Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 17, 2025

March 17, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of Whitman College is the sixth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Background Founded in 1859, Whitman College is a private liberal arts institution located in Walla Walla, Washington.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2023

Petersen Petersen is a professor of political science and dean of the Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tulsa (TU). She was previously faculty and dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). Petersen holds a master’s degree and Ph.D.

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Helix Education

APRIL 21, 2024

A case study for small liberal arts colleges This really hit home for me earlier this year when I was invited to represent the university that I work for at the inauguration of a new president at my alma mater, West Virginia Wesleyan College. Those are the ones I can think of right away.”

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 3, 2025

March 3, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of the College of Wooster is the fourth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Background The College of Wooster, founded in 1866, is a private liberal arts institution located in Wooster, Ohio. Wooster does not have any graduate degree programs.

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Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Background Established in 1832, Wabash College is a private liberal arts institution dedicated exclusively to undergraduate education for men. Academic Excellence Wabash’s commitment to a rigorous liberal arts education is evident in its comprehensive curriculum and the requirement that seniors pass comprehensive exams.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

First-generation students and those from underrepresented groups and disadvantaged backgrounds are given priority in the application process for the five-week summer program at Vassar, a private liberal arts institution in New York state. It’s making sure that they know that the world is wider than they might have had experience with.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Link Previously, Link has been president of Allegheny College, dean of Temple University Rome, vice provost at Barnard College of Columbia University, and director of scholar programs at New York University. “I Link will become president of Drew University, effective Jul. Dr. Hilary L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Rhonda Phillips Phillips is currently the inaugural dean of the John Martinson Honors College at Purdue University. Phillips said she aims to create sustainable financial models, enrollment numbers, and programs, as well as refresh some programs and build upon strong course offerings such as health sciences and liberal arts.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance. So the institution’s disclosure that it briefed the Board of Visitors on not just a department but a possible division-level unit of computational and data science stunned many on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 15, 2023

Previously, she was dean of the College of Natural and Social Sciences at California State University, Los Angeles; interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and founding director of the psychometrics graduate program at Morgan State University; faculty at Spelman; and senior research scientist for Kraft General Foods.

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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.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 22, 2024

She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from St. That experience comprises roles with Craven Community College, including dean of Liberal Arts and University Transfer, director of Planning and Assessment, and Science, Math, Health/PE chair. Lawrence Rouse, who retired in June after six years with Pitt.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The happiest respondents earned their degrees in computer and information sciences, and criminology. Other highly satisfied graduates got their degrees in engineering, healthcare, business, and finance. More from UB : How this interim dean is reigniting his college’s community. Liberal arts & general studies: 72%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

“Earlham has an important and longstanding place within the distinctive liberal arts tradition in the United States. Levin Family Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Sniegowski holds a bachelor’s degree in music from the Indiana University School of Music; an M.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It became the first two-year school in the state of Massachusetts to allow students to attain degrees in Black Studies. As such, the school began offering the degree program this fall. In general, a Black Studies degree is very multi-faceted, especially for the population and the communities that we serve,” Sauvignon says.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

Prior to that, he served as the president of Wilmington College (Ohio) and the founding associate dean of health sciences at Heidelberg University. He also helped add 27 undergraduate programs to Alma’s academic catalog and founded its first graduate degrees. The throughline of Bates’ career is his passion for healthcare.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Roanoke College students will soon get the opportunity to learn and even earn a degree in cannabis studies, after approval from school faculty. Dr. DB Poli This will make Roanoke College the first college in Virginia to offer a four-year degree in the field of cannabis studies, according to the school.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Newman, whose book will be published March 7, is former dean of academic advising at Stanford University and John M. Virtually all institutions—certainly all liberal arts schools—have language in their mission statements about turning out critical thinkers and lifelong learners.   and Elizabeth W.

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University Business

APRIL 30, 2024

Colby College in Maine has promised the Class of 2029 that middle-class students who enroll will find their private liberal arts degree more affordable than many in-state public institutions. The concerns ICAS aired extend to the persistent issues low-income students put up with in pursuing a four-year degree.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Two years in, Canton is preparing a proposal that outlines the reasons for making African American studies a department, and the benefit it would bring to the university, to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in which it is situated, and to the community. The college’s dean, Dr. David E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 13, 2024

Kinloch received a bachelor’s degree in honors English from JCSU and went on to earn a master’s degree in English and African American Literature and a doctoral degree in English and Composition Studies with a cognate in Urban Studies from Wayne State University. And that’s how it started for me.”

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

President Link had a “foot in two worlds” during her six years serving as the dean of Temple University Rome, where she re-educated herself on Europe’s preeminent legal issues and the region’s specific social customs. Galileo, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci never finished a formal university degree, Link quips.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean A number of terrific tidbits have come in over the last week or so, most of which are directly relevant to student success. Morgan State University, an HBCU in Maryland, has built an entire school within itself dedicated to bringing back working adults with some college but no degree.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Last weekend we drove to UMD to visit The Girl and catch a basketball game. Wise and worldly readers who teach in liberal arts fields, how do you handle conversations like these with students like these?

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

But a combination of competitive pressures, demographic patterns and accreditation requirements in one of its most job skill–focused undergraduate fields has led the private liberal arts institution to create its first-ever master’s degree—and to consider adding others.

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University Business

JUNE 23, 2023

Everybody’s interested in the ROI on their education because college education is very expensive,” said Sue Harbour, associate dean and executive director of the career center at the University of California, Berkeley, one of the 5-star schools, according to Money. People want to know: Is it worth my time and my money?”

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University Business

AUGUST 30, 2024

Could your students recognize the dean of their college if they passed them in a hallway? Would your students feel comfortable striking up a conversation, and would the dean be mindful enough to ask about their classes and the semester? Sacred Heart estimates that participants are four times more likely to graduate college.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. Could a degree consist of almost anything? The argument is around the usefulness of a degree to a student. If most people don’t use college-level math at work, why should it be a universal requirement for any degree? The degree allows the student to check a box.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 17, 2023

To thine own powers appeal,” the NTS operated from 1909-1961 and complemented its vocational curriculum with mandatory courses in Black history and the liberal arts. And from 1922-1937, Dean Lucy Diggs Slowe brought a “ blueprint ” of #BlackGirlMagic to Howard University.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 15, 2023

bachelor’s degree-granting institutions on 17 academic quality measures. Undergraduate Academic Reputation (20%) This factor measures how an institution is ranked by administrators, including presidents, provosts, and deans of admissions, at other institutions in the same ranking category. How Should Students Use U.S.

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University Business

AUGUST 5, 2024

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. ” More from UB: Do college degrees lead to better jobs?

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Yesterday I asked my wise and worldly readers to help me figure out how to do concurrent enrollment at scale. Some places make a distinction between liberal arts courses and CTE courses, allowing industry certifications to take the place of graduate degrees in career and technical areas.

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Dr. Missy Alexander

DECEMBER 31, 2023

All arts programs at WCSU are focused on top tier professional training, fully preparing our students to work in these competitive and in-demand industries. Their move toward professional degrees (BFA, BM) offers insights into how arts and liberal arts disciplines can thrive in a world that is questioning the value of a liberal arts degree.

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Dr. Missy Alexander

DECEMBER 31, 2023

All arts programs at WCSU are focused on top tier professional training, fully preparing our students to work in these competitive and in-demand industries. Their move toward professional degrees (BFA, BM) offers insights into how arts and liberal arts disciplines can thrive in a world that is questioning the value of a liberal arts degree.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Clark’s leadership was determined help soften the blow, especially for students who needed continuity of learning to finish their degrees. Consequently, Clark has integrated the Becker undergraduate and graduate degrees within its own undergraduate and graduate academic structures.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

Large-scale quantitative data such as these provide an invaluable evidence-based context about the areas of scholarship in which institutions are investing new faculty lines, a matter of interest to deans of graduate schools and provosts alike. Finally, we only explored Ph.D.-granting

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Researchers with Lightcast, a labor market analytics firm, found four-year public universities and larger institutions, whether public or private, are more likely to see new degree programs prosper, according to an analysis of federal data on degree conferrals. percent success rate for 2,194 associate degree programs.

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