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. Too often, I hear conversations debating the importance of liberal arts education compared to the value of workforce development. For one, America is aging rapidly.

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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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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). HOLY SWEET CRAP that casual equation of “fewer liberal arts students” = universities becoming vocational schools.

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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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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

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.

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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 article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D. in New York University’s joint Ph.D.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The phrase “workforce development” evokes specters of training and skill building designed to primarily benefit employers, but what if academia sought to reclaim internships as legitimate sites of learning and self-exploration?

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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. However, Riverso does have a background in developing young talent through academia. He also served on the review committee at NYU for their master’s construction program curriculum.

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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. Retired Kim Mooney – Franklin Pierce University (N.H.)

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

Also, don’t fully disregard liberal arts education since students still need a well-rounded education. I’m trained to do primarily one thing, whereas folks in liberal arts are trained to think differently about many things and learn different subjects. But they must stay proactive and transparent.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We are reminded that what’s happening in Florida is not just an isolated issue but a warning sign of the potential nationwide impact of political interference in academia. And that got me really interested in issues of intellectual freedom, free speech, and, once I did get back into academia, academic freedom.

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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.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

” [00:32:04] Catherine: I think you are absolutely right, Drumm, and in academia more than anywhere else, we’re probably used to thinking about peer review. 00:07:45] Catherine: Yeah. and Drumm, I think that’s true. Am I crazy? Or does this make sense?” So, this is just another opportunity for peer review. [00:32:17]

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This mind-set is driven by the increasing importance of “corporate” leadership models as well as the growing predominance of STEM research culture in academia. Is it accessible to readers outside academia? And I don’t just mean that we need to better support those units on our campuses—although we do.

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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.

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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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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. Meanwhile, a significant and growing percentage of U.S.

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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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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

In addition to harming programs designed to support marginalized students, these encroachments on academia are antithetical to the idea of academic freedom and expression, says Heintzelman. “[The Government overstep into higher education is a common fear among many DEI experts and advocates. It won’t just be these items.

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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. . — Langston University The only HBCU in Oklahoma will be looking for a new leader as Kent J. retires after an 11-year tenure at the school. Despite this, Smith Jr.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 24, 2023

In academia, I've always been enamored with folks who can work the art of leadership in a really clear way, all kinds of models, all kinds of people who've inspired me to think, 'If I could just steal a little of that, a little of that.'

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Second, many in academia fail to acknowledge that different people can hold distinct moral ideas, some of which will be offensive to others. Faculty, staff and students in liberal arts colleges, particularly elite ones, rarely think of religion when they invoke DEI.

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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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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 8, 2025

Share faculty accomplishments in ways that resonate with stakeholders outside academia. Faculty are looking for more than just updatesthey want to understand how decisions are made and whether leadership is advocating for their needs. Telling the story of impact in accessible, human terms is often more effective than sharing abstract metrics.

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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. [Editor's Note: Please let us know of any additions or corrections.] Books Alexander, Bryan (2020). Johns Hopkins Press. Alexander, Bryan (2023). Bennett, W.

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