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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. Today’s world is made better with the kind of education students get at a small liberal arts college.

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

University Business

The college has already coordinated Teach-Out agreements with several neighboring colleges and universities to ensure the closure does not hurt its students. Following a failed attempt to absorb the struggling college into Cleveland State University, NDC had exhausted all its avenues to keep from going under. IWU was 181 years old.

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When a college president is also a tech entrepreneur

Inside Higher Ed

Federal data show Adrian enrolled nearly 1,200 students in 2001, but that number had dwindled to fewer than 1,000 by the time Docking arrived. Data available on the website show that unlike most liberal arts colleges, Adrian’s enrollment has boomed, increasing from under 1,000 students in 2005 to roughly 1,900 today.

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Exploring the History of Latinos in Baseball

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He is a professor of history at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 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. in history from the University of Michigan. Latino, African American, and sports history.

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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The city and area hold a large population of people from places such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, along with more recent refugees from Afghanistan and Syria, according to Dr. Jason Oliver Chang, director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut. Patterns of racialization in the U.S.

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Public health majors grow by more than 1,000 percent

Inside Higher Ed

The number of undergraduate public health majors has skyrocketed over the past two decades, according to new research from the University of Minnesota, Johns Hopkins University and the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health that analyzed three different data sets. ” Ruby H.

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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The city and area hold a large population of people from places such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, along with more recent refugees from Afghanistan and Syria, according to Dr. Jason Oliver Chang, director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut. Patterns of racialization in the U.S.