University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

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. The key is to paint a sharper picture of the enormous benefits that liberal arts actually deliver.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Column: Letters to the Editor To the Editor: The survey and book that Scott Jaschik reports on (" What Are the Liberal Arts? 19) is seriously flawed and the reasons why help us to understand the problems that the Art & Science Group and study purport to study. Ohio State University. " Sept. 2022), 16-26.

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University Business

APRIL 30, 2024

Colby College in Maine has promised the Class of 2029 that middle-class students who enroll will find their private liberal arts degree more affordable than many in-state public institutions. ” Greene’s comments shed light on a more significant issue across higher education.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As the University of Wisconsin System faced a dire fiscal situation, system President Jay Rothman suggested chancellors consider “shifting away” from liberal arts programs, particularly at campuses with low-income students. link] shift-away-from-liberal-arts-programs-at-low-income-campuses?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

DePauw University has received its largest gift yet in the form of $200 million in support of its strategic plan. higher ed institution. Adding in this substantial gift, the university’s strategic plan has raised $240 million in major gifts. The school is set to launch this coming fall. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 2, 2024

The College of Mount Saint Vincent announced it has officially earned university status as designed by the New York State Board of Regents. 1, it became the University of Mount Saint Vincent. It transitioned to a co-educational place of learning in the 1970s, adding several master’s degrees.

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University Business

APRIL 16, 2024

As the cost of higher education continues to rise for students across the socioeconomic spectrum, public and private institutions’ marketed sticker prices have become an increasingly unreliable metric for applicants to gauge how much they will pay, a new report from Brookings declares.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2023

SUNY Old Westbury will be transitioning into a university, effective Jul. The name change will be subtle – from “State University of New York College at Old Westbury” to “State University of New York at Old Westbury.” This new designation rightly represents the type of institution that we are today.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 30, 2024

Kenro Kusumi Kenro Kusumi has been named university senior vice provost and dean of The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University. Kusumi holds a bachelor’s degree in biochemical sciences Harvard University and a Ph.D. in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

By Karin Fischer Illustration by The Chronicle; Getty Images; Jens Kalaene, picture-alliance, dpa, AP They say the the liberal-arts institution, which has a reputation for standing up to authoritarian governments, has done little to support them.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 19, 2023

The Institute for Race and Social Transformation (iRaST) will undertake an in-depth examination of historical and contemporary social issues that impact the local community. The post Rhodes College to Establish Institute for Race and Social Transformation appeared first on INSIGHT Into Diversity.

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University Business

JANUARY 19, 2024

For the first time in her career, she was the president of a university. This also marked the first time in DePauw University’s history that a woman and a person of color was stepping in. “Certainly, in my 40-plus years working in student affairs, I had responded to all kinds of institutional and student crises. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

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. I’m just really excited to lead such a dynamic and important institution like Mount Holyoke,” said Holley in an interview with Diverse.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2023

Philander Smith College will be transforming into a university, the school announced Aug. As a university, the Little Rock liberal arts school will look to expand academic offerings and research opportunities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 12, 2023

He explained his departure in an open letter, claiming that Dr. Clarence Lang, dean of the College of the Liberal Arts, had refused to follow through on a commitment to hire two new tenure-line faculty. West resigned Apr. 5, less than a year into his five-year term.

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University Business

MARCH 12, 2024

Fontbonne University will close in 2025, a decision that follows years of dwindling enrollment and financial losses at the 100-year-old Clayton-based liberal arts institution. Fontbonne’s board voted Sunday to “declare financial exigency” and close the university after its 2025 summer term.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 13, 2023

With the recent announcement that Sean Decatur would assume the presidency of the American Museum of Natural History in New York after nearly a decade at the helm of Kenyon College, at least five major American cultural institutions will be headed by former presidents of small liberal arts colleges. Why is that?

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University Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The University of Minnesota Morris is excited to share with potential students that they could potentially save $20,000 on tuition costs for a bachelor’s degree, which may appease a public and federal government pushing for a more affordable higher education. Everything from English to political science and biology qualifies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 14, 2023

As a scholar engaged in legal research, the law library of New York University School of Law, ranked in the top ten of law schools, affords one bountiful offerings of legal research tools such as HeinOnline, Lexis Plus, VitalLaw, Law Journal Library and Proquest that are not available at primarily undergraduate institutions such as my own.

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University Business

JANUARY 16, 2024

State universities in West Virginia have an uphill struggle to resuscitate interest in higher education. Due to shifting market needs, President Gordon Gee announced last August that West Virginia University would cut or restructure 32 programs and lay off 169 faculty. What is a land-grant university’s core principle?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Link will become president of Drew University, effective Jul. Link Previously, Link has been president of Allegheny College, dean of Temple University Rome, vice provost at Barnard College of Columbia University, and director of scholar programs at New York University. “I Dr. Hilary L.

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Higher Ed Data Stories

DECEMBER 23, 2022

There are a couple of problems with using that paper to prop up this argument, however: First, the study included about 200 liberal arts colleges, and nowhere does it suggest that the conclusions can be generalized, or even that the results are reflective of reality every where else. So we don't know what the admit pools look like.

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The PIE News

JULY 6, 2023

Universities are “uniquely placed” to address workforce gaps and should effectively become “skills brokers”, a new report says. By developing knowledge workers that industry needs, universities can maintain their mission of enabling strong graduate outcomes, the paper from Nous Group indicates.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 29, 2023

Image: Rising numbers of community college students kept total enrollment across all sectors of higher education flat this spring despite a decline in the largest category of institutions by share of enrollment: public four-year universities. percent at nonprofit institutions and 2.2 percent at for-profit institutions.

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University Business

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Degrees and subsequent jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have long been praised as lucrative and safe pathways for students looking to enroll at a college or university. While most institutions and their academic programs faltered during the worst of the pandemic, this STEM subset thrived, growing 6.2%

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

New College of Florida is seeking a $400 million state investment over the next five years to help it boost enrollment and compete with other liberal arts colleges, a highly unusual amount for a public institution with roughly 700 students. The college had 669 students in 2022.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

Age is not a factor that is often prioritized when it comes to DEI efforts, according to a new study from Washington University in St. Even WashU’s own Office of Institutional Equity hasn’t made age a priority, said study co-author Natalie Galucia, manager of the university’s Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

Alabama A&M University is reportedly planning to make an offer to purchase the shuttering Birmingham-Southern College campus, which would become Alabama A&M University at Birmingham.

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University Business

MARCH 28, 2024

The race is on for schools to acquire students from Birmingham-Southern College after the small liberal arts school announced Tuesday it will close May 31. Read more from AL.com The post Colleges competing for Birmingham-Southern students: Speedy transfers, $5,000 scholarship offered appeared first on University Business.

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Creatrix Campus

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Top 10 Student Recruitment strategies every institution should adopt editor Tue, 10/03/2023 - 05:24 In the dynamic world of higher education, recruiting top-tier talent isn't just a process—it's an art. These proven methods have fueled successful enrollment campaigns, driven diversity, and amplified institutional excellence.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

Women’s liberal arts institution Wellesley College students voted Mar. Several other women’s liberal arts colleges allow trans women for admission but also allow trans men who transition at university to graduate. “I Since 2015, Wellesley has allowed transgender women to apply for admission.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

“Earlham has an important and longstanding place within the distinctive liberal arts tradition in the United States. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Sniegowski holds a bachelor’s degree in music from the Indiana University School of Music; an M.A.

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University Business

APRIL 19, 2024

Three college administrators—including one president—will be coordinating goodbye parties at their current institutions as they prepare to move on to bigger opportunities elsewhere. A tenured community college leader, Stephenson has 15 years of experience serving institutions across Alabama, Missouri and Kentucky, Tampa Bay Times reports.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has announced partnerships with four new Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers. TRHT Campus Centers comprise community colleges, liberal arts colleges, HBCUs, minority-serving institutions, faith-based institutions, and large research universities.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 18, 2024

Spelman College, a private women’s liberal arts college in Atlanta, has received the largest single donation ever awarded to an HBCU (historically Black college or university). The news comes as HBCUs continue to report having significantly smaller endowments compared to other institutions.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Exploring Transfer program at Vassar College is a summer intensive that immerses currently enrolled community college students in an academically rigorous environment, providing vital support and encouragement so they can ultimately continue their education at a competitive four-year institution. This is about equity. This is about. —

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University Business

JANUARY 3, 2024

But at the end of the day, cash is king, and institutions are always ready to accept monetary gifts that can potentially help increase the student experience. Universities such as Mount Holyoke College (Mass.) Take some notes from your adult learner playbook Which institutions had the most alumni willing to give?

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