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

The PIE News

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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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

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. Without art history, anthropology, and archaeology majors, who will curate our museums?

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Why your school needs to adopt curricula in computer and information sciences

University Business

Degrees and subsequent jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have long been praised as lucrative and safe pathways for students looking to enroll at a college or university. However, there is one subset of this group that stands out in popularity and workforce prowess: computer and data science.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

laid off eight tenured and tenure-track faculty members and froze various programs last month, citing realignment of academics with changing student demands. The college says it froze undergraduate majors with “very low student enrollment.” Current students in affected programs will be allowed to finish their studies.

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As I take my leave.

Dr. Missy Alexander

For COVID-19, my colleagues and I worked hard to address the needs of our students. We moved many graduate programs online to meet the needs of our students who are largely juggling families and jobs. So have the changing attitudes toward higher education. It has been, well, an interesting time to be in higher education.

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The Return of Bad Arguments for the Humanities

HESA

I see we’re back into tiresome public debates about the value of “Liberal Arts” and the “Humanities” (not synonyms, even though most people use the terms interchangeably). So, for instance, the shuttering of nine degree offerings at Marymount turns out on closer inspection to affect about 75 students, or about 2% of the institution.

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Preparing for the Next 330 Years (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

From the strategic and smart use of technology, to the need for data fluency across all disciplines (and yes, that includes liberal arts institutions), and the changing modes of online and in-person instruction, universities have been watching, and some embracing, what employers expect from graduates in today’s rapidly changing workforce.