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

University Business

Meanwhile, the humanities and social sciences are taking a back seat. Colleges and universities hailing from both sides of the fence are inching ever closer to the middle, integrating lessons in the humanities with STEM-based curriculum—and vice versa. But something exciting is happening in the world of higher education.

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Work Zones Ahead!

Inside Higher Ed

Within community colleges, some programs of study are loosely defined, especially in the humanities, or were never designed to lead to transfer, as in the case of applied associate degrees. And improvement is needed.

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Preparing for the Next 330 Years (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

From the strategic and smart use of technology, to the need for data fluency across all disciplines (and yes, that includes liberal arts institutions), and the changing modes of online and in-person instruction, universities have been watching, and some embracing, what employers expect from graduates in today’s rapidly changing workforce.

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Lafayette dept. heads, program chairs raise governance concerns

Inside Higher Ed

” Lafayette, a private Pennsylvania liberal arts college with roughly 2,700 students, currently has no deans supervising its four academic divisions: humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering. It’s adding them July 1.

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(Podcast) #22-How Technology Could Impact the Future of International Education? Part I- With Hanna Lee

ACPA

So in other words, students may find academic learning or communicating with administrators more and more boring and outdated if educational organization keep the way it is. Hanna Lee 03:47 So we have seen various reactions on ChatGPT and AI Power Search Engines. For instance, Colby College, which is a private liberal arts college.

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The Catalysts for Competency-Based Learning and Prior Learning Assessments Have Arrived

eLiterate

He hopes to go back to school to become an engineer. Mr. Clark wants to go back to school to become an engineer. No colleges or universities are mentioned in the article or on the organization’s website. Mr. Clark wants to go “back to school” to become an engineer. Here’s one solution.

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How colleges measure and prove their value: Key podcast

Inside Higher Ed

Department of Education that allows us to look at, if you study engineering or social work or psychology at a specific institution, what’s the ROI you’re getting, looking at your cost relative to the earnings boost you’re obtaining? People often worry about liberal arts majors in these conversations.

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