University Business

JUNE 11, 2024

We are now well past the six-month mark for the delayed delivery of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) information to college campuses and students. With these grants, we can offer a high-quality liberal arts education at a minimal cost to bright and dedicated students who otherwise could not afford to attend.

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University Business

APRIL 15, 2024

Elon University, a private university based in the liberal arts in North Carolina, recently announced that it’s promising that 90% of its students will reach a foundational level of “data competency” by the time they graduate. As the nature of work changes, more industries demand that new employees be data literate.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

Our data set includes information on hiring at 391 Ph.D.-granting But this is not the case in education, in social sciences and in particular in the humanities, all of which are characterized by stable or declining demand for assistant professors. granting universities in the humanities decreased by 16.8 granting universities.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Within community colleges, some programs of study are loosely defined, especially in the humanities, or were never designed to lead to transfer, as in the case of applied associate degrees. And improvement is needed.

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University Business

OCTOBER 2, 2023

” More from UB: Presidents corner: How can courage breathe new life into a classic liberal arts education? But beyond just using AI to help inform officers on their decision-making, 87% said AI ‘sometimes’ or ‘always’ made the final decision on whether to admit students. Still, skepticism persists.

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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.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Which leaves the liberal arts, and especially the humanities, where? If, for most students, the primary measure of an undergraduate degree is return on investment, shouldn’t our institutions double down on those high demand, high return fields and let the liberal arts shrink to an appropriate size?

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Blog: Just Visiting I see we are in another cycle of concern for the academic humanities, this time triggered by a long article in the New Yorker by Nathan Heller titled “The End of the English Major.” We shouldn’t be surprised that the decline in humanities faculty has led to a decline in humanities majors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 15, 2023

The report is based on data from a survey of nearly 900 US colleges and institutions, who provided information on more than 370,000 full-time and 90,000 part-time faculty members. Givan noted that data on these faculty remains spotty: under 40% of the responding institutions submitted complete information on part-time faculty paid per course.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

” The New Yorker article centered on the claim that the number of humanities majors in the U.S. has declined significantly; between 2012 and 2020, institutions such as Tufts University and Ohio State University lost nearly half their humanities students. million Andrew W.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

From the strategic and smart use of technology, to the need for data fluency across all disciplines (and yes, that includes liberal arts institutions), and the changing modes of online and in-person instruction, universities have been watching, and some embracing, what employers expect from graduates in today’s rapidly changing workforce.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Eighty-two percent of liberal arts and sciences, humanities and general studies majors changed their majors upon transfer. No matter what field they came to study originally, students who switch their majors continue to overwhelmingly select health professions or computer and information sciences.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Grove City, in Pennsylvania, is a Christian liberal arts college. “Given that the referenced study was published over 20 years ago and the authors are no longer affiliated with the university, we do not have current contact information for the researchers,” an Alliant spokeswoman said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Hollis, then dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Shauntae Brown White, professor of mass communication and coordinator of women’s and gender studies as well as Interim Associate Dean of the College of Arts, Social Science and Humanities, was part of the proposal process and the minor’s development.

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EAB

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For instance, a recent posting for a director of academic technology included these details: In 1992, Carleton created a Learning & Teaching Center to “sponsor conversations, encourage reflection, and offer a venue for classroom innovation that bears on the challenges and opportunities of education at a distinctive liberal arts college.”.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This is the upshot of a new analysis in Nature Human Behavior that challenges the persistent idea that faculty diversity amounts to a “pipeline” problem. Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication and information science at Cornell University; Neil A. population in terms of race by 2050. percentage points per year.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 17, 2023

Over the last decade, Thompson’s resonant affirmation has invigorated ways of embracing the full humanity of these girls and women, including their joys and aspirations. To thine own powers appeal,” the NTS operated from 1909-1961 and complemented its vocational curriculum with mandatory courses in Black history and the liberal arts.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

APRIL 17, 2024

This makes it easier for potential students, faculty, and stakeholders to find information about academic programs, research opportunities, and campus life. Source: Google John Cabot University is the top search engine reply page for “liberal arts university in Rome”. Keyword research also fosters a competitive advantage.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 28, 2023

We regret that this incorrect information was included in our article and have republished this post with the section removed. 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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Theater doesn’t belong to any particular culture — it belongs to the human impulse to tell stories.” Ask their family about their background, and what does that inform about their acting work in something as simple as monologue. That comes directly from me being a Latinx artist,” said Villada. Luckett and Dr. Tia M.

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ACPA

JUNE 9, 2023

For instance, Colby College, which is a private liberal arts college. So it’s very surprising that Colby College is not a stem institution, it’s a private liberal arts college that established the institute called the Davis Institute for artificial intelligence in 2021.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

MAY 14, 2022

Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control. They bring knowledge and information to their readers, and at the same time they play a most important part in connection with the business interests of the community, both through their news and advertising departments.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 16, 2023

Much as AI text generation can, I am convinced, strengthen student writing, AI image generators can inform visual literacy and arts education and set a new bar for artistic creativity. Also, imagine if the platform extracted campus-specific information about gen ed and major requirements.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

As humans, we all crave validation, and formative assessments provide such insight on students’ understandings of concepts. Dissemination of Growth Mindset Principles and Attitudes in the Division of Science and Mathematics at a Liberal Arts College.” Journal of Information Technology Education: Research 18 (June): 19–43.

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WCET Frontiers

MAY 11, 2023

Calling ChatGPT and generative AI a “plague upon education,” Weissman opines “In these early days of the GPT spread, we are largely defenseless against this novel threat to human intelligence and academic integrity. The submission of AI generated answers constitutes plagiarism and is violation of CSCC’s student code of conduct.”

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

As humans, we all crave validation, and formative assessments provide such insight on students’ understandings of concepts. Dissemination of Growth Mindset Principles and Attitudes in the Division of Science and Mathematics at a Liberal Arts College.” Journal of Information Technology Education: Research 18 (June): 19–43.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

AAC&U – American Association of Colleges and Universities – this is the organization that focusses on liberal-arts education across higher education with an emphasis on enhancing the quality of teaching and learning and advocacy on the power of a liberal education. It is coordinated by NACUBO. ·

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University Business

AUGUST 7, 2023

Once a s mall Catholic liberal arts college, St. Vischer draws on the pillars of Catholic education to inform his mission, and he credits it to his university’s success. Rob Vischer took over the University of St. Thomas in January during a pivotal period in its 139-year history. ” How can St.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 11, 2023

From skills assessment rubrics to soft skills microcredentials , this generic conception strips away critical information about how skills are defined, used and rewarded by actual human beings. Additionally, as strong advocates of the liberal arts tradition, we contend that this core strength of U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 13, 2023

Carol Landau, a clinical professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University and the author of Mood Prep 101: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Depression and Anxiety in College-Bound Teens ( Oxford University Press , 2020), said she sees U SAD? Before the pandemic, you’d never do that.”

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

” Scott added that the initiative is not meant to be punitive but is designed to give institutions additional information to work with when planning their program offerings and deciding where to invest resources—or trim fat. “Humanities majors want jobs, too.”

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The extra 10,000 students could, on their own, populate a midsize traditional university, or several small liberal arts colleges. Such intel provides faculty members and mentors with timely, relevant information they hope will support student success. Today, that population has grown to approximately 43,750 students.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

We’ve seen students and families using this information, but we’ve also heard from institutions starting to understand that the data is there and showing an interest in the program-level data in terms of how they improve their programs and all of their offerings writ large.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As Mr. Lederman explained: “There are differences between institutions: a research university a community college; a 1500-student private liberal arts college; a regional public institution with 15,000 people. Our humanity is what connects us, not what we've achieved. They have some different priorities. What resonates and why?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

Also, don’t fully disregard liberal arts 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.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President, Institutional Strategy & Effectiveness, Mississippi State University University Research Supporting undergraduate research and challenging assumptions R.

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