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Presidents corner: How can courage breathe new life into a classic liberal arts education?

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In his 2011 The New Yorker essay , Harvard professor Louis Menand conceptualized the function of higher education in three ways: to develop life skills, enhance career prospects and improve social status. “It takes courage to be an institution of education, and it takes courage to develop it in other people,” she says.

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Oh, the humanit(ies)! Why integrating the liberal arts and STEM is a win-win for students, institutions

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But something exciting is happening in the world of higher education. Academic (re)program Last year, Georgia Tech University’s liberal arts college organized a symposium on interdisciplinary learning in the 21st century, inviting academics from across the institution.

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Why Higher Education Needs to Be Proactive with Device Purchasing

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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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President’s Corner: Why Lori White believes DePauw is at a nexus point

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In all that she’d learned in her 40 years of working in higher education, Lori White had found herself in entirely new territory. higher education, ushered in a new digital era and revitalized debate about the value of a degree. For the first time in her career, she was the president of a university.

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The 5 subjects proven to give undergrads the best wage premium

University Business

Despite declining higher education enrollment rates beginning in 2010, undergraduate degrees in engineering and computer science are continuing to see substantial growth most likely due to the high lifetime wage earnings they promise, according to a new study published by Sage Journals. ” Researchers analyzed survey data from 5.8

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kenro Kusumi Kenro Kusumi has been named university senior vice provost and dean of The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University. in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He serves as a professor of life sciences and dean of natural sciences.

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I’m a nobody in higher ed leadership—but I still believe I know what’s right

University Business

State universities in West Virginia have an uphill struggle to resuscitate interest in higher education. Ravaged by a poor economy, declining population and an understated opiate crisis , it has the lowest bachelor’s degree level educated percentage of all 50 states. How ought it be lived? What is right?”