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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Institution Liberal Arts College History 100

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Two years in, Canton is preparing a proposal that outlines the reasons for making African American studies a department, and the benefit it would bring to the university, to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in which it is situated, and to the community. The college’s dean, Dr. David E. Two new hires are expected this year.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

MAY 8, 2023

Some of these overreaches have been in response to faculty serving as expert witness in court cases in which their testimony was unfavorable to the state’s position; some are battles over ideology; some are acts of political theatre; and some are attempts to whitewash history. In her opinion in the 2003 landmark decision in Grutter v.

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Liberal Arts Faculty Appointment History Leadership 40

Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 14, 2022

A review of that history can help us reassess that relationship. In 1961, students spent about 24 hours a week studying outside class, a number that had fallen to about 14 hours in 2003. Understandably, discussion of the NYU incident focused on the toll the pandemic has taken on students’ emotional and physical health.

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Liberal Arts Faculty Retention History 98

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 24, 2023

Thanks to recommended reading assignments from his monthly University Leadership Council, President Milliron has a lot of them: "Recently we've been reading Extended Mind by Annie Paul, which is amazing; Range by David Epstein, which is phenomenal if you're a champion of liberal arts.

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