Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
’” As a chemistry professor at a small liberal arts college, I was immediately intrigued and eagerly climbed into this rabbit hole, because in my courses on general chemistry, there are many concepts that would never occur to my students, even after several lectures and homework assignments.
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 2, 2022
Scott Fitzgerald’s definition of intelligence. They were both American-focused courses, one on the history of American education and the other on the history of American public policy. ” The history of Western colonialism, the mistreatment of workers in Qatar and the whataboutery of FIFA can make us feel hopeless.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 25, 2022
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. Two new hires are expected this year.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
However, if we adopt a more restrictive definition of the humanities, only 4 percent of college graduates in 2020 majored in traditional humanistic fields, including English, history, philosophy and foreign languages and literature. Tavárez is assistant professor of history at Queens College of the City University of New York.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 23, 2022
Which leaves the liberal arts, and especially the humanities, where? If, for most students, the primary measure of an undergraduate degree is return on investment, shouldn’t our institutions double down on those high demand, high return fields and let the liberal arts shrink to an appropriate size?
Insight Into Diversity
AUGUST 21, 2023
Two institutions — Lafayette College, a private liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), a public health sciences university — are setting examples for others as they spearhead projects from Banned Books Week events to more in-depth actions like developing a strategic DEI plan.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Meredith College, a private women’s liberal arts institution in Raleigh, N.C., Image: Some colleges and universities have offered mental health days or experimented with work-from-home policies to address burnout and low employee morale during the pandemic.
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