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US liberal arts could shift focus to help post-study work options

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Humanities departments in the US may need to shift their focus so international students can find better post-study work and garner a “wider variety” of international enrolments, stakeholders have suggested. Liberal arts students are afforded the fewest official opportunities for post-study work.

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

The coursework in the crosshairs isn’t hard to divine, either: liberal arts mainstays such as literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology. Those with liberal arts degrees took umbrage. Without art history, anthropology, and archaeology majors, who will curate our museums? New tools.

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Flawed survey on the 'liberal arts' (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

Column: Letters to the Editor To the Editor: The survey and book that Scott Jaschik reports on (" What Are the Liberal Arts? 19) is seriously flawed and the reasons why help us to understand the problems that the Art & Science Group and study purport to study. 2022), 16-26. " Sept. Ohio State University.

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What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The December 2022 issue of Jacobin , which bills itself as “a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics and culture,” contains a provocative article entitled “I Love Higher Education. It Isn’t Loving Me Back.” ” It’s a tough read.

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Mellon Foundation Announces More Than $12 Million for Social Justice Projects

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Phillip Brian Harper In Spring 2022, the foundation had invited proposals from institutions – accredited, non-profit, four-year liberal arts degree-granting U.S. Phillip Brian Harper In Spring 2022, the foundation had invited proposals from institutions – accredited, non-profit, four-year liberal arts degree-granting U.S.

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Reflections on Fitzgerald and the Qatar World Cup (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In the same way, I hoped students would see Qatar’s transformations as containing many political possibilities while recognizing the country had much work to do in terms of human rights. Western countries, including both European nations and the United States, have a terrible track record when it comes to the history of human rights.

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President’s corner: How Doug Hicks carries a Southern staple into the modern era

University Business

President Doug Hicks graduated from Davidson College at a time not too far separated from when the small private liberal arts college still capped enrollment of women. When he returned to the campus in 2022 as its newly appointed president, he was greeted by a microcosm of the modern American experience.