University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The coursework in the crosshairs isn’t hard to divine, either: liberal arts mainstays such as literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology. Those with liberal arts degrees took umbrage. Without art history, anthropology, and archaeology majors, who will curate our museums? New tools.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Column: Letters to the Editor To the Editor: The survey and book that Scott Jaschik reports on (" What Are the Liberal Arts? 19) is seriously flawed and the reasons why help us to understand the problems that the Art & Science Group and study purport to study. " Sept. 2022), 16-26. 2022), 16-26.

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University Business

APRIL 29, 2024

Despite declining higher education enrollment rates beginning in 2010, undergraduate degrees in engineering and computer science are continuing to see substantial growth most likely due to the high lifetime wage earnings they promise, according to a new study published by Sage Journals. ” Researchers analyzed survey data from 5.8

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

Ohio Wesleyan University and Columbus State Community College are collaborating to address societal challenges and help Columbus State students more quickly, easily, and affordably earn bachelor’s degrees at Ohio Wesleyan. and is in good academic standing with no disciplinary violations.

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University Business

MAY 14, 2024

Deliberately integrating the humanities into Georgia Tech University’s armada of world-class STEM-based programs is the future of pedagogy at the R1 Atlanta university—and perhaps for all of higher education, says Richard Utz, interim dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, in this installment of the “University Business Podcast.”

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University Business

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Degrees and subsequent jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have long been praised as lucrative and safe pathways for students looking to enroll at a college or university. However, there is one subset of this group that stands out in popularity and workforce prowess: computer and data science.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

Two presidents have been hired at small private colleges in the past two weeks and one leader is choosing to retire after four decades in higher education. Hired Trevor Bates – Mercy College of Ohio Trevor Bates Mercy College of Ohio has announced Trevor Bates as its next president.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

DePauw University DePauw’s Bold and Gold 2027 strategic plan seeks to bolster the university around four principles: the liberal arts and sciences; the student experience; institutional equity; and responsible financial and operational management. higher ed institution. The school is set to launch this coming fall. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

Paul Sniegowski has been named the 21st president of Earlham College and Earlham School of Religion. Earlham has an important and longstanding place within the distinctive liberal arts tradition in the United States. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The University of Minnesota Morris is excited to share with potential students that they could potentially save $20,000 on tuition costs for a bachelor’s degree, which may appease a public and federal government pushing for a more affordable higher education. Everything from English to political science and biology qualifies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 15, 2023

Scott-Johnson will become provost and vice president for academic affairs at Spelman College, effective Aug. I look forward to guiding additional pathways for advancing faculty, at all levels, and delivering innovation in student success from retention to graduation. Dr. Pamela E.

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University Business

JANUARY 16, 2024

On the chopping block were undergraduate majors in music, art and multiple foreign languages; master’s programs in acting, landscape architecture and creative writing; and doctoral programs in mathematics, management, higher education and occupational- and environmental health sciences.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Interventions to improve student success rates such as corequisite designs, curriculum alignment with high school math and increased support services provide certain levels of improvement but do not address the underlying issue: the student-deficiency mentality common among higher education practitioners. And the list goes on.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Image: Faculty members at the College of William & Mary are concerned that the institution is purposely excluding them from conversations about the future. Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Roanoke College students will soon get the opportunity to learn and even earn a degree in cannabis studies, after approval from school faculty. Dr. DB Poli This will make Roanoke College the first college in Virginia to offer a four-year degree in the field of cannabis studies, according to the school.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 16, 2023

The provost of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University has cited overall enrollment decreases and specifically low enrollments in these courses. ” But he said there are financial issues at smaller colleges that “are general problems, not just of humanities.”

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University Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

What are the top 10 most regretted college majors? What may just as noteworthy as what’s on that list is that nearly half of all current job seekers regret their choice of college major, a new ZipRecruiter survey says. The survey asked graduates whether they would choose the same major if they could do college all over again.

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Dr. Missy Alexander

DECEMBER 31, 2023

For COVID-19, my colleagues and I worked hard to address the needs of our students. We moved many graduate programs online to meet the needs of our students who are largely juggling families and jobs. On this last day of 2023, I am reflecting on my 11 years at WCSU. So have the changing attitudes toward higher education.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

Image: Villanova University took a new approach on translating major skills into career opportunities for students with its biotechnology boot camp, introducing learners to alumni and employers in a difficult-to-enter field. Employers are also looking at younger talent and hiring STEM major undergraduates instead of just Ph.D.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Image: Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., laid off eight tenured and tenure-track faculty members and froze various programs last month, citing realignment of academics with changing student demands. The college says it froze undergraduate majors with “very low student enrollment.”

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University Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

million—and also increased their ranking on the National Science Foundation’s survey of Higher Education of Research and Development Expenditures (HERD) from 42 to 22. ” Steven Tepper – Hamilton College (N.Y.) . ” Steven Tepper – Hamilton College (N.Y.)

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As institutions across the country continue to contend with fluctuating post-pandemic enrollment and retention numbers, colleges like West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) are getting creative. We want our students to complete a bachelor’s degree. GPA; and no previous award of an associate degree at another institution.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Higher education stakeholders have been transfixed by declining student enrollment numbers in the past decade, which were only exacerbated further by the pandemic. But at the beginning of this new fall semester, colleges across the country are reporting big turnarounds. gain in first-time college students, thanks in part to an 8.9%

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Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Lorain County Community College is the community’s college, providing pathways to rewarding careers in all fields, including liberal arts and the humanities. This semester, the first cohort of the Mandel program came together, comprised of students with interests in the arts, writing, communication or the humanities.

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University Business

JUNE 23, 2023

Money Magazine has revamped its college ranking system into a star-tier list , and with it, it has named 34 colleges and universities to its five-star category. Olaf College also rank highly due to their exceptional graduation rates and grant rewards. As a result, 736 colleges were considered.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

After announcing its founding in 2021, the University of Austin has won approval to issue liberal arts degrees and is now accepting undergraduate students for fall 2024, The Texas Tribune reports. John’s College in Maryland. And so we are building anew. Summers and playwright David Mamet.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Image: The Whittier College Board of Trustees was scheduled for a rare in-person meeting this Friday, after conducting most business virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with her address looming, Oubré and her critics have radically different views of what the state of the college is.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

more students than the previous year were able to successfully transfer to a new institution. That’s according to the latest report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a nonprofit studying data from a majority of postsecondary institutions in the U.S. In fall of 2023, 5.3% These increases are a good sign.”

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

vandenBerg is currently president of Presbyterian College. Ohio Wesleyan is a distinctive, forward-looking, and appreciably student-centered institution that transforms lives,” vandenBerg said. with a political science major and Spanish minor from Alma. vandenBerg holds an Ed.D. vandenBerg holds an Ed.D.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

Fall transfer enrollment remains in decline in 2022, albeit at a slower rate than before, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The decline was also observed across institutions at all levels of selectiveness, the worst being for students transferring to highly selective institutions (-13.4%).

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Image: Bloomfield College will become part of Montclair State University, the institutions announced Wednesday, formalizing a merger that had been in the works for months since Montclair State stepped up to help the financially struggling Bloomfield. Going forward, Bloomfield will be known as Bloomfield College of Montclair State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

“When I was in Japan, I had to accept the fact that I was going to be one of a few in this profession, but also in Japan, percentage wise,” says Dabney, an associate professor of politics and Japanese studies at Earlham College, a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. Dr. Dyron K. He holds a B.A.

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University Business

APRIL 28, 2023

School leaders are appointed to lead an institution for their quantifiably successful work, like Ron Patterson at Chadron State College. North Idaho College is stuck paying two presidents although neither technically holds the position. Chadron State College’s Board of Trustees has appointed Ron Patterson at a momentous time.

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HEPI

APRIL 18, 2023

This blog has been kindly written fro HEPI by Professor Marion Thain, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Culture and Technology at King’s College London. However that doesn’t mean humanities disciplines don’t have to change.

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IHEP

JANUARY 7, 2022

But between taking one’s first college class and earning a degree, life can change course, and it often does. For a wide array of reasons, students stop out from their higher education path each semester, and many never return. by: Sheena A. Kauppila, and Leanne Davis. No one starts on the path to a degree intending not to finish.

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