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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

The coursework in the crosshairs isn’t hard to divine, either: liberal arts mainstays such as literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology. Those with liberal arts degrees took umbrage. Without art history, anthropology, and archaeology majors, who will curate our museums?

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Struggling law school seeks to reinvent itself

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South Royalton’s main claim to fame, however, is that it is home to the Green Mountain State’s only law school. Vermont Law School has doled out juris doctor degrees to students from across New England and beyond since 1972. Vermont Law School is no different. Interest in J.D.

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Mount Holyoke Taps Howard University Law Dean to Lead College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Howard University law professor and dean has been named Mount Holyoke College’s first permanent Black female president in the institution’s 186-year history. Under her leadership, the law school increased its national profile, created new programming and pulled in more funding and resources.

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Emerging leaders: 4 colleges hire their first Black or female—or both—president

University Business

and NYU have all recently elected a Black or female president—or both—for the first time in their schoolshistories. Mills’ extensive involvement with the university since 1999 put her at the forefront of the race. She has published articles in Harvard Law Review and Cornell Law Review, among others.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

Manhattanville hasn’t publicly announced which programs are frozen, but faculty sources say they are art history, world religions, philosophy, film studies, music, music education, French, Spanish and chemistry. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members. Focus on the Future.

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

University Business

John Karl Scholz (Photo: UO Website) With experience as a professor, economist and provost (which he currently still serves at the University of Wisconsin-Madison), his focus at Oregon will be student career readiness and postgraduate success. from Arizona State University in Psychology. Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S.

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President’s corner: How Rob Vischer balances growth with century-old values at University of St. Thomas

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Rob Vischer took over the University of St. Thomas in January during a pivotal period in its 139-year history. Once a s mall Catholic liberal arts college, St. Thomas is now the largest private university in Minnesota and is eyeing to expand its influence across state and national lines. As the dean of St.