Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Notably, each of those courses takes a week out of the semester – often in March – to allow the private women's liberal arts college’s students to travel to destinations associated with their respective course, at no additional cost. “We American educational institutions, and bring some improvement.' You're not a tourist.

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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.

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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. “These majors are a vital part of a well-rounded education, providing students with a deep understanding of culture, history, and the human experience.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2023

So, when it came time for him to pick an academic pursuit, the study of Latinos and sports history naturally came to mind. I just wanted to understand what [the history was] behind this,” says Burgos. “I Latino, African American, and sports history. He is a professor of history at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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Helix Education

APRIL 21, 2024

Aaron is a higher education professional with more than 25 years of experience in enrollment management. He has written previously for RNL about best financial practices for universities and has also written for The Chronicle of Higher Education among other publications. higher education in the world.

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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.” Higher education isn’t a monolith. Students aren’t a monolith.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

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. I think its values, what it represents, is the best of higher education.” She will step into her role on July 1, 2023.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

Marquette University recently received over a million dollars from the Mellon Foundation to further energize and grow its prison education program. The first, the Educational Preparedness Program (EPP) , offers courses, academic support, and career-building resources to currently and formerly incarcerated (CFI) students.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

I suspect this pattern of continuous review and adjustment will define all of higher education in this country going forward.” Previously frozen programs are those in African studies, Asian studies, film studies, French, museum studies, music, music education and world religions, professors said.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 23, 2022

As Georgetown’s Center for Education and the Workforce says : “Majoring in business pays off. Which leaves the liberal arts, and especially the humanities, where? The most distinctive feature of American higher education is the value it places on liberal education. ” Wait a second.

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University Business

OCTOBER 31, 2023

It makes sense, considering how higher education faces revitalized pressure from students— and the federal government —to ensure high-value degrees with strong returns on investment. in the next decade, 12 points higher than the national average, according to Education Dynamics, a higher education market research company.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Column: Letters to the Editor To the Editor: The survey and book that Scott Jaschik reports on (" What Are the Liberal Arts? 19) is seriously flawed and the reasons why help us to understand the problems that the Art & Science Group and study purport to study. " Sept. 2022), 16-26.

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MindMax

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Summer isn’t what it used to be for higher education institutions and their students. Today, colleges and universities everywhere increasingly embrace the concept of a holistic year , and summer sessions have become an essential component of both standard and alternative educational pathways. Professional education.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In 2016, I traveled overseas to teach two general education courses at Carnegie Mellon University’s campus in Qatar. They were both American-focused courses, one on the history of American education and the other on the history of American public policy. A good liberal arts education should make us do that.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 22, 2024

13, becoming the first woman in the college’s 63-year history to serve as president. Andrews University as well as a master’s in science education and a doctorate in higher education administration from East Carolina University. Pharr starts the role Aug. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from St.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 5, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Sue Lorenson , vice dean for undergraduate education at Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences, is a close colleague and good friend of Eddie’s. A liberal arts education is the ultimate preprofessional education; it can prepare you for any career.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 13, 2023

With the recent announcement that Sean Decatur would assume the presidency of the American Museum of Natural History in New York after nearly a decade at the helm of Kenyon College, at least five major American cultural institutions will be headed by former presidents of small liberal arts colleges. Why is that?

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 18, 2024

Spelman College, a private women’s liberal arts college in Atlanta, has received the largest single donation ever awarded to an HBCU (historically Black college or university). This gift is a critical step in our school’s mission to eliminate financial barriers to starting and finishing a Spelman education.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

India became the number one source of higher education students to America for the second year,” said Garcetti, who served as the guest of honour at the conference. “Over 1 million students in the US come from this incredible country. .” This is why our countries invest in that program.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

7 faculty meeting – will make Williams the first small liberal arts college in New England to establish such a program, according to Dr. Stephen Tifft, chair of the Committee on Educational Affairs (CEA) and professor of English. The vote – done at a Dec. The proposal for the program argued for the need for AAS given the U.S.’s

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University Business

JUNE 11, 2024

While the Department of Education has announced that a review is being launched to seek recommendations about how to improve the Federal Student Aid office, America is at a crisis point and the situation demands immediate action. This is not about financial aid but equal access to education, a fundamental principle we must uphold.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 18, 2023

Awarded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities, the college has announced the creation of the Institute for Race and Social Transformation. “We Rhodes is a national liberal arts college where inclusive excellence and building a culture of belonging are central to our mission.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As a student activist, a longtime faculty member, and an administrator in higher education, I am particularly proud of two career accomplishments. One was fifty years ago at Earlham , a small Quaker liberal arts college, where I helped repurpose a college-owned house into a Black culture center.

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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. Two new hires are expected this year.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

and NYU have all recently elected a Black or female president—or both—for the first time in their schools’ histories. She understands the power of a liberal arts education to create the visionary leaders the world sorely needs. She is the first Black female president in the school’s 186-year history.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Education leaders ready to leap into the next generation of education that fully embraces digital modalities aren’t waiting around for our current institutions to get it together. “An education system built for the Industrial Revolution is not going to get it done and has frankly outstayed its welcome.”

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

Two presidents have been hired at small private colleges in the past two weeks and one leader is choosing to retire after four decades in higher education. Bates has a proven track record as a higher education leader around Ohio, as well as in the private sector. The throughline of Bates’ career is his passion for healthcare.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

I like being able to work with students, faculty, and colleagues in a different kind of way [that] made me more aware of the community of higher education and not just a department, class, or advising relationship with a student. This return etched Allen all the more into the history of Meredith. To me, it felt bigger.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

years that she attended the small, private liberal arts college. This week, Grinnell will dedicate and name its newest residence hall in honor of Renfrow Smith, recognizing her legacy, life, and commitment to community, education, and equity. And sometimes it feels late because she is 110, right?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The science track will teach students about the biology, botany, and chemistry of cannabis, while the social justice and policy track will dive into matters of relating to the history and governmental regulations. Roanoke College is a small liberal arts school in the middle of a very red part of the state.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 3, 2023

Last month, for the first time in Manhattanville's history, tenured faculty in the arts and humanities were pushed away. Today, there are no more tenured faculty in many of the humanities and art disciplines and degrees such in Art History, Languages, Music, Technical Theatre, and many more, have been frozen.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

When applied to education, this principle seeks to promote the personal development of the whole person, mentally, but also physically, ethically and, yes, spiritually. I find this idea of educating the whole person inspiring. Personal development is too central to a college education to be ignored.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

However, if we adopt a more restrictive definition of the humanities, only 4 percent of college graduates in 2020 majored in traditional humanistic fields, including English, history, philosophy and foreign languages and literature. Source: CUPA-HR 2021-22 Survey of Faculty in Higher Education. What’s behind this decline?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2023

Financial aid for students is one of the largest conduits of state dollars to the institution,” said Dr. Brittany Mosby, director of HBCU Success, a branch of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission focused on the health and sustainability of the state’s seven private and public HBCUs. “In HBCUs come with a tremendous amount of history.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In 2020, as interest grew and Black student enrollment increased, Sauvignon crafted a Black Studies curriculum and submitted it to the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. Carine Sauvignon, executive dean for Massasoit’s Canton campus. The program got approval last spring. It’s not just for Black students, she says.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2023

The University of Mary Washington, a public liberal arts university in Fredericksburg, Virginia, has received the largest gift in its 115-year history - a $30 million estate gift from alum Irene Piscopo Rodgers.

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