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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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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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Biotech boot camp at Villanova exposes students to career paths

Inside Higher Ed

The half-day event promoted business and career advice and networking opportunities for science, technology, engineering and math students interested in pharmaceuticals and biotech, boosting students’ interest and confidence in postgraduate opportunities. Click here to submit.

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Highlights from Higher Ed: International Enrollment, Campus IT Challenges, Global Recruitment, and Most-Regretted Majors 

Liaison International

In an effort to “describe the foundation models that colleges and universities will develop next year and beyond,” EDUCAUSE has released a list of the most pressing issues for campus IT leaders. That percentage dropped from 73% in 2016, though China is still the most popular country from which colleges recruit international students.”.

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Investing in staff: a key to university internationalisation

The PIE News

A model for others Experiences like the University of Mississippi’s Global Compass program on other campuses will prioritise the global competencies of staff, the development of which is a lifelong endeavour. The Office of the Provost and the Office of Global Engagement at the University of Mississippi provided funding for the program.

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President’s Corner: Why a strategic “pathway” is better than a plan

University Business

Alumni, trusted donors and friends of the college have placed so much confidence in his leadership that the Pennsylvania-based liberal arts college is coming off a record-breaking $77 million year of fundraising. The donor base responded by granting the college a series of gifts that turned some of Cole’s visions into reality.

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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? All this sounds quite vague.