Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Developmental math poses one of the biggest and most immutable challenges in higher education. Unfortunately, that is exactly how developmental math is used in higher education. Math for Liberal Arts is a college-level course designed for non-STEM students to appreciate math. And the list goes on.

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University Business

AUGUST 30, 2024

University leaders connect Horizons students with the university’s planetarium, community theater and other campus-related programs to help illustrate the value of higher education. Some institutions have responded by retooling their academic programs by providing more vocational, skills-based education.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Despite high profile stories about the closing of small liberal arts colleges, such as California’s Mills College and Vermont’s Green Mountain College, college closures have actually declined in the past five years. For-profit operators ran more than 80 percent of the 861 institutions that ceased operations between 2004 and 2021.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Many high school graduates are opting out of college, but if they do ultimately enter higher education, it will most likely be through community colleges— historically a primary gateway for returning adults. While the effects of these pathways have yet to be examined, early evidence points to the potential for impact.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Some professors describe this as an end run around the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which voted in early 2021 not to approve department status for William & Mary’s then year-old data science program. William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

percent increase over fall 2021 and a healthy jump from the 2.24 million freshmen who enrolled in 2019, “this is a very promising sign for higher education,” said Doug Shapiro, the research center’s executive director. percent, and in 2021, it decreased by 6.7 percent in 2021. and 2 percent.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Ask yourself: Would the $20 million gift that Bloomberg Philanthropies gave to Princeton in 2021 to support the university’s first-generation and low-income students have a greater impact at Tougaloo College, an HBCU with a $10 million endowment? Kimball and Sarah M.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Definitely a very attractive point for Asian destinations Josephine Phinith, ICEF Rob Turner, international development and marketing manager at International College of Liberal arts (ICLA), stressed that sharing co-curricular activities is mutually beneficial. Mixing domestic and international students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

years that she attended the small, private liberal arts college. This week, Grinnell will dedicate and name its newest residence hall in honor of Renfrow Smith, recognizing her legacy, life, and commitment to community, education, and equity. And sometimes it feels late because she is 110, right?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

in 2021 to -2.3% in 2022) but was still dropping faster than non-transfer enrollment in comparison (-4% in 2021 to -1.4% in 2021 to now -1.5%. The report found that the declining fall transfer enrollment slowed down in 2022 (-4.7% An overall 6.9% decrease was observed for undergraduate transfer enrollment from 2020-2022.

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University Business

APRIL 16, 2024

As the cost of higher education continues to rise for students across the socioeconomic spectrum, public and private institutions’ marketed sticker prices have become an increasingly unreliable metric for applicants to gauge how much they will pay, a new report from Brookings declares.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

Image: Adrian College president Jeff Docking has some innovative ideas for higher education leaders battling enrollment pressures and market forces. His dual capacity as president of Adrian and co-owner of Rize Education, however, has raised questions about a potential conflict of interest as use of the platform grows.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

After announcing its founding in 2021, the University of Austin has won approval to issue liberal arts degrees and is now accepting undergraduate students for fall 2024, The Texas Tribune reports. Despite criticism UATX might have received following its 2021 announcement, the school has earned legitimate traction.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 15, 2023

News college rankings often point out that much of the data used to compile the rankings is provided by “experts” who range from high school guidance counselors to admissions counselors and faculty members at various higher education institutions. The problem? For example, here are the top-ranked colleges in the U.S.

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University Business

APRIL 28, 2023

In higher education, presidential appointments can oftentimes be straightforward. John Dozier’s resounding leadership quality is his passion for people and their power to foster strong communities in higher education. Some presidents decide to retire after a healthy career, such as Clarence Wyatt at Monmouth.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

By this I don’t simply mean the astronomical costs of tuition—although this is also clearly a problem—but the fact that universities don’t routinely price tuition for different majors in relation to what it actually costs to educate a student in any given discipline. Allow me to explain. Discipline. Full Professor.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

“The University of Austin looks more and more like a viable challenge to the higher education establishment. ” That statement comes from a tweet by The Dartmouth Review describing UATX, a private liberal arts college proposed in 2021 “dedicated to the fearless pursuit of truth.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

7 faculty meeting – will make Williams the first small liberal arts college in New England to establish such a program, according to Dr. Stephen Tifft, chair of the Committee on Educational Affairs (CEA) and professor of English. The vote – done at a Dec. The proposal for the program argued for the need for AAS given the U.S.’s

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2023

Financial aid for students is one of the largest conduits of state dollars to the institution,” said Dr. Brittany Mosby, director of HBCU Success, a branch of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission focused on the health and sustainability of the state’s seven private and public HBCUs. “In

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 24, 2023

Image: Since the Taliban suspended the rights of Afghan women to pursue higher education last month, many American higher education institutions and leaders have decried the ban. ” IIE has been working to provide Afghan refugees with access to higher education since the Taliban took control in 2021, Kokodyniak said.

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University Business

MARCH 4, 2024

NDC had 1,248 total students in 2021-22, according to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. 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.

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University Business

JUNE 12, 2023

These are some key takeaways EAB gathered in their latest meta-report that creates a comprehensive picture of higher education’s future college cohort: “Gen P.” EAB aims to identify who they are so higher ed leaders can identify their needs—and win their selection. That’s an 8% rise compared to 2021.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 28, 2023

Welcome to the second post in our series on higher education enrollment shifts. The work group joins us today to discuss the ways higher education institutions are responding to the shifts in enrollment. In 2021, Delaware State University acquired Wesley College : a private liberal arts college in Dover, Delaware.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 27, 2023

Welcome to the second post in our series on higher education enrollment shifts. The work group joins us today to discuss the ways higher education institutions are responding to the shifts in enrollment. In 2021, Delaware State University acquired Wesley College : a private liberal arts college in Dover, Delaware.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

At college and university academic libraries, DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives often involve improving item-collection policies and enhancing access to materials for students and community members, resources for faculty research, and educational programming on related topics.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The first wave of the College Meltdown (2010-2021) resulted in a slow and steady drop in overall US college enrollment , with dramatic losses among for-profit colleges and community colleges. Corinthian Colleges , ITT Educational Services , and Education Management Corporation were three large for-profit chains to close.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Roanoke College is a small liberal arts school in the middle of a very red part of the state. Despite 2021 legislation allowing adults age 21+ to possess up to 1 ounce of recreational marijuana and grow up to four plants, in Virginia there is no framework for retail sales of cannabis yet, though efforts are being made.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

” But detractors of Oubré and the board have questioned the authenticity of the concerns, alleging that the president and trustees are trying to stifle criticism of a leader they believe doesn’t have a plan to turn around slumping enrollment at the small liberal arts college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Two years in, Canton is preparing a proposal that outlines the reasons for making African American studies a department, and the benefit it would bring to the university, to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in which it is situated, and to the community. The college’s dean, Dr. David E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Like Ohio Wesleyan, Karlyn is deeply committed to the value and power of the residential liberal arts experience.” “Karlyn listens, analyzes, and accomplishes — helping to guide change with an unwavering focus on ensuring the best experience possible for students,” wrote Dr. Rock Jones, OWU’s president, when announcing her appointment.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In March 2021, the chair of the Board of Trustees of Becker College announced that the institution would close its doors due to financial difficulties accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed substantive change was approved by Clark’s accreditor, the New England Commission of Higher Education, in April 2021.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

Image: Huddled around a table in the Georgetown University Alumni House, roughly two dozen academics convened last week to address two of the most persistent challenges in higher education: improving student outcomes and lowering the cost of a bachelor’s degree.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2022

in liberal arts from Colorado State University. Her book Native American Voices: A Reader continues to be a primary teaching tool in colleges throughout the country. Morris holds an M.A. from the University of Arizona in American Indian studies and a B.A.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 6, 2023

Image: D’Angelo Taylor had a hard time imagining a career in higher education. But Taylor, raised by a grandmother who encouraged him to dream big and to follow the educational path that would make those dreams come true, ended up doing both. Growing up in a tough neighborhood on the south side of Richmond, Va.,

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Image: Amid faltering enrollment rates and increased national scrutiny of the price and worth of a college education, Colorado is weighing a new formula to measure the “economic value” of degree programs offered by the state’s public institutions of higher education.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

By the end of the century, 1,500 languages could cease to exist, according to a 2021 study by a group of Australian researchers, “Global Predictors of Language Endangerment and the Future of Linguistic Diversity,” published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. nonprofit working to protect and revitalize languages across the globe.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 15, 2023

Participants came from a wide variety of institutional types, including doctoral universities, regional schools, liberal arts colleges, community colleges, and minority-serving institutions. But skyrocketing inflation caused a 2.4% drop in real wages, the third straight sharp decline, for a cumulative loss of 7.5%

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