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An impossible task points to value of liberal arts (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

’” 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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Liberal Arts and Servile Arts

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Chad Orzel’s piece this week, “ Physics Is a Liberal Art ,” is a must-read. He’s a physicist who attended a small liberal arts college and works at another one, so he’s well acquainted with the various ways in which the term “liberal arts” is used.

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I’m a nobody in higher ed leadership—but I still believe I know what’s right

University Business

State universities in West Virginia have an uphill struggle to resuscitate interest in higher education. Ravaged by a poor economy, declining population and an understated opiate crisis , it has the lowest bachelor’s degree level educated percentage of all 50 states. ” I respectfully push back on that definition.

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100 years of social intelligence

Campus Sonar

It seems to me that social intelligenceby his definition, the ability to understand people and act wisely when interacting with them has been the third wheel to mechanical intelligence (understanding physical things) and abstract intelligence (understanding ideas) for the last century in higher education.

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Rethinking the essay in the age of AI

totallyrewired

The manifesto aims to accelerate thinking around the role of the essay in higher education, a topic that has gained urgency with the advent of AI technologies. Compton highlighted that the traditional essay format, rooted in 19th-century educational practices, may no longer be fit for purpose in the 21st century.

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William & Mary professors cry secrecy on data school, more

Inside Higher Ed

William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance. The COVID-19 pandemic, concern over financial stabilization, and changes in public attitudes toward higher education have all created the need to rethink the missions and values of William & Mary.

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Asian universities compete as global educators

The PIE News

Definitely a very attractive point for Asian destinations,” said Josephine Phinith, business development manager at ICEF. The current programmes successfully encourage and integrate international students into higher education. To aid this, getting a visa is becoming increasingly easy. Mixing domestic and international students.

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