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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

So the institution’s disclosure that it briefed the Board of Visitors on not just a department but a possible division-level unit of computational and data science stunned many on campus. William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance.

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As I take my leave.

Dr. Missy Alexander

This is my last day as provost, and it has been a rewarding and challenging ride. The perfect storms of COVID-19 and the demographic shifts of New England presented abundant challenges to the academic and university planning processes. On this last day of 2023, I am reflecting on my 11 years at WCSU.

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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. Geisler last summer.

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Clark University had been a neighbor to Becker for nearly 135 years. In August 2021, the BSDT began its first semester as part of Clark University, with classes held in two leased buildings on the former site of the Becker College campus. The two institutions shared both history and a deep connection to the Worcester community.

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Why did Allegheny cut its Chinese program?

Inside Higher Ed

” Shi continued, “I wasn’t interviewed or consulted by the president or the provost throughout [the] process, or ever, actually. ” The college said its plan also “calls for Allegheny to have a student-to-faculty ratio that is aligned with other national liberal arts colleges. That is still pending.

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Why Implementing a Richer, More Robust Academic Experience Is So Hard

Inside Higher Ed

To better prepare undergraduates for the job market, universities invest in the campus’s career services, expand internship opportunities, open a maker space, an entrepreneurship center and an innovation hub, promote undergraduate-alumni networking, and increase the number of job-aligned certificate programs.