Remove Engineering Remove Liberal Arts Remove Scholarship Remove University
article thumbnail

College students follow the money into STEM education, killing off struggling liberal arts programs

University Business

Lindsey Ash says she likely would have sought a liberal arts degree in speech therapy — until a high school class steered her toward science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Read more from The Washington Times.

article thumbnail

AUCC to Launch Institute to Support Minority Engineers with $1.5 Million Investment from A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC), an organization made up of four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), is planning to launch a new institute in an effort to increase the number of engineers from underrepresented communities, using a $1.5 million investment from the A. James & Alice B.

university leaders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

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

The PIE News

Universities are “uniquely placed” to address workforce gaps and should effectively become “skills brokers”, a new report says. By developing knowledge workers that industry needs, universities can maintain their mission of enabling strong graduate outcomes, the paper from Nous Group indicates.

article thumbnail

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

University Business

More from UB: Middle East conflict continues to stir backlash, compromise safety across college campuses Hires Bonnie Cordon – Southern Virginia University The Southern Virginia University Board of Trustees unanimously approved hiring Bonnie Cordon as the school’s 10th president.

article thumbnail

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. For instance, highlight scholarship opportunities for academically strong students. Adjust your strategies based on what works best.

article thumbnail

Affirmative action reaction: Higher ed leaders weigh in on Supreme Court’s decision

University Business

But Wesleyan University President Michael S. “By using a reductive sense of how race is dealt with in college admissions, the conservative majority of the Supreme Court has challenged the University’s ability to select and enroll a racially diverse class.”

article thumbnail

Becoming a Mission-Driven University

Inside Higher Ed

As for the idea that educational institutions require a distinct mission with well-defined implications policy and practice, what we see are campuses – with the exception of military academies or religious or small liberal arts colleges -- with multiple, complex, often conflicting and competing, functions and responsibilities.