Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

Women’s liberal arts institution Wellesley College students voted Mar. The nonbinding vote came after a recent debate between students and Wellesley’s administration – the latter has resisted such a change. Since 2015, Wellesley has allowed transgender women to apply for admission.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

He served as special advisor to the senior vice president for administration at the University of Southern California. Thomas holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Mount St. John Thomas John Thomas has been appointed chief of police at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Ron Brade Ron Brade has been appointed senior vice president of administration and chief operating officer at Xavier University of Louisiana. Brade holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and sciences from Virginia Tech and an MPA from The George Washington University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Mount Holyoke is a gender-inclusive women’s college in Massachusetts, one of the historic Seven Sisters, a group of highly selective women’s liberal arts institutions in the Northeast. Mount Holyoke was founded to challenge the idea that women did not need a liberal arts education,” said Holley.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance. Signatories noted increased turnover among key administrators—including Donoghue Velleca—as well. “Over the past few years, William & Mary has faced enormous challenges. This is the field we are playing on.”

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 14, 2024

In this episode of Changing Higher Ed, Drumm welcomes Dan Oppenheimer, Director of Public Affairs for UT Austin's College of Liberal Arts, to discuss the university's groundbreaking "Civil Discord" symposium that was held in March of this year. Vision for the future of civil discourse initiatives in higher education.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Administrators and faculty members should understand the math needs of different academic programs, acknowledge the reality of the students’ levels of math preparation and find ways to teach them from there. Math for Liberal Arts is a college-level course designed for non-STEM students to appreciate math.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 22, 2024

Andrews University as well as a master’s in science education and a doctorate in higher education administration from East Carolina University. PCC Trustees Chairman Charles Ellis said Pharr’s more than 14 years of experience as a community college administrator and record of success set her apart from other candidates to lead the college.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

“This will result in both academic and administrative staff changes. ” Of the eight professors laid off, Manhattanville says three will take on other administrative roles and five will leave after the spring term. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members. Focus on the Future.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 26, 2023

He has previously been dean of the School of Liberal Arts and founding dean of online education at Excelsior College. Timmons holds a doctorate in higher education administration from Bowling Green State University. Timmons said that he understands the challenges and barriers around education for minorities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2022

She has also served as associate dean for Tulane University's School of Liberal Arts; dean of arts, humanities and social sciences at the University of Denver; and dean of Harpur College of Arts and Sciences. McCall holds a Bachelor of Arts in French and German from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 7, 2024

Guillory will serve as a senior cabinet member and in the administrative office, next in line to Ford. Guillory not only brings a wealth of experience as a teacher and scholar grounded in liberal arts, but she also has served at research universities with graduate programs,” said Ford. Dr. Monique Guillory “Dr.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Under the new partnership, Deakin will offer a dual degree and an accelerated master’s program with Symbiosis in the areas of business administration & analytics and liberal arts.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 16, 2023

The institutions share classes, faculty members, administrators and governing board members. “While faculty and administration did not agree on all points, we took care to work together as a community to engage in a process that permitted careful and rigorous conversations. John’s University Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 7, 2023

"In 2019, many alumni voiced their dissent of her candidacy due to her lack of liberal arts college experience, which proved to be prescient,” the coalition stated. Three years later, in 2022, students signed a petition of no confidence in the leadership of Dr. Walters and asked for her and her entire administration to be terminated.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

One faculty diversity committee told administrators the school’s actions were undermining its work. Internally, there seems to be strife at Penn State as well. And in a Nov.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 13, 2023

With the recent announcement that Sean Decatur would assume the presidency of the American Museum of Natural History in New York after nearly a decade at the helm of Kenyon College, at least five major American cultural institutions will be headed by former presidents of small liberal arts colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 7, 2024

Guillory will serve as a senior cabinet member and in the administrative office, next in line to Ford. Guillory not only brings a wealth of experience as a teacher and scholar grounded in liberal arts, but she also has served at research universities with graduate programs,” said Ford. Dr. Monique Guillory “Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

Jo Allen, the retiring president of Meredith College, enjoys the administrative part of higher ed. Spurred on by this interest in universities’ inner workings, Allen went on to eventually lead in an administrative capacity as senior vice president and provost at Widener University before returning to Meredith as its leader in July 2011.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Liberal arts & general studies: 72%. Among these most regretful graduates, there two majors they most wish they had chosen are computer science and business administration, although computer science is far less popular among women. Sociology: 72%. Communications: 64%. Education: 61%. Marketing management & research: 60%.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

Lastly, the private liberal arts school strengthened its athletics department, adding women’s and men’s wrestling, eSports, women’s and men’s lacrosse and other sports. Cloud State’s vice president for finance and administration is scheduled to step into Wacker’s role on May 5. Cloud State University, MPR News reports.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

The new president, who had previously served as an administrator at Washington & Jefferson College in Pennsylvania, quickly developed a plan that involved investing heavily in athletics to attract students. “Small private liberal arts colleges aren’t for everybody, but they work really well for the kids that need them.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As a student activist, a longtime faculty member, and an administrator in higher education, I am particularly proud of two career accomplishments. One was fifty years ago at Earlham , a small Quaker liberal arts college, where I helped repurpose a college-owned house into a Black culture center.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

Proposal also calls for gender neutral language at women’s college whose alumni include Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright Students at the famed Wellesley College for women voted this week to extend admission to trans men and non-binary students, though campus administrators have said there is “no plan” to immediately change school policy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Rufo said his plans were to recruit faculty, restructure the administration and academic departments, develop a new core curriculum, and eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies. “My My ambition is to help the new board majority transform New College into a classical liberal arts institution,” Rufo said. “We

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

First-generation students and those from underrepresented groups and disadvantaged backgrounds are given priority in the application process for the five-week summer program at Vassar, a private liberal arts institution in New York state. Scholarships are awarded to cover tuition and room and board.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Spelman also became the top HBCU for social mobility this year, while remaining among the top 40 Best National Liberal Arts colleges. Peer evaluations from HBCU administrators contribute 20% to the rankings, and U.S. The college maintains its forefront position with a 68% graduation rate — the highest in the country among HBCUs.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The gift to the McPherson College endowment— announced Friday —is believed to be the largest gift to a small liberal arts college in history, according to the college. Ad keywords: administrators executive Editorial Tags: Fund-Raising Fund-Raising/Development Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?:

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University Business

MARCH 4, 2024

Administrators from Notre Dame College in Ohio have announced that the century-old Roman Catholic school in Ohio will be closing its doors at the end of the semester. Aside from enrollment challenges, administrators cited inflation and a “significant drop” in fundraising. The university was 126 years old.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The small, private liberal arts college in New York announced Wednesday that it would cease operations after the spring semester, citing financial concerns exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic and inflation that irreparably harmed the nearly 200-year-old institution. We thank you for your support over the years.”

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

” But detractors of Oubré and the board have questioned the authenticity of the concerns, alleging that the president and trustees are trying to stifle criticism of a leader they believe doesn’t have a plan to turn around slumping enrollment at the small liberal arts college.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 5, 2023

A liberal arts education is the ultimate preprofessional education; it can prepare you for any career. At the very small liberal arts college [Swarthmore College] I attended, I unwittingly pursued a four-year internship in academic administration. Flexibility and rigor aren’t diametrically opposed.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 12, 2023

In senior administration, you’re forced by circumstance to be more fox than hedgehog. My first administrative experience of a career center was at DeVry. What I haven’t seen, but would love to, is sustained interaction between career services offices and academic departments in liberal arts fields.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

“There are challenges facing higher education institutions, particularly smaller liberal arts colleges in the Northeast, from which SFC is not immune. Ad keywords: administrators executive Editorial Tags: College administration Coronavirus Presidents Trustees/regents Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?:

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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

She understands the power of a liberal arts education to create the visionary leaders the world sorely needs. “It’s really important to have our faculty and staff and administrations and board of trustees on the same page about a shared vision for the future,” she said, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

In cutting languages, however—the medium through which communication takes place across diverse communities—the administration forsakes its mission in the interests of money. I do not envy higher ed administrators their jobs, especially in the wake of the last three years and a spiraling list of tough decisions.

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