Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

Dr. John Smetanka The board’s decision reflects the liberal arts college’s long-standing challenges related to declining enrollment, a shrinking pool of college-age students, rising costs, and significant debt, according to Board Chair Terri Bradford Eason.

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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. Today’s world is made better with the kind of education students get at a small liberal arts college.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The board of Marymount University, in Virginia, voted unanimously to eliminate 10 programs, mostly in the liberal arts, on Friday. The vote eliminated majors in art, economics, English, history, mathematics, philosophy, secondary education, sociology, and theology and religious studies, and an M.A. in English and humanities.

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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.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The University of Minnesota Morris is excited to share with potential students that they could potentially save $20,000 on tuition costs for a bachelor’s degree, which may appease a public and federal government pushing for a more affordable higher education. Everything from English to political science and biology qualifies.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Marymount University, in Virginia, is planning to cut many of its liberal arts programs, citing low enrollments, ARLnow reported. “Recommendations and decisions on programs marked for elimination are based on clear evidence of student choices and behavior over time.”

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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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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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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

Image: Huddled around a table in the Georgetown University Alumni House, roughly two dozen academics convened last week to address two of the most persistent challenges in higher education: improving student outcomes and lowering the cost of a bachelor’s degree. Now, nearly 15 years later, the idea has fresh momentum.

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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. In almost of these cases, the person was a flop and did not last long in the position.

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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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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.” Becoming more accessible won’t always mean adding a new program or degree.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Although community college may be regularly associated as an equitable pathway to bachelor’s degrees, wealthier students typically capitalize on the opportunity. Only 13% of Title IV students who start at community colleges ultimately earn bachelor’s degrees within eight years. appeared first on University Business.

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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. Learn more at offices.vassar.edu/exploring-transfer.

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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 15by30 commitment from the intergovernmental peace organisation is aiming to get 15% of young refugees enrolled in higher education by the year 2030. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Lambert holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from The Evergreen State College and a juris doctor from Seattle University. Lee Lambert Lee Lambert has been named chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District. He serves as chancellor of Pima Community College in Arizona.

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The coursework in the crosshairs isn’t hard to divine, either: liberal arts mainstays such as literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology. Those with liberal arts degrees took umbrage. Without art history, anthropology, and archaeology majors, who will curate our museums?

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

degrees in English, in the years when I’ve managed to work outside of higher education institutions, I’ve done just fine for myself, money-wise that is. I routinely advanced past coworkers with degrees in marketing, sociology, and even MBA holders because while they had learned stuff, I had genuinely learned how to think.

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University Business

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Degrees and subsequent jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have long been praised as lucrative and safe pathways for students looking to enroll at a college or university. Student interest may be fueled by employers’ high demand for talent who possess degrees in this field. from 2017 to 2022.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 9, 2024

By partnering with other institutions, colleges can quickly introduce new programs in high-demand fields, attracting students who might otherwise have overlooked small liberal arts schools. Many liberal arts colleges are struggling to attract students who prefer career-focused majors over traditional humanities disciplines.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Q: The in-person bachelor of arts in liberal studies degree completion program has been an institution at Georgetown since 1974. have enrolled in college and left without receiving a degree or certificate ( NSC Research Center ). Kelly and Betty agreed to answer our questions about this new program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Thomas holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Mount St. John Thomas John Thomas has been appointed chief of police at the University of California, Los Angeles. He served as special advisor to the senior vice president for administration at the University of Southern California.

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University Business

APRIL 4, 2023

Lindsey Ash says she likely would have sought a liberal arts degree in speech therapy — until a high school class steered her toward science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Read more from The Washington Times.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 30, 2024

Kenro Kusumi Kenro Kusumi has been named university senior vice provost and dean of The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University. Kusumi holds a bachelor’s degree in biochemical sciences Harvard University and a Ph.D. He serves as a professor of life sciences and dean of natural sciences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Brade holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and sciences from Virginia Tech and an MPA from The George Washington University. Ron Brade Ron Brade has been appointed senior vice president of administration and chief operating officer at Xavier University of Louisiana.

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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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University Business

JANUARY 16, 2024

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. However, I know there is an alternative response to throwing in the towel on a liberal arts education and joining the race to the bottom.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2024

Puente, a certified court mediator, holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Texas at Arlington, a Master of Liberal Arts from Southern Methodist University, and a Master of Professional Development in criminal justice from Dallas Baptist University.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Image: Amid faltering enrollment rates and increased national scrutiny of the price and worth of a college education, Colorado is weighing a new formula to measure the “economic value” of degree programs offered by the state’s public institutions of higher education.

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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.

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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. They seek rigorous academics and associate that with strong STEM programs in a liberal arts context as the top characteristics of a great university. And they need to prepare themselves for future work, in relevant ways.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The past several years have been particularly challenging for small liberal arts colleges, and I look forward to working with Drew’s faculty and staff across the University, including the College of Liberal Arts, Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, and Drew Theological School, to build on their tremendous work.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 2, 2024

It transitioned to a co-educational place of learning in the 1970s, adding several master’s degrees. The university in Riverdale, New York, now offers nationally recognized liberal arts education and a select array of professional fields of study on a landmark campus overlooking the Hudson River.

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Deans for Impact

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Just as much as they are, he’s attending as an enrolled student, completing assignments and participating in discussions – and, he also happens to be the community college’s Dean of Liberal Arts and Education. They probably knew I was the dean,” he says with a laugh, explaining that some students were a little wary of talking to him.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

We have a collective responsibility to ensure those students have clear pathways to complete a bachelor’s degree and access the manifold civic, economic and public-health benefits accompanying degree attainment. Loss of credits prolongs time to degree and can have major implications for students’ financial aid eligibility.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

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. To me, that’s community well-being and you’ve got that here and you’ve got that willingness.”

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