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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. My experience is different. More from UB: Had enough with the status quo?

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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. The Epic Advantage Program provides students with up to $5,000 in funding for hands-on learning experiences, such as internships, field studies, and international travel.

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5 School Advertising Ideas: Top Dos and Don’ts

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

Student takeovers are an excellent school advertisement tactic for targeting students who view their learning experience as an opportunity to earn new certifications and make memories. Example: This student takeover by Oxford University showcases a unique aspect of the school’s culture – formals!

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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Inside Higher Ed

The first, which initially arose in Italy and elsewhere on the European continent a millennium ago, offered professional training in law, medicine, and the church and later in such fields as architecture, business, engineering, and the sciences. Provide more experiential learning opportunities.

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The Next Iterations of Disruptive Innovation

Inside Higher Ed

Next comes the argument that no one who was serious about developing faster, cheaper paths into “ high paying, in-demand jobs, like data and software engineering ,” would “ create [the] university as the way to get there.” ” So what, then, are the answers?

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Which Path Forward?

Inside Higher Ed

What we need, I think, is what Feldstein calls a “radically conservative” vision that conserves “the best parts of an American-style liberal arts education by re-imagining it but not rejecting it.” ” I call that the learner- and learning-centered university. coherent, integrated curricular pathways.

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Career-readiness initiatives are missing the mark (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Dannels found that in engineering firms, professionals value communicators who can translate technical jargon to nonspecialists, an essential skill given the growth of cross-sector team projects in the field. Additionally, as strong advocates of the liberal arts tradition, we contend that this core strength of U.S.

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