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

University Business

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. “Our students don’t want to come here to be pigeonholed into narrow-band categories,” said Utz.

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President moves: Administrators prove popular picks as next leader on the job

University Business

At Penn State, he has co-led initiatives to enhance student success, grow interdisciplinary research, lead service teams focused on faculty recruitment and retention and helped develop a new budget allocation model. Bergman was the first woman to lead the private liberal arts college when she stepped in in 2014.

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Universities should be “skills brokers” for mutual benefit, urges report

The PIE News

Across the four countries analysed in the report, employer demand was similar in 2022, with engineering, computer science, nursing and business graduates highly sought after. “There is going to be a continuing need for liberal arts because critical thinking is still a fundamental skill,” he detailed.

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Top 10 Student Recruitment strategies every institution should adopt

Creatrix Campus

Example: As the admissions director for a liberal arts college, your aim is to boost international student enrollment by 15% in two years, focusing on business and tech programs. Example: Imagine working for a small liberal arts college known for its close-knit community and personalized attention.

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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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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

Projects addressed topics such as annual giving, student retention, professional and continuing education, academic program planning, and more. Many tackled improving student success, retention, and equity at their institutions, while others focused on budget models and streamlining administrative processes.

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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.