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Summer Sessions Are Integral to Student Success in Higher Education

MindMax

A Brief History of Summer Programming The history of summer programming at higher education institutions can be broken down into three distinct eras. Opportunistic Era In the late 20th century, schools’ summer programming efforts were primarily driven by the question, “What can we do with all these available facilities?”

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President moves: Recent spate of leaders to announce retirement boast impressive résumés

University Business

Most college leaders retiring in style will be recognized for their expansion, renovation and construction of campus facilities. While SVU is technically a secular private liberal arts college, it identifies with the values of the LDS Church. But those who decided to step down are doing so on sound footing.

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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. These are my top 10 reasons! Programs, programs, programs!

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

The focus of NEI will be on majors such as computer science and business, and eventually, broader areas of engineering and design. This proposal might be called radically conservative in the sense that it is intended to conserve the best parts of an American-style liberal arts education by re-imagining it but not rejecting it.

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The Impact of Crushing Student Debt on American Society: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions: Changing Higher Education Podcast 164 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest David Linton

The Change Leader, Inc.

They know what colleges the other students are applying to and want to ensure their students have a similar or better college experience, including more physical and mental health services, nicer campus facilities, larger research departments, more public services for the community, and other ancillary services. Every facility was top-notch.

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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Inside Higher Ed

The first, which initially arose in Italy and elsewhere on the European continent a millennium ago, offered professional training in law, medicine, and the church and later in such fields as architecture, business, engineering, and the sciences. The key, I believe, is to: 1. Provide more experiential learning opportunities.

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Which Path Forward?

Inside Higher Ed

The result, according to Feldstein: these institutions “make the same research demands on faculty and incur expenses for building out facilities that are not focused on creating well-educated citizens, successful professionals and thoughtful human beings. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.