Higher Ed Data Stories

JUNE 2, 2024

You can see the college or university sector, region, urbanicity, and Carnegie classification (rolled up into larger segments for clarity.) I downloaded IPEDS data from 2010 to 2022 (even years) and created the visualization to show those changes and patterns in bachelor's degrees awarded.

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Degree Liberal Arts Computer Science Arts And Sciences 192

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.

Engineering 107

Engineering Institution Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences 107

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

McPherson College has received the largest single commitment to a small U.S. liberal arts college, potentially resulting in the school receiving $750 million for its endowment. The Kansas liberal arts school has raised $130 million so far. The deadline is Jun.

Liberal Arts 98

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences College Engineering 98

University Business

APRIL 4, 2023

Lindsey Ash says she likely would have sought a liberal arts degree in speech therapy — until a high school class steered her toward science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Read more from The Washington Times.

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Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Engineering Scholarship 52

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.”

Humanities 119

Humanities Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Engineering 119

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. At Middlebury College (Vt.), For example, a data scientist earns a $100,323 median salary over the first 10 years.

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Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Schooling Degree 111

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The grant – from the National Science Foundation (NSF) – is a first-of-its-kind awarded to a historically Black college or university (HBCU) through the NSF Decision, Risk and Management Sciences , Office of Integrative Activities , and HBCU Excellence in Research (EiR) integrated programs, for this type of research. Gilliam, Jr.

Humanities 106

Humanities Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Engineering 106

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.

Liberal Arts 105

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Engineering Students 105

University Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

What are the top 10 most regretted college majors? What may just as noteworthy as what’s on that list is that nearly half of all current job seekers regret their choice of college major, a new ZipRecruiter survey says. The survey asked graduates whether they would choose the same major if they could do college all over again.

Computer Science 98

Computer Science Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts Engineering 98

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. Likewise, Georgia Tech promotes interdisciplinary study in AI through a new minor available to its liberal arts and engineering students.

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Computer Science Arts And Sciences Schooling Liberal Arts 105

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

CFI students can take up to four blended courses for free, for which they earn college credit, while learning to acclimate to college settings, perhaps for the first time, according to Wheelock. It is in service of the foundation’s goal to expand access to liberal arts education, she said.

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Liberal Arts Education Facilities University 111

Helix Education

DECEMBER 6, 2023

That requires great creative work that really stands out from all the other marketing messages that students see—and it’s what the RNL creative team does with each campaign they undertake for colleges and universities. ” Creating compelling digital engagement ads across Facebook and Instagram.

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Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Facilities Engineering 104

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% in Fall 2022), a trend mostly unaffected by the effects of the pandemic.

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Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Community College Degree 97

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 5, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Sue Lorenson , vice dean for undergraduate education at Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences, is a close colleague and good friend of Eddie’s. A liberal arts education is the ultimate preprofessional education; it can prepare you for any career. Q: Your Ph.D. is in linguistics.

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Deans Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Education 98

Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 30, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. In dual enrollment programs, high school students take college classes that count for both high school credit and college credit. Senior years of high school (at least in the US) are notoriously full of electives; if an elective slot or two is devoted to college courses, so be it.

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Liberal Arts Community College Schooling Engineering 89

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. Central to the King’s vision for an evolving humanities is the recognition that we have an ethical obligation to move beyond critique.

Humanities 143

Humanities Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts Computer Science 143

Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

If Blackwood’s course sounds like a divergence from the humdrum small-group discussions that college English courses bring to mind, well, you probably haven’t taken a college English class recently. But not all English faculty members are hopeless about the future of the discipline.

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College Arts And Sciences Humanities Department 126

University Business

JANUARY 10, 2023

President Meredith Woo has spearheaded Sweet Briar College’s triumphant revival over the past several years, and now she is making way for the institution’s next leader. Meredith Woo (Sweet Briar College). The initiative prioritizes women’s leadership, sustainability, engineering and equestrian programs.

Liberal Arts 81

Liberal Arts Leadership Engineering Facilities 81

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In my view, a college education shouldn’t just cultivate students’ cognitive, analytic and problem-solving abilities or expand their content knowledge or merely instill the cultural literacies that we associate with a rich liberal arts education. I find this idea of educating the whole person inspiring.

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Education College Liberal Arts Achievement 105

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

million freshmen enrolled in a college or university last semester, a 4.3 Freshman enrollment was up across all higher education sectors, with the greatest growth coming from community colleges, which gained 42,000 first-year students since last fall, an increase of 6.1 In 2020, community college enrollment dropped a whopping 10.5

Computer Science 122

Computer Science Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts Community College 122

Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Or to take some other examples of high ROI fields: “Those with a bachelor’s degree in #architecture and #engineering have median lifetime earnings of $3.8 ” No longer does the “simple advice to high schoolers to ‘go to college’” suffice. million, well above the median of $3.2

Liberal Arts 89

Liberal Arts Education Arts And Sciences History 89

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

Participants did not seem to feel that ageism is a significant issue on our college campuses and even in our society - that it is a more accepted ‘ism,’” study co-author Michele Dinman, project coordinator for the WashU for Life Initiative at the Aging Center, said in an email. Rather, it is often times accepted, according to the study.

Liberal Arts 110

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences University Inclusivity 110

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. “Yay, that’s progress!”

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Leadership Liberal Arts Computer Science Arts And Sciences 105

Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. ” “I am one of many pretenure faculty who are leaving the college,” Bell said.

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Deans Provost Arts And Sciences Department 122

University Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Most college leaders retiring in style will be recognized for their expansion, renovation and construction of campus facilities. She also served on the Board of Trustees for BYU, BYU-Idaho, BYU-Hawaii and Ensign College in that role. Frank Sánchez – Manhattanville College (N.Y.) Anne Houtman – Earlham College (Ind.)

Facilities 105

Facilities Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Leadership 105

Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Similar to our roads and bridges, the pathways between our colleges and universities have often been marked with potholes, roadblocks and lane closures. Currently, all the state’s community colleges and public universities, as well as 18 independent colleges and universities, participate in one or more of the pathways.

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Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Community College Humanities 75

MindMax

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Today, colleges and universities everywhere increasingly embrace the concept of a holistic year , and summer sessions have become an essential component of both standard and alternative educational pathways. Standard two-day pre-college orientations aren’t sufficient for all students. College credit programs.

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Higher Education Education Students Facilities 130

University Business

AUGUST 5, 2024

In just two years at the helm of Allegheny College, President Ron Cole has accomplished what many would try to achieve in a decade. Alumni, trusted donors and friends of the college have placed so much confidence in his leadership that the Pennsylvania-based liberal arts college is coming off a record-breaking $77 million year of fundraising.

Liberal Arts 52

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Leadership Provost 52

Liaison International

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

colleges and universities is on the rise, although it has still not returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to a report released by the Institute for International Education. That percentage dropped from 73% in 2016, though China is still the most popular country from which colleges recruit international students.”. Source: Forbes.

Recruitment 79

Recruitment Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts Resource Planning 79

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

APRIL 17, 2024

Search Engine Optimization remains critical for reaching potential students, faculty, and researchers. Search Engine Optimization remains a critical component of effective educational marketing, aiming to optimize a website for higher rankings in search engine results.

Education 82

Education Engineering University Arts And Sciences 82

The PIE News

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Office of the Provost and the Office of Global Engagement at the University of Mississippi provided funding for the program.

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University Advise Liberal Arts Provost 110

Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 11, 2022

Just when colleges and universities began to feel that operations were returning to normal, new variants and mutations emerged to upset the apple cart. Here’s one shocking example : South College in Savannah, has a 4 percent graduation rate and leaves its students with an average debt of $25,000, and yet remains accredited.

Liberal Arts 81

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Engineering Degree 81

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

But growth in doctorates awarded is not uniform across areas of study: education and humanities disciplines are experiencing a decline in doctorates awarded, while the number of engineering and agricultural science doctorates grew by more than 30 percent over 10 years. Finally, we only explored Ph.D.-granting

Arts And Sciences 105

Arts And Sciences Humanities Liberal Arts Provost 105

University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Milo Riverso, for example, has leveraged his esteemed background in construction and engineering to win over Manhattan College’s Board of Trustees. Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College. in 2016.

Liberal Arts 52

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Engineering Deans 52

University Business

APRIL 28, 2023

School leaders are appointed to lead an institution for their quantifiably successful work, like Ron Patterson at Chadron State College. North Idaho College is stuck paying two presidents although neither technically holds the position. Chadron State College’s Board of Trustees has appointed Ron Patterson at a momentous time.

Liberal Arts 52

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Deans Equity 52

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Idea 4: Search Engine Marketing (SEM) with a Focus on Long-Tail Keywords Search engine marketing (SEM) is another essential strategy when advertising for schools. Striking the right balance between authenticity and professionalism is crucial for this strategy’s success. Do schools need digital marketers?

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Schooling Engineering Liberal Arts Organization 89

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Colleges are under growing pressure to prove their value to students, parents, legislators and others. Itzkowitz: Over the past year, we’ve seen an uptick in students and families wanting to know what type of return on investment they’re going to get from the college education. We have data from the U.S.

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College Arts And Sciences Degree Liberal Arts 81