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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. Read more from The Washington Times.

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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. The company surveyed more than 250 US global education professionals in April 2023.

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Representation Matters

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hollis, then dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Shauntae Brown White, professor of mass communication and coordinator of women’s and gender studies as well as Interim Associate Dean of the College of Arts, Social Science and Humanities, was part of the proposal process and the minor’s development.

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ChatGPT: Threat or Menace?

Inside Higher Ed

However, if this tool is to live up to its potential, it must mine the proprietary databases in which serious scholarship resides. I’m no Dr. Pangloss, and I certainly don’t want to come across as a hopeless optimist, let alone as an uncritical promoter of the new technology. As Claudia Golden and Lawrence F.

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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. Currently there are eight institutions participating in the initiative, including New York University and the California Institute of Technology. “Scholarships to study at a U.S.

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Alphabet Soup

Susquehanna President's Blog

AAC&U – American Association of Colleges and Universities – this is the organization that focusses on liberal-arts education across higher education with an emphasis on enhancing the quality of teaching and learning and advocacy on the power of a liberal education.

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Landscapes of learning for unknown futures: presenter responses to audience questions

SRHE

From example, my school friends and I used to gather in a hallway that adjoined the gym to the art wing at our high school, for no other reason than it was the perfect size for our group to hang out before school every morning! Brett’s work prioritises Activity Theory conceptions of human practice, and interventionist methodologies.