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Why these leaders want to secure the liberal arts in a digital world

University Business

Land-grant universities are building new colleges , HBCUs are racing to secure better funding and even liberal arts colleges are reviewing their general education curriculum. These developments have thrust some higher education leaders to defend the place the humanities hold in the halls of our most prestigious institutions.

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Minnesota Catholic colleges cut languages, other humanities

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Two linked Minnesota Roman Catholic institutions are reducing language and other humanities offerings, including nixing all its ancient Greek and Chinese classes. The provost of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University has cited overall enrollment decreases and specifically low enrollments in these courses.

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Morehouse Gifted Anonymous $20M Supporting New Professorships

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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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. Watson, provost and vice president for academic affairs at FAMU. Young will serve as director of the new Center for African and African American Studies at Florida A&M University. and Catherine T.

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Dr. Anne McCall Appointed 13th President of the College of Wooster

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McCall is currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Xavier University of Louisiana. 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.

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Growth in assistant professorships is uneven (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

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. granting universities in the humanities decreased by 16.8

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Emory Launches AI Institute to Improve Patient Care, Health Equity

Insight Into Diversity

Bellamkonda, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, in a statement. Bellamkonda, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, in a statement. “By Emory AI.Health will initially focus on improving care for underserved communities in Atlanta, with plans to expand AI technologies globally.

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