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Business and Health Professions Lead Faculty Growth as Humanities Decline, CUPA-HR Report Finds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In recent years, higher education institutions have faced increasing pressure to prioritize disciplines with clear career pathways over traditional liberal arts programs, according to a new report from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). Business also showed robust growth of 20.8%

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An impossible task points to value of liberal arts (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

’” As a chemistry professor at a small liberal arts college, I was immediately intrigued and eagerly climbed into this rabbit hole, because in my courses on general chemistry, there are many concepts that would never occur to my students, even after several lectures and homework assignments.

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Small College America – Profile Earlham College

Edu Alliance Journal

Background Founded in 1847 in Richmond, Indiana, Earlham College is a private liberal arts institution with deep Quaker roots. Dr. Paul Sniegowski, a biologist and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, has served as President since August 2024.

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Study finds true faculty diversity is possible by 2050

Inside Higher Ed

Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication and information science at Cornell University; Neil A. percentage points each year on average between 2013 and 2020. The rate was a bit higher among liberal arts colleges: an increase of 0.33 times the current pace if they want the professoriate to reflect the U.S.

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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

Inside Higher Ed

In retaliation for Stern’s internal and external activism, Auburn in 2009 suddenly moved the department of economics out of the College of Business and into the College of Liberal Arts, the lawsuit said. The First Amendment and academic freedom are the cornerstones of higher education.” I’m going to hear about this.”

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A professor's job is endangered for teaching about race

Inside Higher Ed

15, I concluded a class and walked out of the classroom to find the provost and the dean of the school of liberal arts and sciences waiting for me,” Joeckel wrote. Lewis Phenomenon: Christianity and the Public Sphere (2013) and Golden Notes , a novel (2016). “On Feb. “On Feb.

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Why did Allegheny cut its Chinese program?

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Citing a structural deficit and the need to cut at least $1.5 million in faculty salaries while increasing its student-faculty ratio, Allegheny College in Pennsylvania charged a task force with reviewing its academic programs. Unanswered Questions. So why was Chinese targeted? “Why was Chinese language and culture cut?