Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC), an organization made up of four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), is planning to launch a new institute in an effort to increase the number of engineers from underrepresented communities, using a $1.5 million investment from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Studying sociology, politics or the creative arts may well make you unhappy. But it’s not necessarily a bad choice Recent analysis has revealed the university degrees that lead to the highest life satisfaction , with Celtic studies and sports science coming out on top. At the bottom?

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Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Background Founded in 1847 in Richmond, Indiana, Earlham College is a private liberal arts institution with deep Quaker roots. Dr. Paul Sniegowski, a biologist and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, has served as President since August 2024. For the 2023-24 academic year, U.S.

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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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Faculty Focus

APRIL 27, 2025

Our professional science masters (PSM) in biotechnology degree is designed for working professionals, offering primarily online and evening courses that emphasize applied learning and professional development. A required industry internship ensures graduates enter the biotech workforce with real world experience.

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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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University Business

AUGUST 6, 2024

For the last decade, computer science majors have become highly prized by many colleges and universities. Colleges and universities have slowly begun to launch undergraduate degrees in AI. Colleges and universities have slowly begun to launch undergraduate degrees in AI. Carnegie Mellon University became the first in 2018.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 3, 2024

For two decades, the gradual decline of the liberal arts degree has been met with both resignation and celebration. Dr. Nicole Polen-Petit But, to misquote Mark Twain, reports of the liberal arts’ demise have been greatly exaggerated. And this is where liberal arts graduates excel. Some fall into all three categories.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

In fact, this rate for English majors puts it below the unemployment rate for computer and information services majors, 2.8%, though still higher compared to a number of other majors – business, engineering, philosophy, physical science, and history.

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Higher Education Inquirer

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

In some professions, it's difficult finding good work without an elite degree. The short but honest answer is that it depends on who you are and what you do with the resources you have. And it depends on what you consider success. In 2017, we co-authored a video called the College Meltdown.

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University Business

MAY 14, 2024

Deliberately integrating the humanities into Georgia Tech University’s armada of world-class STEM-based programs is the future of pedagogy at the R1 Atlanta university—and perhaps for all of higher education, says Richard Utz, interim dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, in this installment of the “University Business Podcast.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Alejandro “Alex” Hernandez has officially been inaugurated as the 10th president of Champlain College. Alejandro Hernandez “Education creates opportunity, and I’ve dedicated my life to the idea that we can build institutions that get students READY, not by luck or privilege, but by design,” Hernandez said.

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Coursera blog

MARCH 6, 2023

These latest courses, Professional Certificates, and degrees cover everything from accounting and IT to data science and software engineering. Computer science programmes from BITS Pilani are highly regarded across the industry. What will you learn next?

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University Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

“As we’re becoming concerned with our systemics structure, funding structures, and who we are and what we’re going to be, the train has already left the station on how people learn,” said Art Recesso, co-founder of the Skill Bridge Foundation,an open-source talent development system.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

The first, which initially arose in Italy and elsewhere on the European continent a millennium ago, offered professional training in law, medicine, and the church and later in such fields as architecture, business, engineering, and the sciences. We can also identify patterns and trends that might otherwise go unseen.

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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

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Here, she writes about US liberal arts degrees. Computer Science and Engineering are the most highly recommended courses of study. If nothing else, the common wisdom is clear about what a student should avoid: a course in the liberal arts. It disregards the true value of a liberal arts degree.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The happiest respondents earned their degrees in computer and information sciences, and criminology. Other highly satisfied graduates got their degrees in engineering, healthcare, business, and finance. Among those with communications degrees, for example, happy grads earn 1.6 Sociology: 72%. Biology: 52%.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

The half-day event promoted business and career advice and networking opportunities for science, technology, engineering and math students interested in pharmaceuticals and biotech, boosting students’ interest and confidence in postgraduate opportunities.

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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. Read about them here. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B.

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HEPI

JULY 23, 2024

Her article explores the evolving value of degrees in English higher education, focusing on the competence of degree-granting institutions and the implications of recent changes in degree-awarding powers. Validation’ can allow it to offer only the degrees of a validating body with which it has a franchising arrangement.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 24, 2023

9, 2023) Following many English professors’ repetitive romanticized myths that falsely oppose subjectivity and objectivity, Newman grasps onto “brain science. 9, 2023) Following many English professors’ repetitive romanticized myths that falsely oppose subjectivity and objectivity, Newman grasps onto “brain science.”

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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. But according to preliminary data out this week, the number of doctorates awarded in the U.S. That’s 2,974 fewer than in 2020.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

APRIL 29, 2025

To assist you in this process, we discuss Archer Educations critical tool of Program Viability Assessment the art and science of knowing how your programs best move across the market game board toward portfolio-level success. What Is a Program Viability Assessment, and Why Does It Matter?

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University Business

OCTOBER 25, 2022

” Bachelor’s degrees still top students’ wishlists but a substantial number of high school graduates say they don’t feel prepared to start college. ” Bachelor’s degrees still top students’ wishlists but a substantial number of high school graduates say they don’t feel prepared to start college.

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Coursera blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Learning the theory behind the application with the MS in Data Analytics Engineering As a working analytics engineer with a bachelor of arts in behavioral psychology from the University of Maine, Marta found herself craving further education that would be relevant to her career path.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Exploring the demographic characteristics of technical workers who hold a degree-level qualification, in line with the data sourced by the TALENT Commission, helps us identify wider issues related to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the technical workforce. The TALENT Commission report was published in 2022. Women represent 52.3

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The PIE News

JULY 6, 2023

Across the four countries analysed in the report, employer demand was similar in 2022, with engineering, computer science, nursing and business graduates highly sought after. “There is going to be a continuing need for liberal arts because critical thinking is still a fundamental skill,” he detailed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2023

At a time in academia when STEM is increasingly evolving into STEAM, colleges and universities with intensely driven, career-focused students are endeavoring to create space for arts education. Some students envision careers in art, music, or performance, while others see the value of the arts within the context of different career paths.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

The number of bachelor’s degrees awarded in the humanities over all fell 14.1 percent from 2012 to 2018, according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Humanities Indicators. And English majors comprise a big chunk of humanities degrees: in 2018, English language and literature made up 19.4

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The PIE News

APRIL 11, 2024

A new report from The Higher Education Policy Institute entitled How Should Undergraduate Degrees be Funded? sets out to breathe “new life” into the ongoing debate on the future of university funding in the UK. “Higher education institutions across the UK are under financial strain.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

Researchers also found that of the students who transferred to a four-year school from a community college, liberal arts majors were significantly more likely than non-liberal arts majors to change their major (82.0% So this is very concerning." The report’s authors attributed these increases mainly to a rise in returning students.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

Jackson said her mother was more inclined to the language arts. Throughout her life and career, Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson has proven to be a leader, innovator, and motivator. Jackson was a 2009 recipient of the Dr. John Hope Franklin Award but was recognized at this year’s American Council on Education (ACE) annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Joy Gaston Gayles opened the 47th annual conference for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Las Vegas with a call to disrupt the systemic oppression keeping marginalized populations from accessing higher education and burning out academics working toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion. “If

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

In STEM areas, health sciences professions and business disciplines, demand for new Ph.D.s But this is not the case in education, in social sciences and in particular in the humanities, all of which are characterized by stable or declining demand for assistant professors. is clearly growing. percent between 2011 and 2021.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

What we need, I think, is what Feldstein calls a “radically conservative” vision that conserves “the best parts of an American-style liberal arts education by re-imagining it but not rejecting it. This is an institution that values scholarship, the liberal arts, a physical campus and the teacher-scholar. ” Ugh.

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