University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Not a week goes by without new laments about the decline of the humanities and social sciences. Many of these op-eds blame the utilitarian popularity of the STEM disciplines for declining enrollments and diminishing support for the traditional liberal arts. My experience is different.

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UW Presidential Blog

MAY 24, 2024

Connections to our Asian American (AA) and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) communities run deep at the University of Washington and across the Pacific Northwest. UW Medicine began this month by raising a flag to acknowledge the staff, faculty, patients and AA and NHPI community members across the UW.

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The PIE News

APRIL 18, 2024

Liberal arts students are afforded the fewest official opportunities for post-study work. STEM and science students have OPT , scientists and accounting and finance majors have jobs at both fintech and technology companies – humanities students are feeling the lack of options.

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HEPI

APRIL 18, 2023

This blog has been kindly written fro HEPI by Professor Marion Thain, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Culture and Technology at King’s College London. However that doesn’t mean humanities disciplines don’t have to change.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 14, 2023

Regent University is starting a Ph.D. Spartanburg Methodist College is adding a bachelor of arts in psychology. University of Hartford is starting an M.S. in computer science. American International College is starting a bachelor’s of public administration. program in government.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

She has a BA in Classics and Economics from Brown University and an MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy from the University of Oxford. Here, she writes about US liberal arts degrees. What is the purpose of a university education? Computer Science and Engineering are the most highly recommended courses of study.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 11, 2024

Across 10 fields of study, engineering and computer science majors experienced the highest median returns, exceeding 13%, followed by business, health, and math and science majors, up to 13%. million Americans. It relied on 2009–2021 data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey for 2.9

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Manhattanville hasn’t publicly announced which programs are frozen, but faculty sources say they are art history, world religions, philosophy, film studies, music, music education, French, Spanish and chemistry. Image: Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., In addition to these cuts, one lecturer was not reappointed.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 20, 2024

Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Native Explorers Program Governor Bill Anoatubby of the Chickasaw Nation on the left has supported the Native Explorers Program for 15 years. The full list of 2024 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners can be found here.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

million freshmen enrolled in a college or university last semester, a 4.3 Finney, director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Research on Higher Education. percent increase over fall 2021 and a healthy jump from the 2.24 million who enrolled in fall 2020, soon after the COVID-19 pandemic began. and 2 percent.

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University Business

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Degrees and subsequent jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have long been praised as lucrative and safe pathways for students looking to enroll at a college or university. However, there is one subset of this group that stands out in popularity and workforce prowess: computer and data science.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B. Read about them here.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Image: When Whitworth University was hit by a cyberattack earlier this year, it faced a public relations nightmare , significant financial strain and a data breach that may have affected thousands of former and current students and employees. The incident was one of an increasing number of cyberattacks against colleges since 2020.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

This page will be continuously updated as University Business monitors the changing landscape of college closings, as well as mergers and acquisitions, in the coming year and beyond. (Updated: Feb. 24) College closings are expected to uptick over the next five years due to the demographic cliff, and Northland College may be the first of 2025.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 24, 2023

Column: Letters to the Editor To the editor: I am surprised to see Andrew Newman, chair of the English department at the University at Stony Brook, in his March 9 essay "The English Major, After the End, " repeating Nathan Heller’s unresearched and misrepresented “The End of the English Major,” The New Yorker (Mar.

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The PIE News

JUNE 7, 2024

This would undoubtedly affect the performing arts, designers and perhaps film studies students, to name a few – and as argued by Polly McKenzie from University of the Arts, those who excel in such degrees tend to make life more interesting and enjoyable for the rest of us. That’s pretty much still the case.

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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. A $10K master’s degree from a top global university. I’ll give you 10,000 reasons: the degree will cost students $10,000! Totally online.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

And at the University of Montana, that’s what sets the foundation for their esports program, Grizzly Esports. I mean English majors, Biology majors, Math majors, Computer Science, we have people from everywhere,” he explains. Gaming is for everyone, no matter your background, where you come from, or what major you study.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

It is this technology-enabled ease and efficiency that I thought could benefit my teacher candidates (TCs) in my fine arts for elementary education course during their busy end-of-semester season. in response to user prompts, there is no ignoring the flurry of both concerns and hopes for its use in a variety of professional fields.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The American Association of University Professors announced Wednesday that it has launched an investigation into the cuts at Emporia State University last month, which saw 33 faculty members—including numerous tenured professors—dismissed due to financial issues. Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

” The powerhouse group of five panelists included two longtime campus CIOs, one newly appointed CIO, one vice president for digital innovation at a liberal arts college and one émigré from higher ed who now works for Amazon Web Services. ” She’s now CIO at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Image: Newly available data from the National Science Foundation suggest that the first full year of the pandemic had a major, negative impact on graduate students’ ability to finish their Ph.D.s. Degrees awarded in the life sciences fell 6 percent between 2020 and 2021, and by about 8 percent in the physical and earth sciences.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The University of Arkansas, for example, has welcomed a record number of students this school year, topping 32,000. Out in the Midwest, the smaller liberal arts-focused Wheaton College missed its 2019 enrollment mark by only 20 students after suffering from a series of budget cuts last year.

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totallyrewired

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In a recent interview, Professor Mick Grierson of the Creative Computing Institute (CCI) at the University of the Arts London shared valuable insights into the evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI) in creative fields. The session was recorded in MS Teams, which automatically created a transcript.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

At the online university where I work, students are introduced to the idea of growth and fixed mindsets upon entrance to college programming; furthermore, research indicates that multiple direct and indirect exposures to growth mindset interventions result in statistically significant positive attitudinal changes (Chambers, Lowe, and Muldrow, 2022).

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Midlands Innovation is a strategic research partnership of eight research intensive universities in the Midlands. per cent of university-educated technical workers, which is significantly lower than the share observed in other occupations (59.8 The TALENT Commission report was published in 2022. percentage points, respectively).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

of the colleges and universities that received the CGS International Graduate Admissions Survey. A report from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) shows international graduate applications increased for the fourth consecutive year and a shift continued in the countries applying. degree-granting institutions. “In

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The PIE News

AUGUST 31, 2023

Akshit Jain works at T&A Consulting in Delhi where he supports Norwich University of the Arts as country manager for India. Secondly, the holistic experience of Indian students within international universities is another area of concern. What do you like most about your job? What work-related issues keep you awake at night?

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 24, 2023

New legislation passed by the Illinois General Assembly aims to equalize credit transfers between community colleges and the state’s public four-year colleges and universities, making student transitions smoother between institution types. The bill, which is soon expected to be signed into law by Gov.

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University Business

JUNE 28, 2023

International graduate student enrollment continues to rebound since the pandemic froze students in place, and new countries and regions favoriting a U.S. education are contributing to the trend, according to a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). since being deferred by the pandemic in 2020. decrease in enrollment in fall 2022.

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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. Many political science majors do become policymakers—and the degree is a well-trodden stepping stone to law school.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Clark University had been a neighbor to Becker for nearly 135 years. In August 2021, the BSDT began its first semester as part of Clark University, with classes held in two leased buildings on the former site of the Becker College campus. It was a blow to the students, faculty and staff of this private college in Worcester, Mass.,

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

At the online university where I work, students are introduced to the idea of growth and fixed mindsets upon entrance to college programming; furthermore, research indicates that multiple direct and indirect exposures to growth mindset interventions result in statistically significant positive attitudinal changes (Chambers, Lowe, and Muldrow, 2022).

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Coursera blog

JANUARY 31, 2025

institutions , universities are continuing expanding their online catalogs. The 200+ universities on Coursera recently reached a major milestone, amassing more than 200 million course enrollments. To meet rising workforce needs, universities responded with new courses. 2024s top new course helps meet the annual demand for 2.3

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Art Pimentel , president of Woodland Community College, in California, has been appointed president of Folsom Lake College, also in California. Roach Dean of the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University, has been chosen as president there. Thomas, in Minnesota, has been named to the job on a permanent basis.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The University at Buffalo (UB) is experiencing remarkable growth in international enrollment, with students from 104 countries choosing UB for its focus on high-demand fields like computer science , artificial intelligence (AI), engineering, data science. UB has long been at the forefront of AI and data science.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

That was the dominating discussion among three higher education leaders at the cutting edge of academic and research innovation when speaking about the future of the sector in an inaugural webinar hosted by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies.

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