Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 10, 2024
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.
University Business
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Enter Roanoke College, a small liberal arts college in Virginia, making headlines by launching a cannabis studies program with two majors and a minor—a first in the Commonwealth and a rarity on the East Coast. Fast forward, and now they are churning out chemistry and business majors.
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Insight Into Diversity
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
The private liberal arts institution in Great Barrington, Mass., Photo courtesy Sarah Kenyon) “BQLP offered a unique opportunity to start my college career earlier than expected and a chance to learn how best to advocate for change,” says Alice Billings, a BQLP student who is also undertaking a concentration in history. “I
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 29, 2023
One striking example was highlighted in the case of a highly regarded private liberal arts college in the Midwest when it recently issued a public announcement about the creation of a department of African Diaspora studies on campus.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
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.
University Business
OCTOBER 20, 2023
While SVU is technically a secular private liberal arts college, it identifies with the values of the LDS Church. King’s community must have held Whitaker in high regard, for the Christian university received its largest individual alumni gift and unrestricted financial gift in its 157-year history.
University Business
MARCH 14, 2023
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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