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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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Oh, the humanit(ies)! Why integrating the liberal arts and STEM is a win-win for students, institutions

University Business

Academic (re)program Last year, Georgia Tech University’s liberal arts college organized a symposium on interdisciplinary learning in the 21st century, inviting academics from across the institution. “Our students don’t want to come here to be pigeonholed into narrow-band categories,” said Utz.

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

Liaison International

Most Schools Plan to Increase Global Recruitment Initiatives. colleges plan to increase global visibility initiatives within the next five years “by ramping up recruitment of international students, developing additional study abroad experiences, or other efforts,” according to a new report. Source: Forbes. Two-thirds of U.S.

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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. Kallyope created a summer internship for Villanova students, which he promoted.

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Freshman enrollment is up for the first time since 2019

Inside Higher Ed

Amy Kurfist, a higher education senior research adviser at Hanover Research, a market research firm, said that the shift could also indicate that the recruitment techniques colleges and universities adopted during the pandemic may be working. percent and 0.2 percent, respectively. percent.