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Outside of the liberalarts, programs in risk include business, journalism/communication, education, nursing, and family & consumer sciences. Institutional Closings The majority of school closings are for-profit institutions, but nonprofits, rural colleges, and small liberalarts colleges are most at risk for closure.
Outside of the liberalarts, programs in risk include business, journalism/communication, education, nursing, and family & consumer sciences. Institutional Closings The majority of school closings are for-profit institutions, but nonprofits, rural colleges, and small liberalarts colleges are most at risk for closure.
Also, don’t fully disregard liberalarts education since students still need a well-rounded education. in Information Sciences & Technology from Pennsylvania State University, and an M.B.A. I did an undergraduate degree in information technology, and I have an MBA. But they must stay proactive and transparent.
And I haven’t even mentioned all of the languages we teach, the Creative Writing courses we offer, and the fantastic Art History opening your eyes to all kinds of seeing and knowing. Open to students in Fall 2022! Location, location, location. We’re a great university in a great city, with excellent town-gown relations.
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But Transylvania, we are a private liberalarts institution. I think the area though, Jarrett, that you brought up that where there is a crunch, which doesn’t impact our students in enrollment is in other areas like campus safety, food service, facilities management, physical plant, housekeeping. And that’s okay.
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