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Why I gave $25M to a small liberal arts college (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Now, I see this through a new lens as my husband, Richard, and I have made our first big philanthropic investment in higher education: supporting one of our nation’s small liberal arts colleges. Today’s world is made better with the kind of education students get at a small liberal arts college.

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Minnesota Catholic colleges cut languages, other humanities

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Two linked Minnesota Roman Catholic institutions are reducing language and other humanities offerings, including nixing all its ancient Greek and Chinese classes. The provost of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University has cited overall enrollment decreases and specifically low enrollments in these courses.

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Dr. Anne McCall Appointed 13th President of the College of Wooster

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McCall is currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Xavier University of Louisiana. She has also served as associate dean for Tulane University's School of Liberal Arts; dean of arts, humanities and social sciences at the University of Denver; and dean of Harpur College of Arts and Sciences.

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As I take my leave.

Dr. Missy Alexander

This is my last day as provost, and it has been a rewarding and challenging ride. Alongside healthcare, our human services programs are also evolving, with social work weaving in important questions of social justice and seeking collaborative partnerships with our criminal justice program as well as our addiction studies program.

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What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?

Inside Higher Ed

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. At my university, the provost has put in place a prerecorded self-paced, self-directed asynchronous U.S.

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

University Business

Justin Schwartz Justin Schwartz – University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Boulder has found its next president, Justin Schwartz, the current executive vice president and provost at Pennsylvania State University. Bergman was the first woman to lead the private liberal arts college when she stepped in in 2014.

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Growth in assistant professorships is uneven (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

But this is not the case in education, in social sciences and in particular in the humanities, all of which are characterized by stable or declining demand for assistant professors. granting universities in the humanities decreased by 16.8 percent between 2011 and 2021. Finally, we only explored Ph.D.-granting is growing.