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Small College America – Profile: Davidson College

Edu Alliance Journal

April 21, 2025, by Dean Hoke : With this profile of Davidson College, I complete the tenth and final entry in my series exploring small colleges across the United States. Background Founded in 1837 by Presbyterian leaders, Davidson College is a private liberal arts college located in Davidson, North Carolina, just north of Charlotte.

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Fostering Teamwork: Implementing Collaborative Assignments as High-Impact Practice

Faculty Focus

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) recognizes the following 11 evidence-based practices as integral to student success. In fact, the National Association of Colleges and Employers lists communication, critical thinking, equity and inclusion, and teamwork as four of the eight career readiness competencies.

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Survey: How college students say they learn best

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Many college students see teaching style as a barrier to their success , but which class formats and active learning methods do they prefer? But arts and humanities students (n=129) are significantly less likely than their peers in the social sciences (n=539) and natural sciences (n=630) to choose interactive lectures (22 percent).

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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Faculty members at the College of William & Mary are concerned that the institution is purposely excluding them from conversations about the future. Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school.

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Colleges deploy new strategies to revive English programs

Inside Higher Ed

If Blackwood’s course sounds like a divergence from the humdrum small-group discussions that college English courses bring to mind, well, you probably haven’t taken a college English class recently. percent from 2012 to 2018, according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Humanities Indicators.

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Innovating at Scale

Inside Higher Ed

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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Dozens of Religious Schools Under Department of Education Heightened Cash Monitoring

Higher Education Inquirer

The US Department of Education (ED) has placed a number of religious colleges and universities under Heightened Cash Monitoring (HCM). Paul's School of Nursing Torah Temimah Talmudical Seminary Union Theological Seminary Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College Antioch College Paul's School of Nursing St.