Higher Education, Humanities, Liberal Arts and Recruitment

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

University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Meanwhile, the humanities and social sciences are taking a back seat. But something exciting is happening in the world of higher education. 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.

Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Institution Humanities

As I take my leave.

Dr. Missy Alexander

DECEMBER 31, 2023

So have the changing attitudes toward higher education. It has been, well, an interesting time to be in higher education. The arts are a point of pride, recruiting from well beyond our region because of their exceptional quality and our access to Broadway.

Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Provost Model

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

University Business

APRIL 19, 2024

His contract is still pending approval from the state’s higher education system. 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.

Administration

Administration Liberal Arts History Engineering

Transfer Enrollments Increased Fall 2023

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Eighty-two percent of liberal arts and sciences, humanities and general studies majors changed their majors upon transfer. In terms of the overall state of higher education, it’s nothing to celebrate—there are still lots of students not completing,” said Shapiro.

Arts And Sciences

Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts Community College Higher Education

Engagement overseas ‘integral’ in US plans

The PIE News

AUGUST 18, 2023

Four in five education professionals in the US say global engagement is part of the multi-year plan at the institution where they work, new research has identified. The company surveyed more than 250 US global education professionals in April 2023.

Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Recruitment Scholarship

Presidential worries: What’s keeping these Northeastern presidents up at night?

University Business

APRIL 24, 2023

With a smaller pool of available students due to demographic shifts, a growing wake of attention to mental health and a swelling public skepticism of higher education, these leaders from Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and Maine are redefining their job to guide their schools in murky waters.

Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Retention Recruitment Higher Education

When a college president is also a tech entrepreneur

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

Image: Adrian College president Jeff Docking has some innovative ideas for higher education leaders battling enrollment pressures and market forces. His dual capacity as president of Adrian and co-owner of Rize Education, however, has raised questions about a potential conflict of interest as use of the platform grows.

Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts College Faculty Recruitment

Field of study not key to new academic program success

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4

Arts And Sciences

Arts And Sciences Humanities Degree Engineering

How Carleton College’s CTO increased staff diversity in IT

EAB

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For instance, a recent posting for a director of academic technology included these details: In 1992, Carleton created a Learning & Teaching Center to “sponsor conversations, encourage reflection, and offer a venue for classroom innovation that bears on the challenges and opportunities of education at a distinctive liberal arts college.”.

Technology

Technology Liberal Arts Recruitment Humanities

More than a Century of Black Girl Magic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 17, 2023

Over the last decade, Thompson’s resonant affirmation has invigorated ways of embracing the full humanity of these girls and women, including their joys and aspirations. To thine own powers appeal,” the NTS operated from 1909-1961 and complemented its vocational curriculum with mandatory courses in Black history and the liberal arts.

History

History Liberal Arts Recruitment Deans

These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

As Dean of the Faculty, she reviewed their recruitment, appointment and promotion; additionally, she oversaw the budget, personnel and graduate programs across multiple academic departments. ” Dr. Susana Rivera-Mills, Aurora University (Aurora, Ill.) . ” Rivera-Mills begin this June. Rosenbury, Barnard College (New York, N.Y.)

Arts And Sciences

Arts And Sciences Law School Inclusivity Deans

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

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

The culminating experience for the EAB Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship was the capstone project that substantively contributed to the fellows’ professional advancement and helped solve a pressing challenge facing their home institutions. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more.

Arts And Sciences

Arts And Sciences Provost Retention Deans

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

ACPA

JUNE 9, 2023

How Technology Could Impact the Future of International Education (Part I)?- We are talking about how technology influences our work at higher education and student affairs, particularly in international education. 22-How Technology Could Impact the Future of International Education (Part I)? I am your host Lixing.

Technology

Technology Arts And Sciences Education Liberal Arts

Alphabet Soup

Susquehanna President's Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Alphabet Soup - Higher-Education Organizations There are dozens of national, international, and regional organizations supporting higher education. They work on policies and best practices for research and scholarship in higher education. They focus on expanding access to all students.

Liberal Arts

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Why did Allegheny cut its Chinese program?

Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

” The college said its plan also “calls for Allegheny to have a student-to-faculty ratio that is aligned with other national liberal arts colleges. “In 2017, the college undertook a data-driven strategic planning effort to respond to the predicted enrollment decline in higher education across the country.

Arts And Sciences

Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts Faculty Department

Rehumanizing the Research University

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A social and cultural historian with a specialty in the history of childhood, the family and the life course, he directed Columbia University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Teaching Center and the UT system’s Institute for Transformational Learning. We need it desperately, both to be able to survive and to thrive.

University

University Arts And Sciences Academia Scholarship

How U.S. Colleges and Universities are Responding to Declining Enrollments

WCET Frontiers

JULY 28, 2023

Welcome to the second post in our series on higher education enrollment shifts. The work group joins us today to discuss the ways higher education institutions are responding to the shifts in enrollment. Cutting programs Some schools have chosen to cut programs as a way to shore up finances.

Arts And Sciences

Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts College University

How U.S. Colleges and Universities are Responding to Declining Enrollments

WCET Frontiers

JULY 27, 2023

Welcome to the second post in our series on higher education enrollment shifts. The work group joins us today to discuss the ways higher education institutions are responding to the shifts in enrollment. Cutting programs Some schools have chosen to cut programs as a way to shore up finances.

Arts And Sciences

Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts College University

Increase Graduate School Enrollment through Strategic Enrollment Management: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 191 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Justin Grimes

The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2024

The higher education landscape faces a troubling decrease in graduate school enrollment, markedly among minority groups and engineering programs. Dr. Grimes, with over 17 years in higher education, brings a wealth of experience in diversity, equity, and inclusion in graduate education. minority and STEM).

Schooling

Schooling Recruitment Degree Engineering

Back to Campus Visit (But Not Like Before) [Webinar]

Echo Delta

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Jeff brings with him 20 years of experience in and around higher education and I don’t think you will find a more passionate advocate for both schools and the students they hope to reach. Jeff Kallay: You’re a graduate of a small liberal arts college? Mae Watters: I am. That’s a great question.

Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Schooling Faculty Students

AGB Board of Directors Statement: A Conversation with the EVP: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 188 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. Mary Papazian

The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 2, 2024

2 January · Episode 188 AGB Board of Directors Statement: A Conversation with the EVP 38 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton A conversation with Mary Papazian about the recent AGB Board of Directors Statement and the pivotal state of higher education board governance. higher education.

Leadership

Leadership Higher Education Guidance Institution

Outliers: How Some Schools Grew [Webinar]

Echo Delta

OCTOBER 30, 2021

And with two decades of experience in and around higher education, he is a sharp thinker on all things enrollment, not to mention, he is a fantastic human being. She is a nationally recognized expert and author on the topics of enrollment and student success with over 25 years of experience in higher education.

Schooling

Schooling Faculty Institution Environment

Career-readiness initiatives are missing the mark (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 11, 2023

With efforts like these gathering steam across the postsecondary landscape, it looks like higher education is in the midst of a mission shift that positions career readiness as a strategic, campuswide priority. What could be wrong with this development? But the first step is to understand the problems currently plaguing the field.

Advise

Advise Advocate Higher Education Liberal Arts

ELEVATE program: Achievement Strategies from Illinois Tech: Changing Higher Education Podcast 166 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Raj Echambadi

The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 2, 2023

2 August · Episode 166 ELEVATE program: Achievement Strategies from Illinois Tech 42 Min · By Drumm McNaughton Higher ed leaders who want to increase inclusion while maintaining affordability can emulate the actions of Illinois Tech's ELEVATE program. But here I am 30 years later. I came here and got my Ph.D.

Higher Education

Higher Education Achievement Education Inclusivity

Teaching and Thinking with Technology

Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

On November 30, 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a program designed to mimic human intelligence. This remarkable achievement sent shockwaves throughout the education sector, especially among teachers in schools and colleges. Perhaps it is not surprising that the educational sector is not best prepared for such an innovation.

Technology

Technology Humanities Liberal Arts Model

Teaching and Thinking with Technology

Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

On November 30, 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a program designed to mimic human intelligence. This remarkable achievement sent shockwaves throughout the education sector, especially among teachers in schools and colleges. Perhaps it is not surprising that the educational sector is not best prepared for such an innovation.

Technology

Technology Humanities Liberal Arts Model

Houston is the future; higher ed is stuck in past (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

So, if you’re trying to recruit someone to the City With No Limits (and no zoning), bring them to town in this narrow window. Why hasn’t higher education kept up? Robert Ubell points out that the political right continues to call for ever deeper cuts to higher education. That’s also very Houston.

Medical School

Medical School Higher Education Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts

AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

12 December · Episode 185 AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education 49 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students.

Higher Education

Higher Education Education Faculty Administration

University Leadership Central

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

As I take my leave.

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