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Colleges used these 3 strategies to spark big enrollment rebounds this Fall

University Business

Out in the Midwest, the smaller liberal arts-focused Wheaton College missed its 2019 enrollment mark by only 20 students after suffering from a series of budget cuts last year. million faculty hiring initiative to support the growing fields. gain in first-time college students, thanks in part to an 8.9%

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Which Path Forward?

Inside Higher Ed

The result, according to Feldstein: these institutions “make the same research demands on faculty and incur expenses for building out facilities that are not focused on creating well-educated citizens, successful professionals and thoughtful human beings. ” Harsh, but perhaps true. ” Ugh. I certainly wouldn’t.

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

It was a blow to the students, faculty and staff of this private college in Worcester, Mass., With the integration of the BSDT, Clark is positioned to empower scholarship, pedagogy and innovation related to creative arts, media, design and technology. within the existing faculty governance structure.

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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Inside Higher Ed

A third tradition, which stressed research, scholarship, and the applied sciences, emerged in nineteenth century Germany, especially at the universities of Gottingen and Berlin. The interests of administrators, faculty, staff, and students frequently collide. Priorities conflict. I don’t think so. Apparently not.

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

eLiterate

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. The focus of NEI will be on majors such as computer science and business, and eventually, broader areas of engineering and design. And why not?

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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.

These include not only students learning from faculty but also students learning from each other and faculty learning from students. We are very honored to have gotten that designation, which honors the work of our illustrious faculty and staff. We were required to take a lot of liberal arts courses.