Liberal arts colleges must embed career services throughout campus life
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 28, 2024
Colleges should strive to teach students both how to think and to be career-ready when they graduate, the leader of Denison University argues.
US liberal arts could shift focus to help post-study work options
The PIE News
APRIL 18, 2024
Liberal arts students are afforded the fewest official opportunities for post-study work. The PIE identified 19 colleges in the US to date from the beginning of 2023 that announced their closure which are either listed as liberal arts colleges or carry “strong liberal arts traditions”.
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Liberal Arts Colleges to Keep Prioritizing Diversity
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 11, 2023
Liberal Arts Colleges to Keep Prioritizing Diversity Featured Image at Top of Article image-from-rawpixel-id-3297056-jpeg (1).jpg jpg Elizabeth Redden Thu, 05/11/2023 - 10:20 AM
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Small Liberal Arts University Relocates Satellite Campuses to Bolster Transfers
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 19, 2024
Small Liberal Arts University Relocates Satellite Campuses to Bolster Transfers kathryn.palmer… Tue, 03/19/2024 - 03:00 AM Lakeland University has moved some of its learning centers onto two-year college campuses to create a steady pipeline of transfer students from the colleges. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer
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How liberal arts colleges can make career services a priority
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 5, 2023
Creating internships and focusing on short-term experiences has a big impact, the longtime undergraduate dean at the University of Chicago says.
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Century-old Liberal Arts College to Shutter in Northeast Ohio
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 4, 2024
Notre Dame College (NDC) in South Euclid, Ohio, has announced it will close its doors at the end of spring 2024. The NDC Board of Trustees secured agreements with nine partner colleges and universities to help current NDC students in good standing continue their college careers through a Teach-Out program or as a transfer student.
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Simmons May Cut Some Liberal Arts Departments
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 22, 2023
Simmons University, a women’s college in Boston, is considering cutting several liberal arts departments in an attempt to improve the college’s finances, The Boston Globe reported.
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Presidents corner: How can courage breathe new life into a classic liberal arts education?
University Business
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
President Laurie Patton likes this framework, but in her eighth year leading Middlebury College and observing the changing world around her, she believes a new pillar has sprouted. the small private college has traditionally championed the classical values of a liberal arts education.
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Small Liberal Arts Colleges: Punching Above Their Weight
Helix Education
APRIL 21, 2024
Everyone loves a David and Goliath story, and at this moment in the history of higher education, small colleges could use one. I think it is easy for lawmakers, the media, and even large sectors of higher education to dismiss small colleges. What is the real impact if a few small colleges close? The news has not been good.
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Oh, the humanit(ies)! Why integrating the liberal arts and STEM is a win-win for students, institutions
University Business
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Bolstered by state and national workforce needs and their promising return on investment, the STEM track represents a gold mine for colleges and universities that want to ensure credentials from their institution are providing students with good job prospects and gainful employment. ” The post Oh, the humanit(ies)!
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Why I gave $25M to a small liberal arts college (opinion)
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 17, 2022
Now, I see this through a new lens as my husband, Richard, and I have made our first big philanthropic investment in higher education: supporting one of our nation’s small liberal arts colleges. It is no longer enough to leave college with a diploma in hand. And I went on to earn a master’s from USC, as well.
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Russian College Ends Liberal Arts Program
Academe Blog
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
BY HANK REICHMAN A bit over two years ago I posted to this blog a piece about a decision by Russia’s Prosecutor General to designate New York’s Bard College as an “undesirable organization.” Petersburg State University, offering a program of open enrollment liberal arts courses for students…
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2 Michigan liberal arts colleges are best in Midwest, Wall Street Journal ranking says
University Business
DECEMBER 20, 2023
A pair of Michigan liberal arts college made the top-10 ranking of similar colleges located in the Midwest, according to the Wall Street Journal and College Pulse. There are similar rankings of liberal arts colleges for each region in the United States. Albion College ranked No.
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An impossible task points to value of liberal arts (opinion)
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
’” As a chemistry professor at a small liberal arts college, I was immediately intrigued and eagerly climbed into this rabbit hole, because in my courses on general chemistry, there are many concepts that would never occur to my students, even after several lectures and homework assignments.
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Making the Case for a Liberal Arts Education
Caylor Solutions
DECEMBER 1, 2022
How do you make the case for a liberal arts education in today’s tech-driven world? Learn more with Hanover College's Dr. Lake Lambert. The post Making the Case for a Liberal Arts Education appeared first on Caylor Solutions.
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This Small College Has a Message: The Liberal Arts 'Are Not Dead'
The Chronicle of Higher Education
DECEMBER 19, 2023
By Amita Chatterjee Facing enrollment declines, Beloit College, in Wisconsin, is hoping to win over prospective students by drawing connections between their education and desired careers.
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Women's Liberal Arts College Allows Students to Travel Globally as Part of First-Year Course
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
At Agnes Scott College, first-year students are given the opportunity to take their first step into becoming global citizens through its Global Journeys program. And as a liberal arts college, we know we have a great academic curriculum.
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College students follow the money into STEM education, killing off struggling liberal arts programs
University Business
APRIL 4, 2023
Lindsey Ash says she likely would have sought a liberal arts degree in speech therapy — until a high school class steered her toward science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The post College students follow the money into STEM education, killing off struggling liberal arts programs appeared first on University Business.
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U Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Partners with Helios Consulting to Offer Rise Apprenticeship Program
Campus Technology
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
The University of Minnesota (UMN)'s College of Liberal Arts (CLA) has announced a partnership with Helios Consulting to offer graduates a chance to gain human resource technology skills through paid employment and training in its Rise Program, an apprenticeship designed to prepare students for a career in the Workday ecosystem.
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After brush with closure, Northland College unveils plan to downsize
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 2, 2024
The liberal arts institution is cutting $7 million from its budget and refocusing around eight in-demand majors.
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New College trustees approve total compensation range between $894K and $1.5M for next president
Higher Ed Dive
JULY 6, 2023
The Florida public liberal arts college's board voted Thursday to approve the range for negotiating the employment contract of the final candidate.
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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs
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. The key is to paint a sharper picture of the enormous benefits that liberal arts actually deliver.
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Colorado College drops out of U.S. News’ undergraduate rankings
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
The liberal arts institution said the rankings enterprise equates institutional wealth and privilege with academic quality.
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Eastern Nazarene College to Close
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 26, 2024
Eastern Nazarene College, a private, nonprofit Christian liberal arts institution in Massachusetts, said late Tuesday that it would close and transition to “a new educational enterprise” to carry on its legacy.
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New College of Florida students have a surprising new transfer opportunity. It’s to a private institution out of state.
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 10, 2023
Hampshire College has promised matching tuition for these students, who say Gov. Ron DeSantis has marred their liberal arts experience.
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Flawed survey on the 'liberal arts' (letter)
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.
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The Many Lives of Saint Joseph’s
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The Many Lives of Saint Joseph’s Sara Weissman Tue, 09/03/2024 - 03:00 AM After losing accreditation, the Catholic liberal arts college remade itself as a purveyor of workforce training programs. Not everyone is happy about the shift. Byline(s) Sara Weissman
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Making the Case for a Liberal Arts Education
The Higher Ed Marketer
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
The liberal arts education has evolved. Dr. Lake Lambert began his tenure as the 16th President of Hanover College in 2015 and is the former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Mercer University in Macon, Ga. Dr. Lambert's thoughts on the value of liberal arts curriculum .
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Catawba College announces ‘transformative’ $200M contribution
University Business
AUGUST 14, 2024
Catawba College got its week off on the right foot, announcing a $200 million anonymous gift to its endowment on Monday. The contribution is the third transformative gift in three years to the Salisbury-based liberal arts college, which has helped get the ball rolling. Nelson said. “We Read more from the Salisbury Post.
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New College of Florida wants at least $400M in state funding for institutional overhaul
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
The small liberal arts institution will need to overcome long-term underfunding challenges to reach 1,200 students by 2028, President Richard Corcoran said.
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Paul Quinn College Gets $20M Gift
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 26, 2024
Paul Quinn College has received a $20 million gift from an anonymous donor. The private, faith-based, four-year, liberal arts-inspired institution was founded in 1872 by a group of African Methodist Episcopal Church preachers in Austin, Texas. Dr. Michael J.
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Birmingham-Southern College needs $37.5M in government money to stay open, officials say
Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The private Alabama liberal arts institution is requesting public funding to give it “breathing room to operate.”
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Davidson College Lands $85M Gift to Digitize Library
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 19, 2024
Davidson College, a private, liberal arts institution in North Carolina, has secured an $85 million donation to expand its library with a focus on bringing it into the digital age.
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The King’s College to lose accreditation amid mounting financial difficulties
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 30, 2023
Middle States Commission on Higher Education said it is yanking accreditation partly because the liberal arts institution is in “imminent danger of closing.”
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Seeking an Enrollment Hail Mary, Small Colleges Look to Athletics
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Seeking an Enrollment Hail Mary, Small Colleges Look to Athletics Liam Knox Mon, 12/04/2023 - 03:00 AM As enrollment challenges compound for small liberal arts colleges, some are betting big on new athletics programs, hoping they’ll result in new tuition revenue. Byline(s) Liam Knox
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The Plan to Save Community Colleges in Wisconsin Is Failing
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JUNE 18, 2024
Nearly half of the state's two-year liberal-arts institutions are being shuttered. By Eric Kelderman Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY NETWORK Thomas M. Nelson, county executive in Outagamie County, Wis. It wasn't supposed to be this way.
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Here's What Happened After 3 Colleges Announced Cuts to the Liberal Arts
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JULY 27, 2023
By Helen Huiskes Alessandro Gottardo for The Chronicle Some humanities faculty members saw unexpected reprieves, but many remain pessimistic.
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The Higher Ed Umbrella Is Big Enough for Everyone
MindMax
JULY 15, 2024
Steven Mintz, author and professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin, posits that higher ed has strayed too far from its traditional purpose: providing a holistic liberal arts education that produces students who are “life-ready.” The Point of a College Education Is… So, what is the point of a college education?
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Unpacking the fallout from the MOVEit meltdown
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 18, 2024
Third-party vendors exposed some colleges — including public flagships and liberal arts schools — to multiple breaches during the mass hack.
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A New Home for New College of Florida Émigrés
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
When conservative leaders took over Florida’s only public liberal arts institution, Hampshire College officials knew they had to help. Now they’re welcoming the first cohort of New College defectors. AMHERST, Mass., My girlfriend’s mom set me up with a snow jacket.
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Tim Walz’s wife Gwen, a former teacher, is a ‘champion’ of college behind bars
University Business
AUGUST 7, 2024
Kenner founded the Bard Prison Initiative in 1999 as an undergrad at Bard College, a liberal arts college located in the Hudson Valley, after a 1994 federal ban on Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated students and a 1995 New York state ban on Tuition Assistance Program decimated in-prison education.
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Northland College Fundraising Fails, Financial Exigency Declared
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 5, 2024
The president and Board of Trustees at Northland College voted Thursday to declare financial exigency after failing to raise enough funds to stay open.
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Richard Leeson obituary
The Guardian - Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
My husband, Richard Leeson, who has died aged 90, was a gifted linguist, teacher and academic leader who became deputy director of Ealing College of Higher Education, in west London. Dick’s first managerial role was as head of the school of liberal arts at Ealing College of Technology (1971-75).
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Pharr Selected to Lead Pitt Community College
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 22, 2024
Pharr has been named president of Pitt Community College (PCC). Dr. Maria Pharr “I am grateful for the opportunity to serve as next president of Pitt Community College and look forward to contributing to the college’s legacy of leadership excellence,” said Pharr. Pharr starts the role Aug.
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