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Liberal arts colleges must embed career services throughout campus life

Higher Ed Dive

Colleges should strive to teach students both how to think and to be career-ready when they graduate, the leader of Denison University argues.

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How liberal arts colleges can make career services a priority

Higher Ed Dive

Creating internships and focusing on short-term experiences has a big impact, the longtime undergraduate dean at the University of Chicago says.

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Hartwick College to slash sticker price to $22,000

Higher Ed Dive

Leaders at the private liberal arts college said the move is part of a broader goal to decrease student stress and improve campus well-being.

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Colorado College drops out of U.S. News’ undergraduate rankings

Higher Ed Dive

The liberal arts institution said the rankings enterprise equates institutional wealth and privilege with academic quality.

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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. 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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An Apology for the Liberal Arts

HEPI

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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Why liberal arts leaders should know STEM isn’t the enemy

University Business

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.