Liberal arts colleges must embed career services throughout campus life
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 28, 2024
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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Hartwick College to slash sticker price to $22,000
Higher Ed Dive
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
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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Small Liberal Arts University Relocates Satellite Campuses to Bolster Transfers
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 19, 2024
Small Liberal Arts University Relocates Satellite Campuses to Bolster Transfers kathryn.palmer… Tue, 03/19/2024 - 03:00 AM Lakeland University has moved some of its learning centers onto two-year college campuses to create a steady pipeline of transfer students from the colleges. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer
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New College of Florida students have a surprising new transfer opportunity. It’s to a private institution out of state.
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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An Apology for the Liberal Arts
HEPI
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Annabelle Hutchinson…is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. Here, she writes about US liberal arts degrees. Upon graduation, newly credentialed students can join the modern workforce. What job could a person possibly get with an Art History degree, for instance?
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Why these leaders want to secure the liberal arts in a digital world
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. ” Hooten hosts reading forums on classic literature for Pepperdine’s prospective students, parents, alumni and other community stakeholders.
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Why Non-Traditional Learners Need the Liberal Arts—and Vice Versa
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. Our students are working adults, military members, and busy parents.
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Vassar connects two-year colleges and liberal arts colleges
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. And I think the student really wins because now their eyes are open.
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US liberal arts could shift focus to help post-study work options
The PIE News
APRIL 18, 2024
Humanities departments in the US may need to shift their focus so international students can find better post-study work and garner a “wider variety” of international enrolments, stakeholders have suggested. Liberal arts students are afforded the fewest official opportunities for post-study work.
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Why liberal arts leaders should know STEM isn’t the enemy
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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Oh, the humanit(ies)! Why integrating the liberal arts and STEM is a win-win for students, institutions
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.
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New College of Florida wants at least $400M in state funding for institutional overhaul
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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Why I gave $25M to a small liberal arts college (opinion)
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 17, 2022
Now, I see this through a new lens as my husband, Richard, and I have made our first big philanthropic investment in higher education: supporting one of our nation’s small liberal arts colleges. It is no longer enough to leave college with a diploma in hand. And I went on to earn a master’s from USC, as well.
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Century-old Liberal Arts College to Shutter in Northeast Ohio
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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Presidents corner: How can courage breathe new life into a classic liberal arts education?
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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An impossible task points to value of liberal arts (opinion)
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
’” As a chemistry professor at a small liberal arts college, I was immediately intrigued and eagerly climbed into this rabbit hole, because in my courses on general chemistry, there are many concepts that would never occur to my students, even after several lectures and homework assignments.
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Women's Liberal Arts College Allows Students to Travel Globally as Part of First-Year Course
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. Over 60% of our students are students of color. Many of our students are first-generation students. Over 40% are Pell Grant-eligible.
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Do test-optional policies increase diversity?
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. but somehow test lovers overlook that.
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This Small College Has a Message: The Liberal Arts 'Are Not Dead'
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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Bard College to support 425 refugee students
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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A Clash Over Core Curriculum at New College of Florida
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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Undergraduate institutions of doctoral recipients
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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Here are 7 ways liberal arts colleges can use study abroad to remain competitive
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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Keystone College to Lose its Accreditation
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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A New Home for New College of Florida Émigrés
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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For Dean Pervis Evans, student perspective is essential to strengthen and diversify teaching workforce
Deans for Impact
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Sitting in on EDUC 1301: Introduction to the Teaching Profession at Odessa College last semester, Pervis Evans is conscious that he doesn’t quite fit in with the other students, a majority of whom are recent high school graduates. But that doesn’t deter him at all.
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Small Liberal Arts Colleges: Punching Above Their Weight
Helix Education
APRIL 21, 2024
Everyone loves a David and Goliath story, and at this moment in the history of higher education, small colleges could use one. I think it is easy for lawmakers, the media, and even large sectors of higher education to dismiss small colleges. What is the real impact if a few small colleges close? The news has not been good.
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BMCC and John Jay College Team Up to Create Prison-to-College Pathways Program for Incarcerated Students
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Borough of Manhattan Community College and the Institute for Justice and Opportunity at John Jay College of Criminal Justice have teamed up to create a new degree-granting Prison-to-College Pathways (P2CP) program for incarcerated students at Otisville Correctional Facility in upstate New York.
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Spelman College Receives $100M Gift
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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Do liberal arts colleges pay off? What the data say
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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Manufacturers, Liberal Arts Colleges Have Reasons to Collaborate
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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Students at Women's College Voted in Favor of Allowing Transgender Men and Nonbinary People Assigned Male at Birth for Admission
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 15, 2023
Women’s liberal arts institution Wellesley College students voted Mar. The nonbinding vote came after a recent debate between students and Wellesley’s administration – the latter has resisted such a change. Since 2015, Wellesley has allowed transgender women to apply for admission.
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Paul Quinn College Gets $20M Gift
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 26, 2024
Paul Quinn College has received a $20 million gift from an anonymous donor. Sorrell “The impact of this gift on our institution and our students, staff, faculty, and alumni cannot be overstated,” said Paul Quinn President Dr. Michael J. Dr. Michael J.
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Mount Holyoke Taps Howard University Law Dean to Lead College
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Danielle Ren Holley, president-elect of Mount Holyoke College. The Howard University law professor and dean has been named Mount Holyoke College’s first permanent Black female president in the institution’s 186-year history. Mount Holyoke was founded to challenge the idea that women did not need a liberal arts education,” said Holley.
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Defining Liberal Education—and How to Advertise It
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 6, 2023
Faculty members and other supporters of the liberal arts gathered at Ursinus College last week to debate what liberal education is and how best to attract students to it. What is liberal education? How can colleges support it? And how can they attract more students to pursue it?
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How real work builds student character at these 10 Federal Work Colleges
University Business
APRIL 3, 2024
Antioch College President Jane Fernandes was elated when she discovered her college would be formally designated as a Federal Work College by the Department of Education. A high proportion of the students are first-generation and Pell Grant eligible. Among them are: Alice Lloyd College in Pippa Passes (Ky.)
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The Higher Ed Umbrella Is Big Enough for Everyone
MindMax
JULY 15, 2024
Steven Mintz, author and professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin, posits that higher ed has strayed too far from its traditional purpose: providing a holistic liberal arts education that produces students who are “life-ready.” The Point of a College Education Is… So, what is the point of a college education?
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College students not reading is an issue, so teachers are adjusting how classes look
University Business
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
When Alden Jones taught her first back-in-person college class during the pandemic, something surprising happened. In part, likely “shell-shock” from COVID; in part, as one student told her, an increased fear of judgment by peers or getting something wrong. “Then I would ask easier questions — silent. Read more at Teen Vogue.
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New College Defectors Form Online Learning Platform
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
New College of Florida students, parents, faculty and alumni are launching an online education platform aimed at preserving the spirit of the university, a public liberal arts college previously known for its flexible academic pathways and intellectual rigor.
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Is Course Sharing the Answer to Declining Enrollment?
Insight Into Diversity
OCTOBER 9, 2024
As colleges and universities across the country face declining enrollments caused by rising tuition costs, changing job market demands, and demographic shifts, institutions are getting creative with solutions. The number of humanities degrees has declined by 14% in the past decade, according to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
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McPherson College Receives Double-Match Commitment, Possible Total of $750 Million
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.
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Ohio Wesleyan, Columbus State Collaborate to Improve Student Outcomes
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 18, 2024
Ohio Wesleyan University and Columbus State Community College are collaborating to address societal challenges and help Columbus State students more quickly, easily, and affordably earn bachelor’s degrees at Ohio Wesleyan. and is in good academic standing with no disciplinary violations.
Program Equips Community College Students to Obtain Four-Year Degrees
Insight Into Diversity
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The Exploring Transfer program at Vassar College is a summer intensive that immerses currently enrolled community college students in an academically rigorous environment, providing vital support and encouragement so they can ultimately continue their education at a competitive four-year institution. This is about. —
New College Sees Spike in Dropouts, Retention Issues
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Dropout rates are up and student retention is down at New College of Florida amid a conservative overhaul driven by Governor Ron DeSantis, who tasked a swath of new trustees appointed in January with remaking the state’s only public liberal arts institution.
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