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Colleges competing for Birmingham-Southern students: Speedy transfers, $5,000 scholarship offered

University Business

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. Meanwhile, Spring Hill College in Mobile is attempting to entice prospective transfers with $5,000 scholarships.

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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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DePauw University Receives $200 Million in Support of Strategic Plan

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DePauw University DePauw’s Bold and Gold 2027 strategic plan seeks to bolster the university around four principles: the liberal arts and sciences; the student experience; institutional equity; and responsible financial and operational management. The school is set to launch this coming fall. higher ed institution.

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Mount Holyoke Taps Howard University Law Dean to Lead College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mount Holyoke is a gender-inclusive women’s college in Massachusetts, one of the historic Seven Sisters, a group of highly selective women’s liberal arts institutions in the Northeast. Under her leadership, the law school increased its national profile, created new programming and pulled in more funding and resources.

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Cazenovia College Closes, In a Possible Harbinger for Similar Schools

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Cazenovia College, a 199-year-old private liberal arts school in upstate New York announced last Wednesday that it would close after the spring semester, sophomore Ally Ruetton was shocked. “No After the default, Bergh and Cazenovia’s other leaders embarked on a desperate search for a way to save the school. “We

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U.S. institutions offer scholarships to Ukrainian refugees

Inside Higher Ed

candidate—and became one of the many Ukrainian students currently benefiting from scholarships offered by U.S. institutions have launched programs to support Ukrainian students on their campuses, ranging from large public universities such as Texas A&M University to small liberal arts colleges like Mount St.

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Program Equips Community College Students to Obtain Four-Year Degrees

Insight Into Diversity

First-generation students and those from underrepresented groups and disadvantaged backgrounds are given priority in the application process for the five-week summer program at Vassar, a private liberal arts institution in New York state. Scholarships are awarded to cover tuition and room and board.