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Liberal Arts and Servile Arts

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Chad Orzel’s piece this week, “ Physics Is a Liberal Art ,” is a must-read. ” (Elizabeth Anderson’s 2017 book Private Government is good on this.). The boundaries of the “liberal arts” change over time and place.

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Penn’s Sniegowski Named Earlham President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Earlham has an important and longstanding place within the distinctive liberal arts tradition in the United States. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a strong researcher, a frequently honored teacher, and much appreciated academic leader.

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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

University Business

His last academic appointment was at Mercy from 2017 to 2020 as the vice president of academic affairs. Prior to that, he served as the president of Wilmington College (Ohio) and the founding associate dean of health sciences at Heidelberg University. He currently serves as the CEO of True Empowering LLC, a communications company.

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Emerging leaders: 4 colleges hire their first Black or female—or both—president

University Business

Danielle Ren Holley: Mount Holyoke College Before being reined as the 20th president of Mount Holyoke College, she was busy revitalizing Howard University’s school of law as dean and professor. She understands the power of a liberal arts education to create the visionary leaders the world sorely needs.

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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

Inside Higher Ed

An Alabama jury awarded Michael Stern $645,837 in damages, finding after a two-week trial that Stern’s former dean illegally punished him for speaking out. Around this time, Stern’s new dean allegedly opposed his tenure bid, as did the provost, contradicting the positive recommendation of his department.

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After spearheading Sweet Briar’s revival, President Meredith Woo will step down

University Business

Woo, a former University of Virginia dean, took over in 2017 shortly after alumnae, students, faculty and others successfully fought attempts by the board of trustees to shut the college down. The college is also touting its designation as one of the nation’s “Most Innovative Liberal Arts Colleges” by U.S.

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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. percent from the previous year and about 18.4

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