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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

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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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

Manhattanville remains a private liberal arts institution, but it has changed its orientation somewhat in recent years. After the nearby College of New Rochelle closed in 2019 amid financial woes, Manhattanville hired its dean of nursing and launched its own School of Nursing and Health Sciences.

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The Evolution of the Humanities

HEPI

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. This Institute asks, how can we live well with technology?

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

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. The two institutions shared both history and a deep connection to the Worcester community.

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

I recently ran across a white paper called Ideas for an Affordable New Educational Institution out of MIT’s J-WEL center. This was back in the 1990s, so it was early for a professor outside of an education or computer science department to be thinking about such things. Ideas for an Affordable New Educational Institution.

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What Today’s College Students Need

Inside Higher Ed

Our students have changed, but our institutions have not adapted sufficiently to this reality. Yet our institutional calendars, course schedules, and campus services haven’t sufficiently adjusted, even post-pandemic. Our institutions also need to strengthen advising, both academic and non-academic.

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ELEVATE program: Achievement Strategies from Illinois Tech: Changing Higher Education Podcast 166 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Raj Echambadi

The Change Leader, Inc.

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. Because of how the public perceives higher ed , institutions must provide different pathways for students to receive an education.