HEPI

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

This piece considers how the school curriculum can be adapted to develop creativity, practical skills, and inclusive, real-world learning. Engineering is a UK powerhouse sector, growing in all UK regions and impacting all economic sectors. i] On the contrary, engineering is almost entirely absent from the school curriculum.

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ACRLog

APRIL 7, 2025

Caelin is the Performing Arts Librarian at Arizona State University Library. She earned her Master of Science in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The answer might surprise fellow academic librarians: I discovered the career pathway after nearly dropping out of college.

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Coursera blog

JANUARY 31, 2025

Trending university courses in 2024 Universities launched over 650 courses on Coursera in 2024, with the majority in business, data science, and computer science. Trending university courses in 2024 Universities launched over 650 courses on Coursera in 2024, with the majority in business, data science, and computer science.

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Coursera blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Hear why they chose to enroll in the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences program at UNT, what aspects of the program they found most valuable, and their advice for anyone who wants to finish their college degree online. UNT’s Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (B.A.A.S.) Then the pandemic struck.

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Liaison International

JANUARY 29, 2025

The 2025 Degree Intent Scores are powered by cutting-edge data science, advanced modeling techniques, and insights from a national survey conducted in late 2024. The 2025 Degree Intent Scores are powered by cutting-edge data science, advanced modeling techniques, and insights from a national survey conducted in late 2024.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Remember Bluto’s classic line in Animal House —“Christ. Seven years of college down the drain”? You’ve heard the arguments before, I suspect: “ College Doesn’t Need to Take Four Years.” ” College, say Wall Street Journal contributors Scott L.

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Today's Learner

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Zack shared that when he initially attended college, he found himself unsure of his path and dropped out to focus on work. Each talk delves into the unexpected twists and turns that shaped their paths, offering valuable insights and lessons for students as they think about their own future careers.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Somehow, I came across a post on the Conversable Economist blog, which, as a chemist, is not on my reading list. Schelling won the 2005 Nobel Prize in economic sciences with Robert J. This is where the liberal arts education gains considerable value. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary gives two definitions of the liberal arts.

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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. The First Amendment and academic freedom are the cornerstones of higher education.”

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HEPI

MARCH 24, 2023

This HEPI guest blog has been written by Obinna Okereke , Project Manager – Student Experience at Coventry University. Further, the discourse on poor-quality courses can be turned on its head if more SHAPE (Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts for People and the Economy) graduates left university with additional hard and soft skills.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 29, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Are you old enough to remember The Reader’s Diges t’s most popular feature: “The Most Unforgettable Character I Ever Met”? When I was a callow 19, I had the incredible good fortune met three truly unforgettable geniuses: Arna Bontemps, Aaron Douglas, and Georgia O’Keeffe.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 31, 2024

However, colleges and universities still have important work to do in order to ensure the success of their institutions and students. As colleges and universities look forward, there are lessons learned over the last year that can ensure this coming season not only returns to some semblance of normalcy but will be better than ever.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

MAY 22, 2024

Reading Time: 11 minutes Search engine optimization (SEO) has become an indispensable tool for universities and colleges looking to enhance their online presence and attract prospective students. Why is SEO important for colleges? What is SEO in education? Need help planning and implementing your school’s SEO strategy?

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UW Presidential Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

Throughout March, which is designated as Women’s History Month , we have a wonderful opportunity to pause and reflect on the extraordinary depth and breadth of what the women of the UW have achieved, on campus and off, in the sciences and the arts, as changemakers and leaders, and at every scale.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Bitter controversy has recently swirled around California’s revised Mathematics Framework, a set of recommendations about how math should be taught in the state’s K-12 schools. A data science pathway as an alternative to the standard Algebra II, precalculus and calculus sequence.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The four-year graduation rate at the Cal State campuses reached a record high—33 percent—in 2021. A recent blog posting by Michael Feldstein, one of higher education’s most astute observers, asked a fascinating question: If you were designing Cal State today, what would you do differently?

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma U.S. News ’ college rankings contain an unlikely category that you might not expect: “A-Plus Schools for B Students.” ” These are the less selective colleges and universities that serve those students with less than stellar College Board scores and nonstratospheric transcripts.

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HEPI

JUNE 6, 2024

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Professor Robin Banerjee , Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Global and Civic Engagement at the University of Sussex. But there is another huge and often overlooked benefit they bring to society. But there is another huge and often overlooked benefit they bring to society.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 5, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Sue Lorenson , vice dean for undergraduate education at Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences, is a close colleague and good friend of Eddie’s. A liberal arts education is the ultimate preprofessional education; it can prepare you for any career. Q: Your Ph.D.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Spend a Grinch-Free Holiday with Greensboro’s School of Health and Human Sciences UNC Greensboro is a regular on our HEM holiday video highlights list, and this video puts the spotlight on its School of Health and Human Sciences. But, what is a video highlight? And, what is a highlight video for an event?

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma What is an honors college? A small college within a much larger institution, with its own facilities, faculty, course offerings, scholarship and grant programs and perks for honors students. Today’s honors college is the product of a complex history.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Chad Orzel’s piece this week, “ Physics Is a Liberal Art ,” is a must-read. Classically, the “liberal” arts were contrasted with the “servile” arts. The “servile” arts were about performing employment.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Blog: Beyond Transfer Many transfer students cite affordability as a driving concern. So the student pays the same tuition at the U of A that they did at the two-year college. Participating Colleges. University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville. University of Arkansas—Cossatot Community College.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 18, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Colleges pay tribute to diversity yet largely offer a cookie-cutter approach to education. Work colleges like Berea and Paul Quinn require all students to perform campus jobs to defray part of their education’s cost. John’s College, decided to wage war against a cookie-cutter education.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Where do they think some of the best vocational education occurs if not on degree programmes in higher education institutions – whether that is a university, FE college or independent provider? He notes courses like Forensics, Accounting and Hotel Management are available in many such universities: ‘Plato around a seminar table this ain’t.’

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This blog has been kindly contributed by Dr Diana Beech, Chief Executive Officer of London Higher – the voice of higher education in London, representing over 50 universities and higher education institutions across the capital. You can follow London Higher and Diana on X (formerly Twitter) via @LondonHigher and @dianajbeech.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 17, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma A recent article in The New York Times , “Does the Meaning of a Song Change Depending on Who Wrote It?,” ” by Esau McCaulley, an assistant professor of the New Testament at Wheaton College, addresses an issue that has become extraordinarily controversial: cultural appropriation.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma NPR just pulled the plug on its once stunningly popular Invisibilia podcast, which explored “the invisible forces that shape human behavior.” Historians sometimes describe the social sciences as theory rich but often data poor. They are cultural, demographic, economic, historical, and sociological.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 2, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Nostalgia—the desire to turn back the clock and return to a seemingly superior past—can be healthy and even therapeutic, but it’s often a trap, a pathology and a temptation that must be resisted. In most cases, that imagined past turns out to be bogus. Nostalgia can be damaging.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Count on The New York Post to come up with the tabloids’ most incendiary headlines and news article leads. ’” Of course, most colleges and universities that I’m familiar with have a cultural diversity requirement. We all recall “Headless Body in Topless Bar.”

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Start spreading the news. ” No longer does the “simple advice to high schoolers to ‘go to college’” suffice. Which leaves the liberal arts, and especially the humanities, where? ” Wait a second. My undergraduates already know that. million, well above the median of $3.2

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

JUNE 5, 2024

For educational institutions, mastering the art of enrollment is not merely about filling seats; it’s about creating a vibrant community of engaged and committed learners. For educational institutions, mastering the art of enrollment is not merely about filling seats; it’s about creating a vibrant community of engaged and committed learners.

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Coursera blog

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This aspiration led him to the University of North Texas (UNT) and its Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS) program. This aspiration led him to the University of North Texas (UNT) and its Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS) program.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Somewhere between mass culture and elite culture lies a murky, often maligned intermediate, middlebrow culture. The goal of middlebrow culture was to introduce unevenly educated adults to somewhat diluted versions of high culture in accessible, engaging and unthreatening ways.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

Blog: University of Venus For someone who works at a competitive university, I spend a lot of time speaking with my students about failure. I say this in part because that mentality defined a lot of my college experience, and I don't want it to do the same for yours. Our students need real reassurance that they’re not doomed.

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Helix Education

APRIL 21, 2024

Aaron Basko This is a guest blog from Aaron Basko , vice president for enrollment management at Lynchburg Universit y. Everyone loves a David and Goliath story, and at this moment in the history of higher education, small colleges could use one. What is the real impact if a few small colleges close? The news has not been good.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 14, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation I’m totally psyched about the newly announced master of science in artificial intelligence (MSAI) degree from the University of Texas at Austin. UT Austin’s Adam Klivans , professor of computer science, and Art Markman , vice provost of academic affairs, graciously agreed to chat.

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