Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2024

As community colleges are often resource-strapped, collaborating with neighbor institutions allows for each to offer different specializations that fit the workforce needs of the area. “If While institutions may be keen to separate themselves and stand out, this report suggests a solution that runs counter to the idea of competition.

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Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Lorain County Community College is the community’s college, providing pathways to rewarding careers in all fields, including liberal arts and the humanities. One career area within the humanities where LCCC alumni have found exceptional success is broadcast communications.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

While overall enrollments are still down (with about 100,000 students missing from community college since the start of the pandemic), the data show that student mobility has increased, particularly transfers into very competitive or highly selective institutions. Six-year completion rates have also increased.

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University Business

OCTOBER 2, 2023

. “If used appropriately, AI can do some of the things we pay college consultants to do.” ” More from UB: Presidents corner: How can courage breathe new life into a classic liberal arts education? The University of North Texas and Reynolds Community College (Va.) Still, skepticism persists.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

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 In STEM areas, health sciences professions and business disciplines, demand for new Ph.D.s

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 15, 2023

The report is based on data from a survey of nearly 900 US colleges and institutions, who provided information on more than 370,000 full-time and 90,000 part-time faculty members. But skyrocketing inflation caused a 2.4% drop in real wages, the third straight sharp decline, for a cumulative loss of 7.5%

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

” The New Yorker article centered on the claim that the number of humanities majors in the U.S. has declined significantly; between 2012 and 2020, institutions such as Tufts University and Ohio State University lost nearly half their humanities students. million Andrew W.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 15, 2025

Despite the fact that many community colleges and regional public institutions are relatively affordable, the public narrative is dominated by sticker shock from elite universities. Drumm McNaughton: Well, you’re part of that 1% that many folks say has been able to leverage a liberal arts background.

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Dr. Missy Alexander

DECEMBER 31, 2023

We’ve invested in Public Health, Addiction Studies, and expanded our portfolio of nursing programs to create pathways from community college to the doctorate in nursing practice. However, when the world attacks “liberal arts” they tend to point to specific disciplines as no longer relevant or meaningful.

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Dr. Missy Alexander

DECEMBER 31, 2023

We’ve invested in Public Health, Addiction Studies, and expanded our portfolio of nursing programs to create pathways from community college to the doctorate in nursing practice. However, when the world attacks “liberal arts” they tend to point to specific disciplines as no longer relevant or meaningful.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The result, according to Feldstein: these institutions “make the same research demands on faculty and incur expenses for building out facilities that are not focused on creating well-educated citizens, successful professionals and thoughtful human beings. ” So what should these broad-access institutions do instead?

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Though this population is still small, the tens of thousands of traditional-age undergraduates big online universities are now enrolling would be eagerly welcomed by the many four-year residential campuses and community colleges that are seeing their enrollments fall. The Numbers.

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Dr. Missy Alexander

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Over the last few weeks, I have been in several conversations about the impact of career focused education on the liberal arts. This framing reveals deeply held biases about what qualifies as liberal arts (and therefore a quality degree) which are pervasive in higher education.

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University Business

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Liberal arts colleges can market their smaller scale to attract students looking for more hands-on support. However, larger universities can leverage their human capital to build stronger networks and support pipelines. “It’s all about systems.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 2, 2023

All lower-division undergraduates were to receive a critical understanding of the key organizing ideas and system of thought that underlie the humanities, the social sciences and the natural sciences, with an emphasis on analysis, method and theory and intellectual and cultural configurations, rather than on chronological development.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 27, 2023

The majority of these programs are deemed low-enrollment and fall within undergraduate humanities: mostly religious studies, philosophy, English, creative writing, languages, history, fine arts, and classics. In December 2022, Catawba Valley Community College in North Carolina laid off 21 staff and six faculty members.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 11, 2023

From skills assessment rubrics to soft skills microcredentials , this generic conception strips away critical information about how skills are defined, used and rewarded by actual human beings. Additionally, as strong advocates of the liberal arts tradition, we contend that this core strength of U.S.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 28, 2023

The majority of these programs are deemed low-enrollment and fall within undergraduate humanities: mostly religious studies, philosophy, English, creative writing, languages, history, fine arts, and classics. In December 2022, Catawba Valley Community College in North Carolina laid off 21 staff and six faculty members.

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eLiterate

OCTOBER 25, 2022

So we reject solutions that involve replacing teachers by robots, taking all lessons online, or demoting the humanities. This proposal might be called radically conservative in the sense that it is intended to conserve the best parts of an American-style liberal arts education by re-imagining it but not rejecting it.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. If most people don’t use college-level math at work, why should it be a universal requirement for any degree? I was intrigued by the piece because it accidentally encapsulates the cross-pressures that community colleges have to navigate. And should it?

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

If you’re a college administrator, you know about this data, or you should be aware now. If I’m a community college president or college president, I have data on all 50 of my programs. People often worry about liberal arts majors in these conversations. Oftentimes you think STEM means tech.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 2, 2023

They include boosting inclusion through experiential learning opportunities, providing more pathways for students, and embracing digital education. Podcast Highlights Illinois Tech pairs technology education with human-centered education by mandating experiential learning opportunities. Drumm McNaughton I would agree.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

AACC – American Association of Community Colleges – One of “The Six” Higher-Education Organizations in Washington, DC; they represent almost 1,200 institutions · AACSB – Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business – This is the leading accrediting body for business schools in the U.S.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

Also, don’t fully disregard liberal arts education since students still need a well-rounded education. Drumm McNaughton 05:51 More than half of those are community colleges, and community colleges in more urban areas are not so much focused on trades as they are the first two years of gen-ed.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As Mr. Lederman explained: “There are differences between institutions: a research university a community college; a 1500-student private liberal arts college; a regional public institution with 15,000 people. Our humanity is what connects us, not what we've achieved. They have some different priorities.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Director for Transfer & Pathways, Central New Mexico Community College University Research Optimizing institutional resources for research growth Nick Hagemeier, Interim Vice Provost for Research, East Tennessee State University Want to learn more about the Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Human Cost: Emotional and Professional Toll The report and subsequent discussions shed light on the significant emotional and professional impact these developments have had on faculty and students. These changes speak to the human cost of political interference, affecting the very heart of educational institutions.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 31, 2023

While it includes a commitment to civic responsibilities, it also emphasizes the importance of producing employment-ready graduates with skills that transcend the boundaries of STEM and liberal arts education. I’ve worked at virtually every level of higher education, from community college to graduate-only schools.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2024

You can find these individuals at historically black colleges and universities, minority-serving institutions, predominantly white institutions, and liberal arts colleges. I remember when I started my doctoral program, and it was in human and organizational systems. They are spread across higher education.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In the same way, I hoped students would see Qatar’s transformations as containing many political possibilities while recognizing the country had much work to do in terms of human rights. Western countries, including both European nations and the United States, have a terrible track record when it comes to the history of human rights.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Establishing a Substrate Historically, Michigan’s transfer infrastructure rested on individual articulation agreements between its constitutionally autonomous community and tribal colleges, public universities, and independent colleges and universities, creating a patchwork of arrangements that varied widely from region to region.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

graduating class, who graduated with fantastic dissertation projects but only a published article or book review or two on their CV, found jobs in community colleges or teaching-intensive universities or outside academia. Steve: What would it mean for research universities to make the humanities more central to their self-conception?

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 10, 2023

(Just one in five Student Voice survey respondents says they’re required to meet periodically with advisers, though the number is closer to three in 10 for students at private institutions and just 14 percent for community college students.) To meet demand, some colleges offer group advising appointments. One example?

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eLiterate

JANUARY 17, 2023

Clark is ready to go back to college and become an engineer, will he get credit for the knowledge and skills he has learned through the program? New York City has a robust collection of community colleges within the CUNY system. As of today, I see no evidence of any pathway to do so. Why are they not involved?

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 24, 2023

President Milliron told us how this human factor has been the hardest challenge to navigate as a leader: "I've been incredibly blessed to work with inspirational and meaningful folks. Jerry Sue Thornton , a longtime chancellor of the Cuyahoga Community Colleges, used to talk about how you can be right and lose badly.

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University Business

JANUARY 24, 2025

Lauded for his leadership in the liberal arts, Baucom serves as the Robert C. Taylor Professor of English at Virginia and previously served as dean of its College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences for eight years. Middlebury embodies the world-gathering capacity of collegiate life at itsfinest.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 8, 2025

Telling the story of impact in accessible, human terms is often more effective than sharing abstract metrics. Todd Benson: Yeah, especially, we tend to think about higher ed as being these large research universities, but boy, if you go into, community colleges or regional publics, they are a combination of scholar and counselor and mentor.

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