Higher Ed Dive

JULY 6, 2023

The Florida public liberal arts college's board voted Thursday to approve the range for negotiating the employment contract of the final candidate.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Here, she writes about US liberal arts degrees. If nothing else, the common wisdom is clear about what a student should avoid: a course in the liberal arts. What job could a person possibly get with an Art History degree, for instance? It disregards the true value of a liberal arts degree.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

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. Georgia Tech has been at the forefront of melding often siloed disciplines of the humanities, arts and social sciences with STEM.

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Higher Ed Dive

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The private Alabama liberal arts institution is requesting public funding to give it “breathing room to operate.”

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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.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Image: Campus leaders at Vassar College are on a mission to bring community college students to liberal arts institutions. The courses are co-taught by Vassar and community college faculty. Campus leaders will also arrange convenings of administrators from these liberal arts colleges throughout the two years.

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University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Many of these op-eds blame the utilitarian popularity of the STEM disciplines for declining enrollments and diminishing support for the traditional liberal arts. I know I can find support for the value of the liberal arts among the leaders of the very STEM disciplines whose popularity my colleagues decry.

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The PIE News

APRIL 18, 2024

Liberal arts students are afforded the fewest official opportunities for post-study work. The PIE identified 19 colleges in the US to date from the beginning of 2023 that announced their closure which are either listed as liberal arts colleges or carry “strong liberal arts traditions”.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 10, 2023

Hampshire College has promised matching tuition for these students, who say Gov. Ron DeSantis has marred their liberal arts experience.

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 22, 2023

Simmons University, a women’s college in Boston, is considering cutting several liberal arts departments in an attempt to improve the college’s finances, The Boston Globe reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

Notre Dame College (NDC) in South Euclid, Ohio, has announced it will close its doors at the end of spring 2024. The NDC Board of Trustees secured agreements with nine partner colleges and universities to help current NDC students in good standing continue their college careers through a Teach-Out program or as a transfer student.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The small liberal arts institution will need to overcome long-term underfunding challenges to reach 1,200 students by 2028, President Richard Corcoran said.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Bolstered by state and national workforce needs and their promising return on investment, the STEM track represents a gold mine for colleges and universities that want to ensure credentials from their institution are providing students with good job prospects and gainful employment. ” The post Oh, the humanit(ies)!

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

President Laurie Patton likes this framework, but in her eighth year leading Middlebury College and observing the changing world around her, she believes a new pillar has sprouted. the small private college has traditionally championed the classical values of a liberal arts education.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 18, 2024

Third-party vendors exposed some colleges — including public flagships and liberal arts schools — to multiple breaches during the mass hack.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

At Agnes Scott College, first-year students are given the opportunity to take their first step into becoming global citizens through its Global Journeys program. And as a liberal arts college, we know we have a great academic curriculum.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2023

By Amita Chatterjee Facing enrollment declines, Beloit College, in Wisconsin, is hoping to win over prospective students by drawing connections between their education and desired careers.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 30, 2023

Middle States Commission on Higher Education said it is yanking accreditation partly because the liberal arts institution is in “imminent danger of closing.”

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Higher Ed Data Stories

DECEMBER 23, 2022

There are a couple of problems with using that paper to prop up this argument, however: First, the study included about 200 liberal arts colleges, and nowhere does it suggest that the conclusions can be generalized, or even that the results are reflective of reality every where else.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 29, 2024

A Clash Over Core Curriculum at New College of Florida Josh Moody Tue, 10/29/2024 - 03:00 AM Faculty say administrators at the public liberal arts institution are changing core course offerings in a way that is ideologically driven and harmful to students. Byline(s) Josh Moody

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 26, 2024

Eastern Nazarene College, a private, nonprofit Christian liberal arts institution in Massachusetts, said late Tuesday that it would close and transition to “a new educational enterprise” to carry on its legacy.

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University Business

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The value of a college degree from a small liberal arts school is often tied to a more intimate, meaningful higher education experience.Global education is garnering increasing interest, making study abroad an essential component for institutions striving to attract a shrinking pool of prospective students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Keystone College—a small, liberal arts college in Northeastern Pennsylvania—had its accreditation withdrawn this week by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Keystone College The school, which has about 1,100 students, pledged to appeal the decision.

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Higher Ed Data Stories

OCTOBER 4, 2023

It shows the undergraduate college of people who received doctorates in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022. So use the controls at top to find colleges by region, by religious affiliation, or by broad Carnegie type. So use the controls at top to find colleges by region, by religious affiliation, or by broad Carnegie type.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

When conservative leaders took over Florida’s only public liberal arts institution, Hampshire College officials knew they had to help. Now they’re welcoming the first cohort of New College defectors. AMHERST, Mass., My girlfriend’s mom set me up with a snow jacket.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Seeking an Enrollment Hail Mary, Small Colleges Look to Athletics Liam Knox Mon, 12/04/2023 - 03:00 AM As enrollment challenges compound for small liberal arts colleges, some are betting big on new athletics programs, hoping they’ll result in new tuition revenue. Byline(s) Liam Knox

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2024

The president and Board of Trustees at Northland College voted Thursday to declare financial exigency after failing to raise enough funds to stay open.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JUNE 18, 2024

Nearly half of the state's two-year liberal-arts institutions are being shuttered. By Eric Kelderman Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY NETWORK Thomas M. Nelson, county executive in Outagamie County, Wis. It wasn't supposed to be this way.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 19, 2024

Davidson College, a private, liberal arts institution in North Carolina, has secured an $85 million donation to expand its library with a focus on bringing it into the digital age.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 4, 2024

A liberal arts and sciences college from New York has pledged to support 425 refugee and displaced students in the next four years as the UN seeks to reach its 15by30 target. The College is also representing OSUN in co-leading the UNHCR’s 15by30 Multistakeholder Pledge.

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University Business

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Going to a liberal arts college is usually an expensive way to get a bachelor’s degree. With students more mindful of high tuition, many liberal arts colleges are seeing enrollment drop—and some are closing altogether. The post Do liberal arts colleges pay off? Read more at AEI.

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University Business

OCTOBER 18, 2024

In these communities scattered across the nation, we find relics of the past and possibly the key to their future: small liberal arts colleges struggling to enroll enough students, and small to medium-sized manufacturers desperate for talent that will allow them to grow and innovate. Read more at Industry Week.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

Spelman College has received a historic $100 million gift. The Atlanta-based institution was founded in 1881 and is considered a leading liberal arts college and global leader in the education of women of African descent. There’s no doubt that Spelman College is better because of her.”

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

By Sonel Cutler Birmingham-Southern College, a private liberal-arts institution plagued by more than a decade of financial problems, will cease operations at the end of May, it announced Tuesday.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

By Helen Huiskes Alessandro Gottardo for The Chronicle Some humanities faculty members saw unexpected reprieves, but many remain pessimistic.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2024

Paul Quinn College has received a $20 million gift from an anonymous donor. The private, faith-based, four-year, liberal arts-inspired institution was founded in 1872 by a group of African Methodist Episcopal Church preachers in Austin, Texas. Dr. Michael J.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 17, 2024

University of Redlands Announces Another Merger jessica.blake@… Wed, 01/17/2024 - 03:00 AM The planned merger with Woodbury University, a small, private liberal arts institution in California, follows a wave of college mergers and closures in 2023. Byline(s) Jessica Blake

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