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Oh, the humanit(ies)! Why integrating the liberal arts and STEM is a win-win for students, institutions

University Business

Integrating the arts into STEM (“STEAM”) has been in discussion since at least 2010, when the Rhode Island School of Design helped pioneer it. ” Conversely, small liberal arts colleges are beginning to expand their horizons, privy to an emerging economy and the new workforce it will demand. .

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

The coursework in the crosshairs isn’t hard to divine, either: liberal arts mainstays such as literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology. Those with liberal arts degrees took umbrage. The key is to paint a sharper picture of the enormous benefits that liberal arts actually deliver.

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College closures are surging. Can institutions pause the plummet?

University Business

Located just 60 miles from Talladega, the private liberal arts school shuttered its doors in May. President Kimbrough deduced that its decline was due to issues beginning in 2010 that festered during leadership turnover. Talladega, Kimbrough asserted, still finds itself in a viable position to change course.

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Struggling law school seeks to reinvent itself

Inside Higher Ed

According to data from the nonprofit Law School Transparency , VLS welcomed a matriculating class of 212 first-year law students in 2010, but by 2013 that number had fallen to 129. It’s been a rough decade for Vermont’s small liberal arts colleges. Interest in J.D. Vermont Law School is no different.

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College Meltdown 2.0

Higher Education Inquirer

is distinctly different than the College Meltdown that started in 2010. The first wave of the College Meltdown (2010-2021) resulted in a slow and steady drop in overall US college enrollment , with dramatic losses among for-profit colleges and community colleges. College Meltdown 2.0 Elements of College Meltdown 2.0

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New graduate program at Gustavus Adolphus College

Inside Higher Ed

But a combination of competitive pressures, demographic patterns and accreditation requirements in one of its most job skill–focused undergraduate fields has led the private liberal arts institution to create its first-ever master’s degree—and to consider adding others.

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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This marks an increase of more than 15,000 Asian people in the county since 2010. The professor will be based on the Hartford campus in UConn’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The Asian population in Hartford County alone totals more than 53,000, making it one of the counties in the state with the most Asian residents.