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Why these leaders want to secure the liberal arts in a digital world

University Business

Land-grant universities are building new colleges , HBCUs are racing to secure better funding and even liberal arts colleges are reviewing their general education curriculum. “Whether one is studying to be a doctor or engineer, there is a person behind that specialization making choices and interpreting the world around them.”

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Why liberal arts leaders should know STEM isn’t the enemy

University Business

Many of these op-eds blame the utilitarian popularity of the STEM disciplines for declining enrollments and diminishing support for the traditional liberal arts. I know I can find support for the value of the liberal arts among the leaders of the very STEM disciplines whose popularity my colleagues decry.

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The University Business Podcast: Why STEM needs the humanities—and vice versa

University Business

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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AUCC to Launch Institute to Support Minority Engineers with $1.5 Million Investment from A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC), an organization made up of four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), is planning to launch a new institute in an effort to increase the number of engineers from underrepresented communities, using a $1.5 million investment from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation.

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These 18 schools are offering the most competitive AI tracks for undergrads

University Business

in Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making , melding interdisciplinary research across electrical engineering, computer science, statistics, operations research and brain and cognitive sciences. Likewise, Georgia Tech promotes interdisciplinary study in AI through a new minor available to its liberal arts and engineering students.

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The Evolution of the Humanities

HEPI

This blog has been kindly written fro HEPI by Professor Marion Thain, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Culture and Technology at King’s College London. Central to the King’s vision for an evolving humanities is the recognition that we have an ethical obligation to move beyond critique.

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Award-Winning Digital Marketing for Enrollment: RNL and Our Campus Partners Receive Five Gold Medals

Helix Education

RNL developed a lead-generation campaign for five distinct graduate programs that leveraged their renowned brand and expert-level faculty. Request consultation Ripon College: Digital Advertising for Application Campaign Ripon College is an innovative liberal arts school in Wisconsin.