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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 Liberal Arts Colleges: Punching Above Their Weight

Helix Education

percent between 2015 and 2019.” A case study for small liberal arts colleges This really hit home for me earlier this year when I was invited to represent the university that I work for at the inauguration of a new president at my alma mater, West Virginia Wesleyan College.

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Students at Women's College Voted in Favor of Allowing Transgender Men and Nonbinary People Assigned Male at Birth for Admission

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Women’s liberal arts institution Wellesley College students voted Mar. Since 2015, Wellesley has allowed transgender women to apply for admission. Several other women’s liberal arts colleges allow trans women for admission but also allow trans men who transition at university to graduate. “I

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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. This dual-degree approach combines the benefits of a liberal arts education with technical training, preparing students for careers in engineering, business, and technology fields.

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Making the Case for a Liberal Arts Education

The Higher Ed Marketer

The liberal arts education has evolved. Dr. Lake Lambert began his tenure as the 16th President of Hanover College in 2015 and is the former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Mercer University in Macon, Ga. Dr. Lambert's thoughts on the value of liberal arts curriculum .

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Marquette University Receives $1.25 Million to Bolster Prison Education Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The prison education program as a whole has had more than 400 students since 2022, composing a mix of both incarcerated or formerly incarcerated people and Marquette undergrads, though the program’s origins stretch back to 2015, Wheelock said. It is in service of the foundation’s goal to expand access to liberal arts education, she said.

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Report: Fall Transfer Enrollment Remains in Decline in 2022

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Researchers also found that of the students who transferred to a four-year school from a community college, liberal arts majors were significantly more likely than non-liberal arts majors to change their major (82.0% Yet, these climbs did not outweigh continuing transfer student declines.