Dr. Missy Alexander

DECEMBER 31, 2023

We continuously evolved as we learned about online instruction, gaps in technology access, and the financial and emotional strain on everyone. We’ve invested in Public Health, Addiction Studies, and expanded our portfolio of nursing programs to create pathways from community college to the doctorate in nursing practice.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

OpenAI mastermind Sam Altman and social media pioneer Jason Citron are just a few A-list investors backing Campus, a completely online community college reimagining the two-year experience for students and faculty. We are living in an era where AI and technology play crucial roles in various sectors,” said a parent.

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University Business

MARCH 7, 2023

.” The school’s enrollment—and consequently its revenue—has suffered from a dwindling pool of local high school students and a lack of interest among those graduates for a college education, according to the Board’s letter. The majority of those schools were also small private colleges with a theological background.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Similar to our roads and bridges, the pathways between our colleges and universities have often been marked with potholes, roadblocks and lane closures. Currently, all the state’s community colleges and public universities, as well as 18 independent colleges and universities, participate in one or more of the pathways.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 23, 2022

” No longer does the “simple advice to high schoolers to ‘go to college’” suffice. Which leaves the liberal arts, and especially the humanities, where? The most distinctive feature of American higher education is the value it places on liberal education. Which degrees earn the most?

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

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. in 2016.

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University Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Most college leaders retiring in style will be recognized for their expansion, renovation and construction of campus facilities. She also served on the Board of Trustees for BYU, BYU-Idaho, BYU-Hawaii and Ensign College in that role. Frank Sánchez – Manhattanville College (N.Y.) Anne Houtman – Earlham College (Ind.)

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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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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

Despite recent pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion among several states , a number of colleges have recently hired presidents based on their commitment to that principle. Safa Zaki, Bowdoin College (Williamstown, Mass.) Jenkins, Bates College (Lewiston, Maine) Garry W. She is also a first-generation student.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In March 2021, the chair of the Board of Trustees of Becker College announced that the institution would close its doors due to financial difficulties accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a blow to the students, faculty and staff of this private college in Worcester, Mass., There was a clear strategic fit.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 11, 2022

Just when colleges and universities began to feel that operations were returning to normal, new variants and mutations emerged to upset the apple cart. Here’s one shocking example : South College in Savannah, has a 4 percent graduation rate and leaves its students with an average debt of $25,000, and yet remains accredited.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 16, 2023

Still others asserted that the tool will devalue writing, undermine faculty-student trust, raise doubts about the authenticity and originality of student work, and compromise the college essay. It could, then, provide the transparency that the College Scorecard promised but has yet to deliver.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

AACC – American Association of Community Colleges – One of “The Six” Higher-Education Organizations in Washington, DC; they represent almost 1,200 institutions · AACSB – Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business – This is the leading accrediting body for business schools in the U.S. including college and university counselors.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4

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#Deaning

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

And I haven’t even mentioned all of the languages we teach, the Creative Writing courses we offer, and the fantastic Art History opening your eyes to all kinds of seeing and knowing. We’re a small arts college on a comprehensive university campus. That’s true for us too in the College of Arts. Just explore!

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WCET Frontiers

MARCH 16, 2023

Today we showcase Nicolet College’s Native American Art Course Redesign. Artist and Art Instructor Nate Wilson discusses the inspiration for the redesign, the partnership between course instructor, instructional design team, and an Elder from one of the Native American tribes in the area.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 8, 2023

Consider the following examples: Wealthy colleges have found a new way to separate potential students from their dollars. Neither Stanford nor Oxford, Erasmus, Simon Fraser, Auckland, KU Leuven, UPenn, or the University of Technology Sydney are institutions that I associate with a special purpose.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Many of these students’ college experiences already have been impacted by COVID-19, and this new disruption is especially challenging due to the internal nature of the conflict and the lack of clear guidance about how to proceed. ” The parent continued, “I just want to say, these are the wrong kids to do this to.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 27, 2023

For a deeper look into the reasons why college enrollments are declining, see our earlier post, College Enrollment: Cliffs, Shifts, and Lifts. A surprising selection of colleges and universities are thriving despite the culling of institutions and programs happening around them. According to the Tampa Bay Times , St.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 28, 2023

For a deeper look into the reasons why college enrollments are declining, see our earlier post, College Enrollment: Cliffs, Shifts, and Lifts. A surprising selection of colleges and universities are thriving despite the culling of institutions and programs happening around them. According to the Tampa Bay Times , St.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 31, 2023

While it includes a commitment to civic responsibilities, it also emphasizes the importance of producing employment-ready graduates with skills that transcend the boundaries of STEM and liberal arts education. I’ve worked at virtually every level of higher education, from community college to graduate-only schools.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

By directly involving high school students in the design of their future educational experiences, REP4 demonstrates a proactive approach to student engagement. Moreover, advancements in digital learning technologies are not just buzzwords but tangible tools reshaping the educational landscape. And of course the reverse is also true.

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eLiterate

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This proposal might be called radically conservative in the sense that it is intended to conserve the best parts of an American-style liberal arts education by re-imagining it but not rejecting it. It will take on the challenges of cost and career value without rejecting the value of liberal arts of human teachers.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

To promote teaching innovation, institutions establish a teaching center and an instructional design and educational technology center. A supplemental or alternative strategy is to give instructors access to an instructional designer or to a graduate student or advanced undergraduate well versed in instructional technology.

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Echo Delta

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Our guests are college enrollment experts who managed to have successful enrollment numbers during a pandemic. Quick note for those of you who aren’t familiar with Echo Delta, we provide marketing services and enrollment consulting for smaller colleges and universities around the country. Their names are Sarah E.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 24, 2023

He shared some of his experiences on the boards of numerous colleges and educational nonprofits: "At the League for Innovation , we would bring the board members and trustees together and talk about how you build a great board relationship. I think you put together the picture that makes sense for you." I love that frame.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 18, 2023

Research shows that students who must incur debt to attend college have lower GPAs, more health issues both before and after graduation, are less likely to buy a house, will get married and have children later in life, are less likely to start a business, and are less entrepreneurial. Why is college so expensive? Just read the book.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 23, 2023

23 May · Episode 156 Preserving Democracy: The Vital Role of Liberal Arts in Higher Education 29 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Drumm McNaughton talks with Jeff Scheuer about the role of liberal arts in higher education and their value to the American identity and democracy.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2024

in Counseling and Student Personnel Services (College Student Affairs Administration) from the University of Georgia. You can find these individuals at historically black colleges and universities, minority-serving institutions, predominantly white institutions, and liberal arts colleges. What happens?

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

A second tradition, originally associated with Oxford and Cambridge, emphasized the transmission of culture and character development in a residential college setting. These four traditions co-exist uneasily within the contemporary college and university. Priorities conflict.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

News ’ college rankings contain an unlikely category that you might not expect: “A-Plus Schools for B Students.” ” These are the less selective colleges and universities that serve those students with less than stellar College Board scores and nonstratospheric transcripts. Blog: Higher Ed Gamma U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Graff, an expert on literacy who also writes widely on colleges and universities. Just as colleges need to promote students’ cognitive development or disciplinary training, these institutions need to nurture their physical, social, emotional, personal, and ethical growth.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 16, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Several weeks ago, Taylor Lorenz, a Washington Post technology columnist blasted those academics, including Jean Twenge and Jonathan Haidt, who attribute increasing rates of teenage depression to the time teenage girls spend on social media. Their college experience, too, differs markedly from my generation’s.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 2, 2023

Higher education leaders who want to increase inclusion while maintaining affordability at their campus can emulate the actions of Illinois Institute of Technology’s ELEVATE program. Moreover, Illinois Tech’s employment rate is 92% six months after graduation, even when 37% of its students receive Pell Grants.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

A recent article identified some of those processes: climate change, deglobalization, demographic decline, and digital technologies, to which I’d add, challenges to liberal capitalism, liberal democracy, liberal internationalism, and even liberal education. It evolved without a plan or central direction.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 18, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Colleges pay tribute to diversity yet largely offer a cookie-cutter approach to education. Work colleges like Berea and Paul Quinn require all students to perform campus jobs to defray part of their education’s cost. John’s College, decided to wage war against a cookie-cutter education.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

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. Colleges and universities don’t inhabit an ivory tower. ” Certainly true, but, as written, insufficient.

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