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. As higher education faces growing pressure to invest in academic programs that provide direct pathways to a career, many resource-strapped colleges have responded by making significant cuts to their liberal arts offerings.

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HEPI

JULY 9, 2024

For higher education, a political affairs reset began long before the polls concluded. For higher education, a political affairs reset began long before the polls concluded. This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Ruth Arnold , Director of External Affairs at Study Group. And so it is decided. It’s been a long wait.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

That the humanities are in crisis will surprise exactly no one. Since the Great Recession of 2008, but especially after 2012, the share of majors in the humanities has continued to decrease precipitously among American college-goers. What’s behind this decline? No complex problem has a monocausal explanation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Georgetown University and Howard University have been awarded a $3 million grant to help fund the establishment of a center for medical humanities. year grant from the Mellon Foundation will go towards the Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice, which aims to reduce health disparities in D.C.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Meanwhile, the humanities and social sciences are taking a back seat. Meanwhile, the humanities and social sciences are taking a back seat. But something exciting is happening in the world of higher education.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

“ Technology can become the wings that will allow the educational world to fly farther and faster than ever before – if we allow it (Arledge).” ” ChatGPT has given the field of higher education another opportunity to fly farther and faster. Will we allow it?

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This week, the British Council Scotland and Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities awarded 13 international EARTH scholarships to early-career researchers. One EARTH scholarship recipient is Camellia Biswas, who is a doctoral researcher in Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indiana Institute of Technology.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

This is a much-needed part of higher education strategy, especially given Labours framing of its policies in terms of missions. Often, the focus of attention in translational efforts is bounded within STEM subjects, with the idea of translation originating in the biomedical sciences, with the bench to bedside approach.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This is the case in politics, but it’s also true in higher education. Shifts in demography, the economy and cultural values have far greater influence than the stories that dot the higher ed press. What were the most important events in higher education in 2022? Supreme Court decision on affirmative action.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2024

Smallwood has been appointed dean of the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at North Carolina Central University (NCCU). He served as professor and chair of the department of history and political science at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

“ Technology can become the wings that will allow the educational world to fly farther and faster than ever before – if we allow it (Arledge).” ” ChatGPT has given the field of higher education another opportunity to fly farther and faster. Will we allow it?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, University of Vermont Tenured: No Age: 34 Education: B.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts from Hampshire College; M.A. in Sociology of Education with a policy concentration; Teachers College Columbia University; and Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

A psychologist and cognitive scientist, her research centers on the human mind and how people divide the world into categories. “In We are living in an era of remarkable change in which the relevance of higher education in general, and the promise of the liberal arts in particular, could not be clearer. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

Dr. Paula Krebs Report on English Majors’ Career Preparation and Outcomes draws on findings from a number of different sources, including the Hamilton Project, the National Humanities Alliance, the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, and Humanities Indicators. But for women, that number falls to around $61,000.

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Liaison International

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The landscape of higher education is evolving rapidly, driven in large by part by the ability of artificial intelligence (AI) to reshape the way colleges and universities operate, from personalized learning experiences to enhancing administrative efficiency.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

Students from 77 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are set to participate as HBCU Scholars in the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona. We couldn’t be prouder to support them on their journey.”

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The campus – known as the School of Transdisciplinary Science and Design – is found within the University of Malaya and was officially opened during a ceremony on September 2, 2024. Its opening has been six years in the making, first suggested by former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad in 2018.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 29, 2023

Systemic and structural bias are often manifest in disparities in education, healthcare, housing, employment, and criminal justice. Blacks in every age group have significantly higher rates of diabetes, strike, heart disease, and death. Case in point: Healthcare. Black babies die at twice the rate of white babies. Why is this the case?

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The PIE News

APRIL 11, 2024

Stakeholders in UK higher education are exploring a range of potential funding models for undergraduate education, against a backdrop of financial sustainability concerns, course cuts and redundancies for higher education institutions. “Higher education institutions across the UK are under financial strain.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 6, 2024

It is expected to fund six endowed professorships in the college’s Division of Business and Economics; the Division of Humanities, Social Sciences, Media, and the Arts (HSSMA); and the Division of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, including the Office of Health Professions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

Officials said the layoffs are the resulted from the elimination of the College of General Studies (CGS) at the university’s Waukesha campus, where students could earn an associate degree in liberal arts — such as in arts and humanities, math and natural sciences, and social sciences and business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 11, 2024

Earning a college degree is still a sound investment, although the rate of economic return varies across college majors and student demographics, according to a new American Educational Research Association (AERA) analysis of 5.8 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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Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

We’ve done the same thing in the context of higher education. Another thing I’ve observed in higher education is a fishbowl, where students come and swim around in our courses and in our academic curriculum, but they fail to do anything with that knowledge outside of the context of the learning environment itself.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Today on the HEPI website, Annamaria Carusi challenges the common assumption that translational research is only relevant to STEM fields, making the case for a broader, more integrated approach that fully values the contributions of the arts and humanities. You can read that piece here.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2022

She has also served as associate dean for Tulane University's School of Liberal Arts; dean of arts, humanities and social sciences at the University of Denver; and dean of Harpur College of Arts and Sciences. McCall holds a Bachelor of Arts in French and German from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Dr. Darius Young Young is a history professor at the FAMU College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. Young will serve as director of the new Center for African and African American Studies at Florida A&M University. Darius Young is a transformational leader, thought partner, and historian. and Catherine T.

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University Business

JULY 1, 2024

The state, and its flagship institution, experienced a rude awakening in 2023, when the slow-paced, “timeless” way of life in their favorite song was confronted with the volatile reality of contemporary higher education, specifically lower enrollment and a $45 million budget shortfall.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

I suspect this pattern of continuous review and adjustment will define all of higher education in this country going forward.” Previously frozen programs are those in African studies, Asian studies, film studies, French, museum studies, music, music education and world religions, professors said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

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. Champlain’s education model is designed to get students “ready for work, ready for life, ready to make a difference,” Hernandez said.

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HEPI

MARCH 24, 2023

In today’s VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world, there is increasing pressure on the UK higher education sector to produce highly-skilled global ready graduates. This HEPI guest blog has been written by Obinna Okereke , Project Manager – Student Experience at Coventry University.

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The PIE News

MARCH 21, 2023

The British Council is committed to supporting and fostering the culture of entrepreneurship and innovation in higher education institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. One of the recommendations to the supporting entities was to stimulate and support Humanities, Arts and Social Science research commercialisation.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

India became the number one source of higher education students to America for the second year,” said Garcetti, who served as the guest of honour at the conference. “Over 1 million students in the US come from this incredible country. Eric Garcetti, US Ambassador to India.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

Three years into the current Artificial Intelligence (AI) hype cycle, catalyzed by the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, AI continues to profoundly disrupt higher education. While we certainly share these concerns, we do remain relatively optimistic about one aspect of higher education: learning to write. literature).

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Like many neurodivergent academics, Tim works across an astonishing range of knowledges, including political science, fine art, public policy and pedagogy. by Kai Syng Tan A loveless storm and a love-filled symposium On 18 November I was ill. Universities, watch and learn. Yes it can be done.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Favors – will focus on fostering educational opportunities for students and faculty and innovating for social, economic, and racial justice. “The Frances Ward-Johnson, dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. The center – helmed by N.C.

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University Business

MARCH 28, 2024

Conservative groups, politicians and organizations launched a coordinated attack on DEI in higher education in 2023, in some cases disrupting these programs established to promote fairness and student success, and to address decades of exclusionary policies and practices in higher education. Remember the why.

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Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Lorain County Community College is the community’s college, providing pathways to rewarding careers in all fields, including liberal arts and the humanities. This semester, the first cohort of the Mandel program came together, comprised of students with interests in the arts, writing, communication or the humanities.

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