Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The private liberal arts institution in Great Barrington, Mass., Photo courtesy Sarah Kenyon) “BQLP offered a unique opportunity to start my college career earlier than expected and a chance to learn how best to advocate for change,” says Alice Billings, a BQLP student who is also undertaking a concentration in history. “I

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Also receiving the Spotlight Award was liberal arts institution Cedar Crest College , Pennsylvania, for its Carmen Twillie Ambar Sophomore Expedition. Congrats #AlbanyState for receiving the 2023 NAFSA Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award, for its Curriculum Internationalization initiative.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Enter Roanoke College, a small liberal arts college in Virginia, making headlines by launching a cannabis studies program with two majors and a minor—a first in the Commonwealth and a rarity on the East Coast. Fast forward, and now they are churning out chemistry and business majors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Hollis, then dean of the College of Liberal Arts. She is active in the National Women’s Studies Association and has been a vocal advocate for HBCUs developing women’s and gender studies programming. Clark Atlanta University and Spelman College are the only HBCUs that offer a major or degree program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Eighty-two percent of liberal arts and sciences, humanities and general studies majors changed their majors upon transfer. Doug Shapiro, executive research director at the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The data also find that over half of transfer students decided to change their major when making their move.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2023

One striking example was highlighted in the case of a highly regarded private liberal arts college in the Midwest when it recently issued a public announcement about the creation of a department of African Diaspora studies on campus.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 14, 2024

In addition to advocating for the international community and implementing internationalisation goals on campus, she serves as the risk and crisis manager for international programs and facilitates globally themed opportunities for the university and local community.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 29, 2023

Miller believes private liberal arts colleges, as well as community colleges, are trying harder to recruit male students in particular, in part by offering more sports participation options. ” He said more analysis would be needed to understand why the data showed an increase in male students.

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University Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

While SVU is technically a secular private liberal arts college, it identifies with the values of the LDS Church. Cordon recently spent five years as the Young Women general president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

“The first thing that comes to mind is if it’s a proposal to reduce, does that mean a reduction in general education or the liberal arts and sciences at a time when that type of education is more critical than ever for addressing the wicked problems and grand challenges of which COVID-19 was emblematic?”

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Especially from the perspective of someone like me, who has long been an advocate for the transformative impact of experiential learning on students’ social and economic mobility, and a critic of higher education’s tendency to overlook students’ career preparation in favor of other goals? or Seattle—an untenable dream.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

A project at Montclair State University (MSU), a public research university in New Jersey, focuses on reviving the Native American Munsee language, while faculty and students at Haverford College, a private liberal arts school in Pennsylvania, are working in Oaxaca, Mexico, to safeguard Zapotec languages.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

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.” ” Dr. Susana Rivera-Mills, Aurora University (Aurora, Ill.) News Ranking’s public law school ranks 18 spots to #6.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 14, 2024

On October 9th, Holy Cross, a prestigious liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts, announced a major expansion of its financial aid program. The college will now cover the full cost of tuition for families earning less than $100,000 per year, an increase from its previous threshold of $75,000. “

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The final rules were similar to the draft regulations released over the summer, though the department declined to make many of the changes requested by advocates, Custer said. The role of the corrections agencies has concerned some of those running programs behind bars and other advocates.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

From the strategic and smart use of technology, to the need for data fluency across all disciplines (and yes, that includes liberal arts institutions), and the changing modes of online and in-person instruction, universities have been watching, and some embracing, what employers expect from graduates in today’s rapidly changing workforce.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

Another mathematics professor at a liberal arts college who has served on the American Mathematical Society Council spoke on the condition of anonymity, as she was not authorized to speak in that capacity. This professor advocated for her math department to cancel its American Mathematical Society membership, and it agreed to do so.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

” Together with colleagues at other community colleges, Brennan has also advocated for an international education “re-think” at community colleges. Efforts at Grinnell College indicate that internationalisation is not limited to public institutions.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In retaliation for Stern’s internal and external activism, Auburn in 2009 suddenly moved the department of economics out of the College of Business and into the College of Liberal Arts, the lawsuit said. Going Public.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

McGuire was referring to the many changes the university, which was founded as a liberal arts college for women 125 years ago, has undergone in recent decades. “In fact, we are something of a unicorn, being still primarily a women’s college,” she said. ’” Chavez said.

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The Student Affairs Collective

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

I then pursued a graduate assistantship with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at The University of Connecticut, and am also working in a practicum within the School of Social Work. This was textbook academic/student affairs partnership – check!

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University Business

DECEMBER 12, 2023

They are a viable marketing asset and should be cultivated as crucial lifetime brand advocates. Many state universities have done so well with this tactic that they’ve eclipsed smaller liberal arts colleges. Each graduate is more than a potential donor. But private schools win this way, too.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

AAC&U – American Association of Colleges and Universities – this is the organization that focusses on liberal-arts education across higher education with an emphasis on enhancing the quality of teaching and learning and advocacy on the power of a liberal education. including college and university counselors.

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Campus Sonar

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Of these institutions, public campuses are less likely to be stable than their liberal arts and private, nonprofit counterparts. While not the only reason for this change, a lack of public trust in higher education is a big part of the challenge in advocating the value of an education to elected officials—only 51% of U.S.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

MAY 14, 2022

This is the heart of a liberal-arts education. We teach our students to verify what they read and hear, we help them to think critically about the information and perspectives they encounter, and we encourage them to advocate for their conclusions. Let us hope that those who drive the media will do likewise. [1] 2] Ibid.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 17, 2018

For example, Education Dive pointed to the unbundling of higher education, the transitional nature of todays college students who transfer to multiple colleges, the return of the liberal arts education, and the infusion of augmented reality into higher education.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Whether it’s building something new or redesigning existing space, Frater also advocates for nimble spaces. A student at a liberal arts college in Georgia described its arts building as being “in a serious state of disrepair.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

MAY 30, 2022

As we welcomed you on August 23 rd 2018, I spoke about our academic theme of Resilience stating: The Liberal Arts provide us with an array of viewpoints and historical perspectives so we can better contextualize and understand the challenges we encounter in our lives.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

AUGUST 26, 2022

We are here because deeply engaging in the life of the mind and opening ourselves up to the holistic world view that is the core of a liberal arts education prepare us to make good and often difficult decisions. As a living learning community, we must always strive to be better.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The host and guests advocate for strategic decision-making and innovation as key to navigating these challenging times. And those colleges, especially private, small liberal arts colleges, are highly clustered in the Midwest and the Northeast. the demographics are very daunting. And, they’re not likely to do it.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 31, 2023

I’ve devoted the past decade and a half to researching and advocating for evidence-based policies and interventions that show the greatest promise for increasing access to educational and economic opportunities in the United States. But his current one is Inside The Liberal Arts: Critical Thinking and Citizenship.

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Echo Delta

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Jeff brings with him 20 years of experience in and around higher education and I don’t think you will find a more passionate advocate for both schools and the students they hope to reach. Both Jeff and Mae are thoughtful and enthusiastic advocates for the campus visit and I’m excited to welcome them both. Mae Watters: I am.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 13, 2023

Their curriculum is truly balanced and includes training in academic success skills and a rich liberal arts core. Participation in an affinity group or a learning community organized around a theme or shared interest can provide students with the support and affirmation they need to succeed.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 10, 2023

Design Around the Student Monica Parrish Trent, vice president of network engagement at Achieving the Dream, advocates not just holistic advising but holistic student support in general. The effects were biggest for underrepresented student groups.

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University Business

AUGUST 8, 2024

His wife is also a local advocate for expanding postsecondary access to prisoners , per USA Today. 2 Performing Arts 65.9 3 Art History 62.3 5 Liberal Arts 56.7 7 Fine Arts 55.5 bump in undergraduate enrollment this past academic year broke the state’s 14-year streak of declines. 10 History 53.5

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Echo Delta

JULY 30, 2024

I was recently looking at the website for a very traditional liberal arts college, the liberal artsy of the most liberal arts colleges, and they were showing profiles of students. Grant De Roo: Exactly. And for what it’s worth, I’ve seen it cut both ways as well. Jarrett Smith: Yeah, interesting.

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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. Those advocating for DEI, in contrast, frequently want to shut out an ever-widening set of ideas, including some that are held by many. I have my doubts.

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