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Small College America – Profile Wabash College

Edu Alliance Journal

Background Established in 1832, Wabash College is a private liberal arts institution dedicated exclusively to undergraduate education for men. He has been president since 2020, and he has been with Wabash as a professor of chemistry and administrator since 1998. The current President is Dr. Scott Feller.

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U.S. institutions offer scholarships to Ukrainian refugees

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Andriyana Baran spent the 2020–21 academic year as a Fulbright scholar in the United States, serving as a teaching assistant and helping to develop online learning curricula for the University of Kansas at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. So she returned to KU—this time as a Ph.D. colleges and universities.

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Spelman College Receives Largest Single Gift to HBCU

Insight Into Diversity

Spelman College, a private women’s liberal arts college in Atlanta, has received the largest single donation ever awarded to an HBCU (historically Black college or university). Of the $100 million, $75 million will go to endowed scholarships to attract future students while removing financial barriers, according to the institution.

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US ambassador urges more study opportunities for US students in India

The PIE News

According to the Institute of International Education Open Doors Report 2020, over 3,300 US students studied in India in 2018-2019, which further fell to 1,736 students in 2019-20, according to the US Department of State. Eric Garcetti, US Ambassador to India.

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AAUP: How wealth is being weaponized to manufacture backlash

University Business

The nonprofit membership organization with over 500 local campus chapters and 39 state organizations believes that much of the uproar against higher education since 2020 derives from a small and coordinated effort by wealthy Republican- and Libertarian-backed megadonors.

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Colleges used these 3 strategies to spark big enrollment rebounds this Fall

University Business

Out in the Midwest, the smaller liberal arts-focused Wheaton College missed its 2019 enrollment mark by only 20 students after suffering from a series of budget cuts last year. But at the beginning of this new fall semester, colleges across the country are reporting big turnarounds.

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President moves: Announcing a surge of hires, including this state flagship

University Business

An accomplished academic and administrator, Kiss earned her master’s and doctorate degree from Oxford College after earning a Rhodes scholarship. Kiss also served 12 years as president of Agnes Scott College, an all-womens liberal arts college in Atlanta. Retiring Matt Wetstein – Cabrillo College (Calif.)