University Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In his 2011 The New Yorker essay , Harvard professor Louis Menand conceptualized the function of higher education in three ways: to develop life skills, enhance career prospects and improve social status. “It takes courage to be an institution of education, and it takes courage to develop it in other people,” she says. .

Liberal Arts

University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

But something exciting is happening in the world of higher education. Academic (re)program Last year, Georgia Tech University’s liberal arts college organized a symposium on interdisciplinary learning in the 21st century, inviting academics from across the institution. What can we do?

Liberal Arts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2024

When I first became a higher education professional, I remember being told that higher education was not a business. Now more than ever, I reflect on that perspective and ask if it is relevant to society’s emerging realities and today’s public perceptions and expectations for higher education.

Higher Education

University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

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. The key is to paint a sharper picture of the enormous benefits that liberal arts actually deliver.

Liberal Arts

University Business

MAY 14, 2024

Deliberately integrating the humanities into Georgia Tech University’s armada of world-class STEM-based programs is the future of pedagogy at the R1 Atlanta university—and perhaps for all of higher education, says Richard Utz, interim dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, in this installment of the “University Business Podcast.”

Humanities

University Business

MAY 3, 2024

Two presidents have been hired at small private colleges in the past two weeks and one leader is choosing to retire after four decades in higher education. Bates has a proven track record as a higher education leader around Ohio, as well as in the private sector. Laurie Patton – Middlebury College (Vt.)

Arts And Sciences

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.

Liberal Arts

Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

Ted Mason, PhD In the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to ban race-conscious admissions in higher education, experts in the field of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) are at a crossroads. In your view, how will this decision affect academia in the long term?

Liberal Arts

HESA

APRIL 5, 2023

I see we’re back into tiresome public debates about the value of “Liberal Arts” and the “Humanities” (not synonyms, even though most people use the terms interchangeably). Devereaux entitled “ Colleges Should be More than Just Vocational Schools ” (where “college” is being used in the American sense of “undergraduate education”).

Humanities

The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

12 December · Episode 185 AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education 49 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students.

Higher Education

Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Results from a recent Student Voice survey , conducted by Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse with support from Kaplan, and the flurry of thoughtful articles in response, make it clearer than ever that internships must play a large part in the future of higher education. To be frank, it probably looks expensive.

College

University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. Both Jenkins and Gillespie noted that Bates’ commitment to the liberal arts made Jenkins a great fit to foster “student engagement” and a “culture of collaboration.” Treasury Department and the Council of Economic Advisors.

Arts And Sciences

Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

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.”

Humanities

University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Among higher education’s most recent presidential comings and goings, we have a mix of vetted academics and professionals who draw on the wealth of their outside experience. Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College.

Liberal Arts

University Business

OCTOBER 6, 2023

He came into power at the small liberal arts school after a DeSantis-backed overhaul of the Board of Trustees ousted former President Patricia Okker. Corcoran won out against two other presidential prospects with extensive experience in academia. She’s held her position there for the last two years.

Liberal Arts

The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

7 November · Episode 180 A Global Shift in Higher Education Requires a New Business Model 36 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton This conversation–rooted in the findings of E&Y white paper: How are you balancing the books for a digital future? covers the global shift in Higher Education.

Model

The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 18, 2023

John Katzman, who founded Princeton Review, says up to a third of overall university expenses could eventually be cut without damaging the education experience. But I was drawn into this topic, field, and academia more generally four years ago. I currently work for a large multinational firm managing their cash and investments.

Higher Education

The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

Also, don’t fully disregard liberal arts education since students still need a well-rounded education. Dr. Koricich and his team have received generous funding from The Joyce Foundation, Lumina Foundation, and Ascendium Education Group. in Higher Education and a B.S. Dr. Koricich earned a Ph.D.

Institution

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A social and cultural historian with a specialty in the history of childhood, the family and the life course, he directed Columbia University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Teaching Center and the UT system’s Institute for Transformational Learning. We need it desperately, both to be able to survive and to thrive.

University

Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

In Florida and Texas, 2023 has brought a wave of proposed policies, leadership firings and new appointments, and political maneuverings designed to stifle DEI initiatives and closely related higher education offices. Understand that all of those events are celebrated by those offices across ideology, race, and sexual orientation.”

Inclusivity

eLiterate

JANUARY 17, 2023

While this problem is often framed by academia as a decrease in the supply of students—the so-called “enrollment cliff,” the hot job market, and so on—I think it is better understood as a failure to respond to changing demand and new opportunities. Some institution is needed to fill the educational role.

Medical School

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

It is no coincidence that after leaving Congress, Chisholm joined academia where she taught at Mount Holyoke College — a private women’s liberal arts college in Massachusetts. Her priorities carried immense resonance in her time as an extension of Black Power and feminism, but they also do in ours,” warns Curwood.

Liberal Arts

Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

Perhaps it is not surprising that the educational sector is not best prepared for such an innovation. Higher education has not been particularly embracive to new technologies, at least not since the invention of the internet. Not dissimilar are the college classrooms of smaller, liberal arts colleges.

Technology

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 24, 2023

I've dedicated my life to helping more and more diverse students be more successful in the world of higher education so that they have more opportunities in their lives. The UIA was developed during Bridget’s tenure as an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellowship at Arizona State University.

Higher Education Leadership

Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

Perhaps it is not surprising that the educational sector is not best prepared for such an innovation. Higher education has not been particularly embracive to new technologies, at least not since the invention of the internet. Not dissimilar are the college classrooms of smaller, liberal arts colleges.

Technology

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The goal among many in higher education advocating for DEI is to foster not only the understanding of but also the granting of respect to each viewpoint and those who hold it. Second, many in academia fail to acknowledge that different people can hold distinct moral ideas, some of which will be offensive to others.

Inclusivity

Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Today, while Trump continues to flood the zone, I want to establish a sense of what the higher education baseline was before he cut loose. As the new administration goes even more energetically after academia Id like to share some data about our sectors standing. Tony Bates offers a good backgrounder. More cuts: St.

Arts And Sciences