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Why your school needs to adopt curricula in computer and information sciences

University Business

Degrees and subsequent jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have long been praised as lucrative and safe pathways for students looking to enroll at a college or university. However, there is one subset of this group that stands out in popularity and workforce prowess: computer and data science.

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3 Questions for Sue Lorenson, Vice Dean for Undergraduate Education at Georgetown

Inside Higher Ed

A liberal arts education is the ultimate preprofessional education; it can prepare you for any career. And so on … The other thing that keeps me up at night is that recurring dream where I need to take the final for a history class I didn’t realize I was registered for. I’ll be forever grateful for those days.

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Why Liberal Education Matters

Inside Higher Ed

Or to take some other examples of high ROI fields: “Those with a bachelor’s degree in #architecture and #engineering have median lifetime earnings of $3.8 No surprise: computers, math, healthcare practice, architecture, engineering, and business. Which leaves the liberal arts, and especially the humanities, where?

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Work Zones Ahead!

Inside Higher Ed

Michigan’s decentralized higher education environment doesn’t always make things easier, and leaders in the transfer field have learned to rely on “coalitions of the willing” to move initiatives forward.

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Some Musings on College Rankings

Susquehanna President's Blog

At Susquehanna, we receive a list of 222 “national liberal arts colleges.” Some, like Wall Street Journal/THE assess all institutions together rather than separating liberal arts colleges from large universities or institutions that recruit regionally versus nationally.

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Pomp and Circumstance

Susquehanna President's Blog

I have been told that this is a vestige from a time when early scholars had a nook in their sleeves to keep their hands warm in unheated medieval environments. Much of the early history of grades in American higher education was associated with creating a way to determine which student would give that speech. Doctoral robes in the U.S.

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Why Study Arts at U of G?

#Deaning

It’s that wonderful time of year when I start getting messages from people whose children are deciding where to go to university and I get to talk about what is so special about studying arts at U of G. We’re a small arts college on a comprehensive university campus. That’s true for us too in the College of Arts. Just explore!