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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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Pushing to No Longer Keep Meredith College a ‘Best-Kept Secret’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It made her the first alumna to be president of the private women’s liberal arts college in its 130-year history. From 2012 to 2018, Meredith also carried out its largest fundraising campaign yet, raising more than $90 million. Under her watch, Meredith has blossomed. It’s this plan that Allen is most proud of.

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What can private institutions do about the middle-class squeeze?

University Business

Colby College in Maine has promised the Class of 2029 that middle-class students who enroll will find their private liberal arts degree more affordable than many in-state public institutions. 1% had a nearly 30% admission rate, which caught headlines as its publication last year coincided with the end of affirmative action.

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Humanities majors should pay lower tuition (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Since the Great Recession of 2008, but especially after 2012, the share of majors in the humanities has continued to decrease precipitously among American college-goers. Instead, American universities have adopted the expedient, but ultimately harmful, practice of keeping tuition fees for all liberal arts degrees essentially equal.

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

University Business

A small private, often religiously oriented liberal arts college struggling with a poor budget deficit can no longer rely on a regional pool of traditional-aged college students due to demographic changes. The university was 86 years old.

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Journal places warning on flawed abuse-homosexuality study

Inside Higher Ed

Grove City, in Pennsylvania, is a Christian liberal arts college. ” In a now-retracted 2012 paper under Donald I. “And I do think that’s on Springer—the publisher—and on Ken Zucker.” ” “And I would have liked to have had a citation on the work that I did,” Throckmorton said.