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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. The post College students follow the money into STEM education, killing off struggling liberal arts programs appeared first on University Business.

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Building careers in the humanities

Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

Lorain County Community College is the community’s college, providing pathways to rewarding careers in all fields, including liberal arts and the humanities. This semester, the first cohort of the Mandel program came together, comprised of students with interests in the arts, writing, communication or the humanities.

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Rhodes College Awarded $800,000 for Research on Racial Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Awarded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities, the college has announced the creation of the Institute for Race and Social Transformation. “We Rhodes is a national liberal arts college where inclusive excellence and building a culture of belonging are central to our mission.

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Engagement overseas ‘integral’ in US plans

The PIE News

The State of Globalization in Higher Education report from technology provider, Terra Dotta, also found that 71% of respondents said that the strategic priority of global engagement is needed to expand the total student experience. Improving student experience was the most common reason mentioned, with 71% of those respondents saying so.

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Representation Matters

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At Delaware State, students pursuing women's and gender studies are examining the intersection of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality. “At Hollis, then dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Our students need to understand fully the historical underpinnings and current ideologies that continue to sustain this imbalance.

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Making Theater More Accessible

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Theater doesn’t belong to any particular culture — it belongs to the human impulse to tell stories.” Shaffer as a guiding text, wanting to help his students engage with and think about performance differently. Students can] begin thinking about their own background. I saw students engaging in theater in a different way.

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Helping Afghan women back into higher ed

Inside Higher Ed

A few are going further, asking what they can do to help Afghan women regain control of their academic futures, whether through scholarships to U.S. Armed guards strung barbed wire across campus gates in Kabul and stared down weeping female students. The Taliban's Dec. Dozens of male Afghan professors resigned in protest.