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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. It is no longer enough to leave college with a diploma in hand. And I went on to earn a master’s from USC, as well.

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After “exhausting all avenues” to avoid going under, Notre Dame College closes

University Business

Administrators from Notre Dame College in Ohio have announced that the century-old Roman Catholic school in Ohio will be closing its doors at the end of the semester. The college has already coordinated Teach-Out agreements with several neighboring colleges and universities to ensure the closure does not hurt its students.

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When a college president is also a tech entrepreneur

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Adrian College president Jeff Docking has some innovative ideas for higher education leaders battling enrollment pressures and market forces. That allowed the college to build out new majors, which in turn brought in students and revenue. Rize was founded in 2019, and Adrian began using the platform the following year.

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Exploring the History of Latinos in Baseball

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He earned an associate degree in liberal arts from Orange County Community College, a bachelor’s degree in history from Vassar College, and a Ph.D. Burgos arrived at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2001, where he earned tenure as an associate professor in 2007 and rose to full professor in 2012.

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Public health majors grow by more than 1,000 percent

Inside Higher Ed

She earned a nursing assistant certification in high school but decided not to pursue the field at Westminster College, a small private institution in Salt Lake City; she worried that it would limit her job opportunities when she graduated. Image: Tabitha Edson always knew she wanted to work in health sciences. and growth in existing ones.

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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The professor will be based on the Hartford campus in UConn’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. s 2001 Patriot Act, which Chang says authorized police infiltration and surveillance of American Muslim communities and wrongful incarceration of people assumed to be terrorists. Patterns of racialization in the U.S.

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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The professor will be based on the Hartford campus in UConn’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. s 2001 Patriot Act, which Chang says authorized police infiltration and surveillance of American Muslim communities and wrongful incarceration of people assumed to be terrorists. Patterns of racialization in the U.S.