Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 3, 2023

Last month, for the first time in Manhattanville's history, tenured faculty in the arts and humanities were pushed away. Today, there are no more tenured faculty in many of the humanities and art disciplines and degrees such in Art History, Languages, Music, Technical Theatre, and many more, have been frozen.

Administration 98

Administration Liberal Arts History Humanities 98

University Business

MAY 3, 2024

The three presidents to step down demonstrate a variety of reasons for making a change: to reengage in academia, pursue other professional opportunities or make way for new leadership during trying times. One campaign he oversaw helped draw in $66 million, the largest in school history, Telegram & Gazette reports.

Arts And Sciences 111

Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts Academia Department 111

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

The courses span various fields – including criminology, social welfare and justice, and history – and touch on topics such as mass incarceration, surveillance, poetry, and the psychology of adolescent development. It is in service of the foundation’s goal to expand access to liberal arts education, she said.

Liberal Arts 111

Liberal Arts Education Facilities University 111

Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

John Weinstein, PhD The Bard Queer Leadership Project (BQLP) is a bachelor of arts degree program that enables LGBTQ+ individuals and allies to study queer leadership and culture in tandem with one of the more than 40 academic concentrations offered by the college.

Liberal Arts 105

Liberal Arts Advocate Leadership Inclusivity 105

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2023

“HBCUs come with a tremendous amount of history. By the middle of the 20th century, KC had become a liberal arts institution with a reputation for organizing social justice movements like sit-ins. KC was founded in 1875 by the United Presbyterian Church for the education of newly freed men and women.

Liberal Arts 138

Liberal Arts Empower Retention Institution 138

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

Earlham has an important and longstanding place within the distinctive liberal arts tradition in the United States. He is currently writing a book, Persistence of Error: A Natural History of Mutation, explaining genetic mutation for non-scientists. He will take the helm Aug. 1, succeeding Dr. Anne M.

Arts And Sciences 81

Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts Deans Advocate 81

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 14, 2023

in educational administration (higher education leadership) from Indiana State University; a Master of Liberal Arts in African American studies from Temple; a Master of Science in Education in educational psychology and guidance (college student personnel) from EIU; a B.A. Williams-Goliday holds a Ph.D.

Arts And Sciences 105

Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts Advise Educational Psychology 105

Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I intensely admire the objective: to provide accomplished, aspiring undergraduates the best that public higher education can offer—the small, rigorous classes and close personal interactions with faculty associated with liberal arts colleges and the resources and range of opportunities offered by comprehensive and research universities.

Arts And Sciences 98

Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts University History 98

University Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

While SVU is technically a secular private liberal arts college, it identifies with the values of the LDS Church. Cordon’s seven-year leadership stint with LDC Church saw her navigate the institution through the COVID pandemic. News and World Report rankings among private, non-profit schools in New York.

Facilities 105

Facilities Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Leadership 105

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 13, 2024

She is only the second woman to hold the position in the school’s 157-year history. This background has ingrained in her a deep commitment to culturally responsive leadership, which is essential for addressing the diverse needs of the university’s student body.” Ellis describes Kinloch’s leadership style as “windows and mirrors.” “She

Deans 133

Deans Liberal Arts Faculty History 133

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2023

One striking example was highlighted in the case of a highly regarded private liberal arts college in the Midwest when it recently issued a public announcement about the creation of a department of African Diaspora studies on campus. It’s quite plausible that hundreds of such messages could be directed to the institutional leadership.

Liberal Arts 95

Liberal Arts Environment Organization Equity 95

University Business

AUGUST 5, 2024

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. “We have the most diverse student body in Allegheny’s history,” Cole says.

Liberal Arts 52

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Leadership Provost 52

University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

Jenkins is set to become Bates College’s first Black president in its 168-year history. Both Jenkins and Gillespie noted that Bates’ commitment to the liberal arts made Jenkins a great fit to foster “student engagement” and a “culture of collaboration.”

Arts And Sciences 98

Arts And Sciences Law School Inclusivity Deans 98

University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“Our society faces global challenges; responding to them will require creative and collaborative leadership from the next generation of students,” Garrett Smiley, CEO and co-founder, said to PIX 11. “An education system built for the Industrial Revolution is not going to get it done and has frankly outstayed its welcome.”

Education 98

Education Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts Technology 98

Dr. Missy Alexander

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Education has been rebuilt from elementary education to EdD in Instructional Leadership and our students are achieving successes that are on par with our regional, elite, universities. All arts programs at WCSU are focused on top tier professional training, fully preparing our students to work in these competitive and in-demand industries.

Liberal Arts 52

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Provost Model 52

Dr. Missy Alexander

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Education has been rebuilt from elementary education to EdD in Instructional Leadership and our students are achieving successes that are on par with our regional, elite, universities. All arts programs at WCSU are focused on top tier professional training, fully preparing our students to work in these competitive and in-demand industries.

Liberal Arts 52

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Provost Model 52

University Business

MARCH 7, 2023

“We, as a board and leadership team, left no stone unturned in our attempts to move Finlandia forward toward a healthier future,” wrote Michael Nakkula, chair of Finlandia’s Board of Trustees in a statement. Facing “an unbearable debt load,” leadership chose not to enroll future students.

College 96

College University Leadership Schooling 96

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

What inspires these grim thoughts is Kimball and Iler’s richly researched, provocative and pivotally important history of college endowments, campus fundraising campaigns, university finances, institutional spending and student debt. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

Higher Education 111

Higher Education Institution Education History 111

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 6, 2023

in educational leadership from the University of New England that he earned after getting a bachelor’s degree in political science and government and a master’s degree from Western Illinois University. He now has a Ph.D.

University 98

University Equity Inclusivity Liberal Arts 98

Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

He said the college’s innovative restructuring plan and progressive history drew him to the job. It’s been a rough decade for Vermont’s small liberal arts colleges. “I think we’ve turned the corner,” Smolla said. “I’m very optimistic.” Joseph and Southern Vermont College.

Law School 98

Law School Schooling Liberal Arts Degree 98

Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

” Lafayette, a private Pennsylvania liberal arts college with roughly 2,700 students, currently has no deans supervising its four academic divisions: humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering. It’s adding them July 1.

Deans 122

Deans Provost Arts And Sciences Department 122

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

which traced its history to the union of Leicester Academy, founded in 1784, and the Becker Business College, which opened in 1887. It also was a serious loss for the Worcester region because of Becker College’s long and impactful history in the area and the prominence of several academic programs.

Arts And Sciences 98

Arts And Sciences Faculty Deans Facilities 98

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In my view, a college education shouldn’t just cultivate students’ cognitive, analytic and problem-solving abilities or expand their content knowledge or merely instill the cultural literacies that we associate with a rich liberal arts education. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

Education 105

Education College Liberal Arts Achievement 105

Susquehanna President's Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

History Kimball, Bruce A.: Orators and Philosophers: A History of the Idea of Liberal Education , expanded edition. Liberal Arts Leadership and the Liberal Arts: Achieving the Promise of a Liberal Education , edited by J. Zakaria, Fareed: In Defense of a Liberal Education.

Higher Education 40

Higher Education Liberal Arts Education Leadership 40

Dr. Missy Alexander

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Over the last few weeks, I have been in several conversations about the impact of career focused education on the liberal arts. This framing reveals deeply held biases about what qualifies as liberal arts (and therefore a quality degree) which are pervasive in higher education.

Liberal Arts 40

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Degree Higher Education 40

University Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A proposed fundraiser event by a small liberal arts school president has incited an avalanche, calling for the resignation of a school dean and drawing the Board of Trustees into the muck as 120 faculty pressure the Board to begin its new president search immediately. We made that decision believing that our values were clear.

Faculty 52

Faculty Liberal Arts Deans Students 52

University Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

President Doug Hicks graduated from Davidson College at a time not too far separated from when the small private liberal arts college still capped enrollment of women. “We have made a lot of strides based on many efforts to name our history dating back to 1837,” Hicks says.

Liberal Arts 52

Liberal Arts Humanities History College 52

University Business

APRIL 14, 2023

He also led the school through seven of its largest freshman enrollment classes in Langston’s 126-year history. Arvizu faced a growing wedge between his leadership and the school’s community after a perfect storm of events. Despite this, Smith Jr.

Liberal Arts 52

Liberal Arts Academia Arts And Sciences Deans 52

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A professor of Chicano/Latino studies and history at the University of California, Irvine, Anita was a high school teacher at 23, then a K-12 school director of curriculum and assessment, a freelance journalist and a migrant rights activist, before earning her Ph.D. We need it desperately, both to be able to survive and to thrive.

University 111

University Arts And Sciences Academia Scholarship 111

Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Institutional leadership need to support initiatives that are evidence-based, that can be scaled in an affordable, effective way, that promote equity and that improve essential learning outcomes. I may be old-fashioned, but what I consider essential to a liberal arts education is the interaction with a scholar and with classmates.

Arts And Sciences 75

Arts And Sciences Advise Liberal Arts Computer Science 75

Susquehanna President's Blog

MAY 8, 2023

Some of these overreaches have been in response to faculty serving as expert witness in court cases in which their testimony was unfavorable to the state’s position; some are battles over ideology; some are acts of political theatre; and some are attempts to whitewash history. This includes the literature, music, and art we teach and study.

Liberal Arts 40

Liberal Arts Faculty Appointment History Leadership 40

Susquehanna President's Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

At Susquehanna, we receive a list of 222 “national liberal arts colleges.” Some, like Wall Street Journal/THE assess all institutions together rather than separating liberal arts colleges from large universities or institutions that recruit regionally versus nationally. None of those institutions were in the U.S.

Liberal Arts 40

Liberal Arts College Faculty Schooling 40

WCET Frontiers

JULY 28, 2023

The majority of these programs are deemed low-enrollment and fall within undergraduate humanities: mostly religious studies, philosophy, English, creative writing, languages, history, fine arts, and classics. In March 2023, Penn State leadership asked all departments to submit positions for elimination.

Arts And Sciences 52

Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts College University 52

WCET Frontiers

JULY 27, 2023

The majority of these programs are deemed low-enrollment and fall within undergraduate humanities: mostly religious studies, philosophy, English, creative writing, languages, history, fine arts, and classics. In March 2023, Penn State leadership asked all departments to submit positions for elimination.

Arts And Sciences 52

Arts And Sciences Liberal Arts College University 52

eLiterate

OCTOBER 25, 2022

To what extent is the university’s leadership aware of the paper? 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. J-WEL is one of many funded centers at MIT.

Liberal Arts 68

Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences Model Computer Science 68

Susquehanna President's Blog

MAY 30, 2022

As we welcomed you on August 23 rd 2018, I spoke about our academic theme of Resilience stating: The Liberal Arts provide us with an array of viewpoints and historical perspectives so we can better contextualize and understand the challenges we encounter in our lives. 2] Niebuhr, Reinhold: The Irony of American History.

Liberal Arts 40

Liberal Arts History Achievement Leadership 40

University Business

JULY 5, 2023

“Appealing to a principle of ‘color-blindness’ at odds with history and law, the Court’s conservative majority says, ‘trust us’ while it imposes its will on higher education’s admission policies,” Roth and Gonzalez wrote in an email.

Liberal Arts 52

Liberal Arts Scholarship Arts And Sciences Policy 52