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Oh, the humanit(ies)! Why integrating the liberal arts and STEM is a win-win for students, institutions

University Business

Meanwhile, the humanities and social sciences are taking a back seat. Colleges and universities hailing from both sides of the fence are inching ever closer to the middle, integrating lessons in the humanities with STEM-based curriculum—and vice versa. But something exciting is happening in the world of higher education.

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Why Non-Traditional Learners Need the Liberal Arts—and Vice Versa

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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I Did a Boo Boo

Higher Ed Data Stories

Then--despite the organization's oft-cited commitment to transparency--they stopped. Similarly, it's either "AP 2D Art & Design" or "AP 2-D Art and Design." Turns out, their data was correct. I have a history with College Board, of course. Less data, and less insight, in other words, was better.

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Young to Head-up FAMU Center for African and African American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Darius Young Young is a history professor at the FAMU College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. The center, which will open its doors during the 2024-25 academic year, is made possible in part, from funding from two major philanthropic organizations. The Henry Luce Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T.

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Rethinking the Future of the Humanities

Inside Higher Ed

There’s a pervasive sense among many adults with humanities degrees that In the wake of deconstruction, poststructuralism, postmodernism, semiotics and the cultural, linguistic and discursive turns, literary studies, in particular, like other core humanities disciplines, is in deep trouble. The field is besieged. What happened?

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A generational mission: Benjamin Riley on the founding of Deans for Impact

Deans for Impact

In an education industry often defined by promises of quick fixes to thorny problems, Benjamin consistently focused attention on enduring truths: that teaching is a human craft of both art and science; that learning is a social activity; and that the deeply complex work of teaching and learning is worthy, then, of great reverence and inquiry.

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Liaison and NAGAP Forge Partnership to Empower Graduate Enrollment Management 

Liaison International

This strategic partnership signifies a crucial step forward in the GEM field, combining the capabilities of both organizations to better support the graduate education community. WATERTOWN, Mass., This partnership will empower NAGAP with the ability to partake in defining, collecting, and disseminating essential graduate enrollment data.

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