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Small Liberal Arts Colleges: Punching Above Their Weight

Helix Education

A case study for small liberal arts colleges This really hit home for me earlier this year when I was invited to represent the university that I work for at the inauguration of a new president at my alma mater, West Virginia Wesleyan College. Those are the ones I can think of right away.”

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Tensions Build at Penn State After Controversial Decisions Regarding Racial Justice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

24 event involving far-right activists. 24 event involved a student group hosting two far-right figures — one connected to extremist group Proud Boys, — for a “comedy” event. 24 event involved a student group hosting two far-right figures — one connected to extremist group Proud Boys, — for a “comedy” event.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two years in, Canton is preparing a proposal that outlines the reasons for making African American studies a department, and the benefit it would bring to the university, to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in which it is situated, and to the community. The college’s dean, Dr. David E. Dr. David A.

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Chaos in Connecticut: Faculty, students seek to replace ‘bullying’ president

University Business

A proposed fundraiser event by a small liberal arts school president has incited an avalanche, calling for the resignation of a school dean and drawing the Board of Trustees into the muck as 120 faculty pressure the Board to begin its new president search immediately.

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Massasoit Community College Launches New Black Studies Major

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That’s when student responses to a survey about the need for a culturally diverse curriculum prompted the creation of two courses related to the Black experience in film and music, says Dr. Carine Sauvignon, executive dean for Massasoit’s Canton campus. The city and the community college have a burgeoning Cape Verdean population.

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Summer Sessions Are Integral to Student Success in Higher Education

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We then offer them the opportunity not to overload in the spring, offering them a free class in the summer instead,” says Debra Boucher , Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Consider reaching out to lapsed enrollees via emails and phone calls tailored to each individual.

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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.