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U.S. institutions offer scholarships to Ukrainian refugees

Inside Higher Ed

candidate—and became one of the many Ukrainian students currently benefiting from scholarships offered by U.S. institutions have launched programs to support Ukrainian students on their campuses, ranging from large public universities such as Texas A&M University to small liberal arts colleges like Mount St.

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A professor's job is endangered for teaching about race

Inside Higher Ed

The professor, Samuel Joeckel, said in an email that the dean of his department and the university’s provost waited outside the class he was teaching last week to inform him of the news. ” According to his university biography, Joeckel’s scholarship is about issues of importance to Christian higher education (and others).

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Rooted and Open

Susquehanna President's Blog

In their best times, they have borne a commitment to ecumenicalism, and each has a rich history of scholarship and teaching. In 1933, the Theological Department was suspended, ending our seminary work. [1] As a modern liberal-arts university, Susquehanna’s culture has been shaped by its Lutheran Heritage in important ways.

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Alphabet Soup

Susquehanna President's Blog

. · AAC&U – American Association of Colleges and Universities – this is the organization that focusses on liberal-arts education across higher education with an emphasis on enhancing the quality of teaching and learning and advocacy on the power of a liberal education. including college and university counselors.

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

which traced its history to the union of Leicester Academy, founded in 1784, and the Becker Business College, which opened in 1887. It also was a serious loss for the Worcester region because of Becker College’s long and impactful history in the area and the prominence of several academic programs.

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Rehumanizing the Research University

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Can a research-intensive university also be learning- and learner-centered, as dedicated to the quality of students’ educational experience as it is to scholarship, publication and invention? What, then, would it take to achieve a greater balance between scholarship and teaching?

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Strikes disrupt undergraduate learning anew

Inside Higher Ed

And when fall grades will be determined, and by whom, have been open questions at both the New School and UC—which is particularly worrisome to students who rely on grade point averages to maintain scholarships and U.S. visa statuses. Learning at the New School. ” Some of North’s professors are holding classes on Zoom.

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