Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Image: Campus leaders at Vassar College are on a mission to bring community college students to liberal arts institutions. They announced plans this fall to help 30 liberal arts colleges explore how to start programs modeled after Exploring Transfer, a 35-year-old summer bridge program for community college students at Vassar.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2025

Belmont University President Greg Jones may have crafted the most authentic initiative for the Tennessee-based liberal arts college after striking a unique partnership with global superstar legend Dolly Parton. However, the timeless power of teaching a liberal arts education isnt lost on Jones either.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 17, 2022

Now, I see this through a new lens as my husband, Richard, and I have made our first big philanthropic investment in higher education: supporting one of our nation’s small liberal arts colleges. Today’s world is made better with the kind of education students get at a small liberal arts college.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

’” As a chemistry professor at a small liberal arts college, I was immediately intrigued and eagerly climbed into this rabbit hole, because in my courses on general chemistry, there are many concepts that would never occur to my students, even after several lectures and homework assignments.

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HEPI

APRIL 18, 2023

This blog has been kindly written fro HEPI by Professor Marion Thain, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Culture and Technology at King’s College London. However that doesn’t mean humanities disciplines don’t have to change.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The board of Marymount University, in Virginia, voted unanimously to eliminate 10 programs, mostly in the liberal arts, on Friday. The vote eliminated majors in art, economics, English, history, mathematics, philosophy, secondary education, sociology, and theology and religious studies, and an M.A. in English and humanities.

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University Business

MAY 14, 2024

Deliberately integrating the humanities into Georgia Tech University’s armada of world-class STEM-based programs is the future of pedagogy at the R1 Atlanta university—and perhaps for all of higher education, says Richard Utz, interim dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, in this installment of the “University Business Podcast.”

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Marymount University, in Virginia, is planning to cut many of its liberal arts programs, citing low enrollments, ARLnow reported. “These majors are a vital part of a well-rounded education, providing students with a deep understanding of culture, history, and the human experience. There is strong opposition to the plans.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

in Interdisciplinary Arts from Hampshire College; M.A. in counseling & human development, University of Georgia Career mentors: Dr. Darris Means, Clemson University; Dr. Tiffany J. Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, University of Vermont Tenured: No Age: 34 Education: B.A.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 16, 2023

Image: Two linked Minnesota Roman Catholic institutions are reducing language and other humanities offerings, including nixing all its ancient Greek and Chinese classes. ” But he said there are financial issues at smaller colleges that “are general problems, not just of humanities.”

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 9, 2023

As the planet warms, the humanities grow cold, writes William Major. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty Editorial Tags: Liberal arts Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Pawel Piotr/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: The only remaining question: What to do now?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Morgan State University has received $596,383 for a human behavior study regarding responses to environmental indications of fire, with the findings expected to help in improving fire safety systems and building design. College of Liberal Arts at Morgan State is the principal investigator, and Dr. Gilliam, Jr.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

That the humanities are in crisis will surprise exactly no one. Since the Great Recession of 2008, but especially after 2012, the share of majors in the humanities has continued to decrease precipitously among American college-goers. in economics as it does in humanities fields in most American universities?

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

By Helen Huiskes Alessandro Gottardo for The Chronicle Some humanities faculty members saw unexpected reprieves, but many remain pessimistic.

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Campus Technology

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The University of Minnesota (UMN)'s College of Liberal Arts (CLA) has announced a partnership with Helios Consulting to offer graduates a chance to gain human resource technology skills through paid employment and training in its Rise Program, an apprenticeship designed to prepare students for a career in the Workday ecosystem.

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ACRLog

AUGUST 11, 2022

Benjamin Dueck is a General Librarian in the Arts & Humanities Division at The University of Manitoba Libraries. Earlier this month, I began working as a full-time Humanities Liaison Librarian at the University of Manitoba. The future of humanities librarianship.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 9, 2024

By partnering with other institutions, colleges can quickly introduce new programs in high-demand fields, attracting students who might otherwise have overlooked small liberal arts schools. Many liberal arts colleges are struggling to attract students who prefer career-focused majors over traditional humanities disciplines.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 17, 2025

Background Founded in 1859, Whitman College is a private liberal arts institution located in Walla Walla, Washington. Curricula Whitman College offers over 45 majors and numerous minors spanning the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Enrollment Trends As of Fall 2024, Whitman enrollment is 1,561 students.

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Higher Education Inquirer

DECEMBER 16, 2024

There is little humanity in the liberal arts and humanities, social sciences, fine arts and other disciplines, as they are taught in much of US higher education. So much of what is learned as an undergrad is impractical and unimportant to students, especially outside of one's major or minor.

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The coursework in the crosshairs isn’t hard to divine, either: liberal arts mainstays such as literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology. Those with liberal arts degrees took umbrage. Without art history, anthropology, and archaeology majors, who will curate our museums? New tools.

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Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Background Established in 1832, Wabash College is a private liberal arts institution dedicated exclusively to undergraduate education for men. Net price after aid is $26,834 Curricula Wabash offers a diverse array of academic programs across three divisions: Natural Sciences, Humanities and Arts, and Social Sciences.

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University Business

APRIL 4, 2023

Lindsey Ash says she likely would have sought a liberal arts degree in speech therapy — until a high school class steered her toward science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The post College students follow the money into STEM education, killing off struggling liberal arts programs appeared first on University Business.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D. in New York University’s joint Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

A psychologist and cognitive scientist, her research centers on the human mind and how people divide the world into categories. “In Safa is the perfect choice to guide the College through the fascinating chapter that lies ahead.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Column: Letters to the Editor To the Editor: The survey and book that Scott Jaschik reports on (" What Are the Liberal Arts? 19) is seriously flawed and the reasons why help us to understand the problems that the Art & Science Group and study purport to study. " Sept. 2022), 16-26. Ohio State University.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

If we want to avoid just burning the whole humanities “thing” down, we need to start applying some of our fundamental humanities skills in order to communicate better with one another, to actually hear one another’s perspectives, and to build together toward something new rather than tearing each other down. (And

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

Officials said the layoffs are the resulted from the elimination of the College of General Studies (CGS) at the university’s Waukesha campus, where students could earn an associate degree in liberal arts — such as in arts and humanities, math and natural sciences, and social sciences and business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

The campus centers seek to prepare the next generation of leaders and thinkers to build equitable and just communities by dismantling the false belief in a hierarchy of human value.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2023

Phillip Brian Harper In Spring 2022, the foundation had invited proposals from institutions – accredited, non-profit, four-year liberal arts degree-granting U.S. and social justice and the literary imagination.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In the same way, I hoped students would see Qatar’s transformations as containing many political possibilities while recognizing the country had much work to do in terms of human rights. Western countries, including both European nations and the United States, have a terrible track record when it comes to the history of human rights.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2022

She has also served as associate dean for Tulane University's School of Liberal Arts; dean of arts, humanities and social sciences at the University of Denver; and dean of Harpur College of Arts and Sciences.

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University Business

JULY 1, 2024

Cultural competency, the top outcome of learning an additional language and culture, remains a priority for students attending selective liberal arts colleges or research universities. WVU fits the same category because most of the state’s population lives in relatively poor rural communities of fewer than 2,500 inhabitants.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 3, 2025

Background The College of Wooster, founded in 1866, is a private liberal arts institution located in Wooster, Ohio. Known for its commitment to mentored undergraduate research, Wooster offers a comprehensive liberal arts education in a residential setting. states and 76 countries.

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Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Lorain County Community College is the community’s college, providing pathways to rewarding careers in all fields, including liberal arts and the humanities. This semester, the first cohort of the Mandel program came together, comprised of students with interests in the arts, writing, communication or the humanities.

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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. When he returned to the campus in 2022 as its newly appointed president, he was greeted by a microcosm of the modern American experience.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 14, 2023

As a law professor emanating from a primarily liberal arts institution, I deemed it invaluable that the author’s note in my law review articles could state that research was conducted, in part, as an FRN Scholar-in-Residence at NYU, courtesy of the Faculty Resource Network.

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