Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2024

This demographic and economic boom period in the country created the foundation on which academia rests today and, in many ways, is still seeking to recapture. As the 2025 fiscal year is fast approaching, the looming question is, what institutions will survive without these financial lifelines? For one, America is aging rapidly.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Doing that at a prestigious Research 1 institution was too important to pass up. 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.

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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). So, for instance, the shuttering of nine degree offerings at Marymount turns out on closer inspection to affect about 75 students, or about 2% of the institution.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

Brooke Vick, PhD The organization is a consortium of senior diversity officers from 36 private liberal arts institutions across the U.S. In your view, how will this decision affect academia in the long term? who exchange ideas and best practices to implement equitable and inclusive strategies on their campuses.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The institution has a storied history. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Community colleges across the country are having similar issues recruiting professors, particularly in career and technical education fields such as nursing, computer programming and automotive technology, where potential instructors can often find better pay outside academia. percent drop.

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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.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

That said, for institutions whose leaders are willing to ask “what if?” At most higher education institutions, coursework outside the regular academic year falls outside financial aid packages.

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College. Ambrister and Tom Bogart managed their pandemic-era funding to set their institutions up for long-term success. With level-headedness, Clarence D.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

Rural-serving institutions (RSIs) face many more unique challenges than most urban schools and persist, comprising more than 25% of all U.S. Although inherently different, every higher ed institution can learn from the innovative best practices RSIs have been forced to adopt to help positively impact their enrollment and more.

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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.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This incident is viewed not just as an isolated event but as a potential template for future actions in other institutions. It illustrates the extent to which political forces can assert control over academic institutions, fundamentally altering their governance and operational ethos.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 18, 2023

One solution to rising tuition costs would be that a large consortium of schools, e.g., PAC-12 schools or all Midwest liberal arts schools that happen to compete with one another, should announce they are not going to raise tuition by more than inflation each year for the next ten years. Learn more at changinghighered.com.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This contraction is not a mere ebb and flow but a clarion call for a fundamental change in how these institutions operate. Three Key Takeaways For Higher Education Leaders and Boards Student-Centric Change : At the heart of lasting institutional transformation must be the people it serves. 00:07:45] Catherine: Yeah.

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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. Nor was I the first in my family to go to college.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

Not dissimilar are the college classrooms of smaller, liberal arts colleges. However, technology contains multitudes of weaknesses which have been documented and analyzed in recent years, first in academia and now even in popular media.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

So to limit access to the information that strengthens us is troubling for a government to do,” says Richard Baker , JD, P hD , executive director of institutional equity and equal employment opportunity and Title IX coordinator at Rice University. Baker is also a member of the INSIGHT editorial board.

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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.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

My own professional experience—which ranges from Big Ten universities to my current small, liberal arts setting—suggests that if the humanities are dying, it is not for the reasons Professor Mintz focuses on in this essay. embracing the possibility of change as something positive that we have the ability to navigate.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

Not dissimilar are the college classrooms of smaller, liberal arts colleges. However, technology contains multitudes of weaknesses which have been documented and analyzed in recent years, first in academia and now even in popular media.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2023

will be moving into entrepreneurial pursuits after serving in academia for 30 years, according to The Oklahoman. Administrators chose Parwinder Grewal in July of 2022 to oversee the revamp and hopefully return the merged institution to financial stability. retires after an 11-year tenure at the school. Despite this, Smith Jr.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 24, 2023

President Milliron shared his broad experience in leadership positions, the workings and role of a board of trustees no matter what the institution, and the ups and down of leading actual people, the backbone of any organization. Mark Milliron , president of National University , joined us on our Weekly Wisdom Podcast.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

My own college, like many institutions, is laser-focused on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Second, many in academia fail to acknowledge that different people can hold distinct moral ideas, some of which will be offensive to others.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 8, 2025

Faculty surveys are a familiar practice in higher education, but many institutions fall short when it comes to using that data to drive long-term change. He oversees the initiatives research and institutional collaborations. Too often, results are seen as evaluations rather than inputs into strategy and leadership development.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

As the new administration goes even more energetically after academia Id like to share some data about our sectors standing. Today Ill continue that line for the reasons Ive previously given: to document key stories in higher education; to witness human suffering; to point to possible directions for academia to take. More cuts: St.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 6, 2025

Academia Next: The Futures of Higher Education. A Former United States Secretary of Education and a Liberal Arts Graduate Expose the Broken Promise of Higher Education. The College Stress Test:Tracking Institutional Futures across a Crowded Market. [Editor's Note: Please let us know of any additions or corrections.]

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