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Small College America – Profile Earlham College

Edu Alliance Journal

Background Founded in 1847 in Richmond, Indiana, Earlham College is a private liberal arts institution with deep Quaker roots. This dual-degree approach combines the benefits of a liberal arts education with technical training, preparing students for careers in engineering, business, and technology fields.

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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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Small College America – Profile: Tuskegee University

Edu Alliance Journal

Established initially as the Tuskegee Normal School for training Black teachers, it evolved into Tuskegee Institute and eventually a university known for blending liberal arts, technical, and professional education. The university balances a liberal arts foundation with strong STEM and professional programs.

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Higher Education Strategic Planning That Drives Growth and Faculty Buy-In: Changing Higher Ed podcast 257 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. Andrew Hsu

The Change Leader, Inc.

Effective higher education strategic planning requires more than setting goalsit requires leadership that understands the importance of stakeholder engagement, shared vision, and persistence in driving institutional transformation.

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Marquette University Receives $1.25 Million to Bolster Prison Education Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The other schools and groups in the consortium are the Milwaukee School of Engineering, the Milwaukee Area Technical College , Alverno College , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Mount Mary University , Concordia University , Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design , and the Medical College of Wisconsin.

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After spearheading Sweet Briar’s revival, President Meredith Woo will step down

University Business

The initiative prioritizes women’s leadership, sustainability, engineering and equestrian programs. She also hopes to leverage Sweet Briar’s scenic campus to make the college a destination for creative and performing arts, similar to New York’s Chautauqua Institution.

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Innovating at Scale

Inside Higher Ed

Issues addressed in the seminar sessions range from leadership, identity, and justice to empathy, community, violence, migration, cultural difference, trauma, power, gender, and language. Examples include: Purdue’s Cornerstone: Learning for Living, an immersive, integrated liberal arts certificate program.