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How to beat the enrollment cliff: Act like Yamaha

University Business

However, one private liberal arts school has transformed its enrollment strategy by bucking its traditional paradigm. million endowment, the Maine-based institution’s sheer growth has allowed leadership to implement a tuition freeze through 2030 and guarantee all full-time employees a $50,000 minimum salary.

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Bard College to support 425 refugee students

The PIE News

A liberal arts and sciences college from New York has pledged to support 425 refugee and displaced students in the next four years as the UN seeks to reach its 15by30 target. The 15by30 commitment from the intergovernmental peace organisation is aiming to get 15% of young refugees enrolled in higher education by the year 2030.

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Carleton College to Begin Divesting From Fossil Fuels

Inside Higher Ed

While the action plan laid out in the statement doesn’t immediately sever ties with fossil fuel companies, it does lay out a timeline for the “full liquidation” of investments in oil and gas by 2030 and promises transparency in reporting updates on progress toward divestment.

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How one small private school will power 50% of its campus with solar energy

University Business

With the stroke of a pen from the Iowa college’s former president Raynard Kington, the private liberal arts school in Iowa pledged to begin enacting measures toward carbon neutrality. Moreover, Grinnell will save over $3 million in energy costs over its 20-year contract agreement with Trusted Energy.

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Belmont University hires new VP of hope, unity and belonging

Inside Higher Ed

It was with those goals in mind that Belmont administrators, faculty and staff members, and students got together in the first half of 2022 to map out the vision for the institution’s values, mission and goals by 2030.

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ELEVATE program: Achievement Strategies from Illinois Tech: Changing Higher Education Podcast 166 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Raj Echambadi

The Change Leader, Inc.

But there was no civics, history, geography, or any form of a liberal arts education. The Naval Academy, by legal statute, requires 80% of the graduates to be technical majors in STEM and 20% to get a liberal arts education. We were required to take a lot of liberal arts courses. I was a physics major.