Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 12, 2023

Michael West, head of Penn State’s Department of African American Studies, has resigned from the role, alleging that leadership broke promises and questioning the school's commitment to diversity and equity, Centre Daily Times reported. Dr. Michael West West will continue to serve as a tenured professor in the department.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

“What we’ve seen in New College, just by saying, I mean, basically we came in, new president, they got rid of things like CRT [critical race theory], they abolished the gender studies department, they rebranded the university as being the best classical publicly funded liberal arts college,” DeSantis said.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Offering courses on subjects ranging from chemistry to linguistics, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s College of Liberal Arts & Sciences encompasses 37 academic departments.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

With varying budgets, some of the 37 academic departments within the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s College of Liberal Arts & Sciences used to try to make faculty and staff computers last for up to a decade, says Dan Wood, associate director for user services in the college’s Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts & Sciences program. (..)

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This applies not only to math departments but to all the other disciplines that use math as a prerequisite. The math faculty created a Math for Liberal Arts course that requires no developmental math, and faculty members redesigned the Statistics and College Algebra courses to require only one semester of developmental math as a prerequisite.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Some professors describe this as an end run around the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which voted in early 2021 not to approve department status for William & Mary’s then year-old data science program. William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

With varying budgets, some of the 37 academic departments within the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s College of Liberal Arts & Sciences used to try to make faculty and staff computers last for up to a decade, says Dan Wood, associate director for user services in the college’s Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts & Sciences (..)

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts, a small Catholic institution in New Hampshire, will close at the end of the academic year due to low enrollment and financial challenges, WMUR 9 reported. The local ABC affiliate reported that Magdalen currently enrolls about 60 students.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Multiple faculty sources declined to speak on the record, saying that Manhattanville required departing professors to sign nondisparagement agreements in order to receive severance pay. Following his and others’ departures, he said, just one full-time professor will remain in his department. It’s incredibly destructive.”

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University Business

APRIL 3, 2024

Antioch College President Jane Fernandes was elated when she discovered her college would be formally designated as a Federal Work College by the Department of Education. Eight other small liberal arts schools are currently designated four-year federal work colleges. Among them are: Alice Lloyd College in Pippa Passes (Ky.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

College of Liberal Arts at Morgan State is the principal investigator, and Dr. James A. Milke, professor and chair of the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at the A. Study participants will be prompted to make decisions and judgements in response to software-simulated building fires. Gilliam, Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

His mission is to transition the long-time program into a department. 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. “We

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Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Lorain County Community College is the community’s college, providing pathways to rewarding careers in all fields, including liberal arts and the humanities. Since 2000, Ron has been the voice of LCCC, leading our digital media department and serving as an ambassador of LCCC in our community.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 16, 2023

” The linked institutions’ Languages and Cultures Department chair and employees contacted there didn’t provide comment for this article. ” Diversity Religious Colleges Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: Faculty Research universities Languages Liberal arts Image Caption: St.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Department of Agriculture to construct a $16 million research facility set to open this fall, according to a university statement. In line with Hamilton’s exiting president, Tepper brings a track record of interest and advocacy for student equity and inclusion to the New York liberal arts institution.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 12, 2023

What I haven’t seen, but would love to, is sustained interaction between career services offices and academic departments in liberal arts fields. Some liberal arts faculty see career considerations as Trojan horses that will eventually lead to the elimination of the liberal arts.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

As for low-income students, a new report from the Department of Education details how infrequently their college hopes pan out. Despite their distance, ASU is launching ASU Local at LBCC’s Liberal Arts Campus. Only 13% of Title IV students who start at community colleges ultimately earn bachelor’s degrees within eight years.

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Dr. Missy Alexander

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Over the last few weeks, I have been in several conversations about the impact of career focused education on the liberal arts. This framing reveals deeply held biases about what qualifies as liberal arts (and therefore a quality degree) which are pervasive in higher education.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 10, 2023

Officials at Oxford College of Emory University, one of the university’s two liberal arts colleges, in 2019 identified a need for a more positive campus climate. Second, a willingness and commitment to collaborate across disciplines and departments is key.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In 2020, as interest grew and Black student enrollment increased, Sauvignon crafted a Black Studies curriculum and submitted it to the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. Carine Sauvignon, executive dean for Massasoit’s Canton campus. The program got approval last spring.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 14, 2023

During her approximately 24 years at EIU, she also served as director of academic services for its athletics department; instructor in its African American studies department; and academic and retention adviser for its Office of Inclusion and Academic Engagement. Williams-Goliday holds a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

Even within an individual college, separate departments and programs can view age differently, respondents indicated. According to one interviewee in the study, age inclusivity was better in social work and the liberal arts as opposed to medicine, science, and engineering.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

” But detractors of Oubré and the board have questioned the authenticity of the concerns, alleging that the president and trustees are trying to stifle criticism of a leader they believe doesn’t have a plan to turn around slumping enrollment at the small liberal arts college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Rufo said his plans were to recruit faculty, restructure the administration and academic departments, develop a new core curriculum, and eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies. “My My ambition is to help the new board majority transform New College into a classical liberal arts institution,” Rufo said. “We

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The PIE News

AUGUST 18, 2023

When asked how departments would measure success in the year ahead, 78% indicated growth of programs and 60% student/ scholar satisfaction rates. Success for US professionals was led by the number of new international student enrolments as well as the number of students studying abroad.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Also honoured was Hispanic Serving Institution Arizona State University – designated a HSI by the department for education in 2022 – for its Afghan Women’s Education Project. Also receiving the Spotlight Award was liberal arts institution Cedar Crest College , Pennsylvania, for its Carmen Twillie Ambar Sophomore Expedition.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2023

One striking example was highlighted in the case of a highly regarded private liberal arts college in the Midwest when it recently issued a public announcement about the creation of a department of African Diaspora studies on campus.

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University Business

AUGUST 30, 2023

Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). They divided them into four major categories: doctoral degree-granting national universities, liberal arts colleges, master’s universities and bachelor’s colleges.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. The fourth, Eric Ziolkowski, the religious studies department head, said he had no comment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Hollis, then dean of the College of Liberal Arts. and presented it to the department chair who in turn presented it to the dean, Dr. Marshall Stevenson. Women, gender, and sexuality studies at Morgan State is an interdisciplinary program that draws faculty from various departments. and globally.

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EAB

AUGUST 1, 2023

DU had spent several years advancing its student experience across the university, but value messaging remained siloed across schools, departments, and audiences. The Solution EAB’s Strategic Advisory Services team helped DU leadership identify core differentiators and how to communicate them.

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College. Gustafson served in faculty and administration at Presbyterian for nearly two decades before departing to Mercer University (Ga.)

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Miguel Cardona, Secretary of the Department of Education, called U.S. Its victory at the undergraduate level is even more resounding; 99% and 97% of the top 100 nationally ranked universities and liberal arts colleges reported data this year. “I News a “false altar” to which the public worships.

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University Business

OCTOBER 2, 2023

” More from UB: Presidents corner: How can courage breathe new life into a classic liberal arts education? . “If used appropriately, AI can do some of the things we pay college consultants to do.”

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University Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

” That statement comes from a tweet by The Dartmouth Review describing UATX, a private liberal arts college proposed in 2021 “dedicated to the fearless pursuit of truth.” Additionally, UATX has proposed allowing academic departments to have complete control over their budgets.

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IHEP

JANUARY 7, 2022

Given that most colleges and universities focus their degree reclamation initiatives on liberal arts or general studies associate’s degrees, this study explored the potential of expanding those efforts to include technical and applied associate’s degrees, which can yield more immediate employment gains after graduation. References.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

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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