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Using innovative TNE models grow enrolments in US colleges and universities

The PIE News

million in 2007 to 3.7m In particular liberal arts colleges and second-tier US state universities will be under particular pressure. Birth rates dropped from 4.3 in 2021 so this demographic shift will herald a marked decrease in the college age students.

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Study finds true faculty diversity is possible by 2050

Inside Higher Ed

The rate was a bit higher among liberal arts colleges: an increase of 0.33 Projecting ahead at these rates of change, the percentage of underrepresented tenure-line faculty at liberal arts colleges in 2060 would be 19 percentage points behind the general population, compared to a gap of 22 percentage points across institutions studied.

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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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Building maintenance issues admissions leaders should know about (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

During my seven years leading facilities operations at Butler University—a private liberal arts and professional institution in Indianapolis—I had the honor of working closely with the late Tom Weede.

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President moves: This state flagship finds its next president amid heap of retirements

University Business

She will have served the liberal arts college for seven years when she steps down. Mark Lombardi, Maryville University Then there’s Mark Lombardi, who has helped increase Maryville University’s enrollment to over 9,000 students—a 200% increase since he took the helm in 2007.

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Preserving Democracy: The Vital Role of Liberal Arts in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 156 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Jeff Scheuer

The Change Leader, Inc.

23 May · Episode 156 Preserving Democracy: The Vital Role of Liberal Arts in Higher Education 29 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Drumm McNaughton talks with Jeff Scheuer about the role of liberal arts in higher education and their value to the American identity and democracy.

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Tough Times Ahead for Higher Education Enrollment: Changing Higher Ed Podcast with Host Drumm McNaughton and Guests Bob Massa and Bill Conley

The Change Leader, Inc.

And in the private sector, in, non profit, four year institutions, the price declined from, roughly $19, 000 in, in current dollars, 20 23, way back in 2006, 2007, to an estimated roughly $16,000 today. And those colleges, especially private, small liberal arts colleges, are highly clustered in the Midwest and the Northeast.