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Small College America – Profile: Whitman College

Edu Alliance Journal

Background Founded in 1859, Whitman College is a private liberal arts institution located in Walla Walla, Washington. Its 117-acre campus blends historic architecture with modern facilities, creating an inviting environment for academic pursuits and campus life. international markets, and underrepresented student populations.

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Inside Higher Ed

Manhattanville remains a private liberal arts institution, but it has changed its orientation somewhat in recent years. Amid all these changes, some faculty members wonder whether Manhattanville can continue to offer a liberal arts–grounded education that is heavy on faculty-student interaction. Focus on the Future.

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Can Public Universities Scale Honors-Like Experiences for a Larger Number of Undergraduates?

Inside Higher Ed

A small college within a much larger institution, with its own facilities, faculty, course offerings, scholarship and grant programs and perks for honors students. Such a vision persists and can be seen in Yale’s Directed Studies program or the University of Houston’s Human Situation course. Honors 4.0.

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Presidential worries: What’s keeping these Northeastern presidents up at night?

University Business

SUNY Oneonta President Alberto Cardelle invited Hartwick College to join the Regional Innovation Council to collaborate on regional issues and opportunities in healthcare and human services, business development, and employee recruitment and retention to name a few. ” Some see it as the same job but with a lot more hats to wear.

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President’s corner: How ‘presence’ unlocks a powerful enrollment strategy

University Business

The university also plans to invest at least $5 million to renovate the high school’s buildings, upgrade technology and update athletic facilities. Defending the liberal arts Sacred Heart, like other liberal arts colleges across the country, is facing pressure from lawmakers and employers to ensure its students are workforce-ready.

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Presidential moves: Strong appointments and 2 headscratchers

University Business

Phillips will be responsible for revamping Chatham’s academic program catalog specifically in health sciences and liberal arts. Students and alumni first started calling for her resignation in 2021 for a variety of reasons, such as declining enrollment, administrative resignations and “abysmal facilities.”

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

So we reject solutions that involve replacing teachers by robots, taking all lessons online, or demoting the humanities. This proposal might be called radically conservative in the sense that it is intended to conserve the best parts of an American-style liberal arts education by re-imagining it but not rejecting it.