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US liberal arts could shift focus to help post-study work options

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Humanities departments in the US may need to shift their focus so international students can find better post-study work and garner a “wider variety” of international enrolments, stakeholders have suggested. Liberal arts students are afforded the fewest official opportunities for post-study work.

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Morgan State Receives NSF Grant to Study Human Behavioral Responses to Fire

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The grant – from the National Science Foundation (NSF) – is a first-of-its-kind awarded to a historically Black college or university (HBCU) through the NSF Decision, Risk and Management Sciences , Office of Integrative Activities , and HBCU Excellence in Research (EiR) integrated programs, for this type of research.

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President moves: February breathes fresh air into these leaders’ careers

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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. Department of Agriculture to construct a $16 million research facility set to open this fall, according to a university statement.

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Study: Age As Aspect of Identity Not Prioritized by University DEI Offices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Age is not a factor that is often prioritized when it comes to DEI efforts, according to a new study from Washington University in St. Increases in life expectancy call for educational systems to change orientation toward age and the longer life course,” the report read. “As Rather, it is often times accepted, according to the study.

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President moves: New hires, plus retiring leaders being lauded for their pandemic strategy

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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.

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Lafayette dept. heads, program chairs raise governance concerns

Inside Higher Ed

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. The fourth, Eric Ziolkowski, the religious studies department head, said he had no comment.

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Colleges deploy new strategies to revive English programs

Inside Higher Ed

“We’re not just marching through the archives,” said Blackwood, who chairs the English department at Pace. percent from 2012 to 2018, according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Humanities Indicators. The number of bachelor’s degrees awarded in the humanities over all fell 14.1

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