eye.

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Museums and College Campuses as Community Hubs and Cultural Centers

Inside Higher Ed

opened with a searing attack that is at once ferocious and amusingly sarcastic: “Recent visitors to the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum were greeted with some unpleasant news: the museum was contaminated. Not by asbestos or toxic chemicals, mind you, but by far more noxious substances: racism, sexism, and anthrocentrism.

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