Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 18, 2023
Awarded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities, the college has announced the creation of the Institute for Race and Social Transformation. “We Rhodes is a national liberal arts college where inclusive excellence and building a culture of belonging are central to our mission.
University Business
MARCH 8, 2024
While the report documenting Boer’s behavior noted that he did not engage in any sexually explicit communications or physical contact, the board described the conduct as “concerning,” according to a school statement. One of his first tasks will be helping raise money for a $25 million scholarship fund.
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Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 18, 2023
Large-scale quantitative data such as these provide an invaluable evidence-based context about the areas of scholarship in which institutions are investing new faculty lines, a matter of interest to deans of graduate schools and provosts alike. granting universities in the humanities decreased by 16.8 percent between 2011 and 2021.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
Why would faculty who were disciplinary specialists trained at elite graduate schools and well published in their fields forsake scholarship? This is an institution that values scholarship, the liberal arts, a physical campus and the teacher-scholar. I certainly wouldn’t. What, then, is the alternative?
Faculty Focus
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
There may be more opportunities at a research-focused university than a community college or a school more focused on liberal arts. There are documented benefits for soft or transferable skills for students, including critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and organization (Harris et al., She has a Ph.D. References.
Faculty Focus
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
There may be more opportunities at a research-focused university than a community college or a school more focused on liberal arts. There are documented benefits for soft or transferable skills for students, including critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and organization (Harris et al., She has a Ph.D. References.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
McGuire was referring to the many changes the university, which was founded as a liberal arts college for women 125 years ago, has undergone in recent decades. “They don’t always self-identify, so adding these questions helps us document this information.
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