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.” Proceedings of the European Conference on E-Learning , January 2019, 65–69.

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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.

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University Business

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Liberal arts colleges can market their smaller scale to attract students looking for more hands-on support. However, larger universities can leverage their human capital to build stronger networks and support pipelines. “It’s all about systems. “Many professors come from humble beginnings,” Andrs says.

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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.” Proceedings of the European Conference on E-Learning , January 2019, 65–69.

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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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Principle 3: An education that is less discipline-specific but that embraces the broader concerns of the humanities and social sciences, that addresses big and enduring questions, and that teaches students how to think like an anthropologist, historian, literary critic, political scientist, psychologist and sociologist.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Projects addressed topics such as annual giving, student retention, professional and continuing education, academic program planning, and more. Many tackled improving student success, retention, and equity at their institutions, while others focused on budget models and streamlining administrative processes.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

People often worry about liberal arts majors in these conversations. Liberal arts majors have some sort of ROI, and while they might not have it immediately in terms of how much they’re making, we can see an exponential increase in their salary after the first few years. Oftentimes you think STEM means tech.

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Echo Delta

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

I’m seeing more and more schools, to their credit, really thinking about student retention through an enrollment management lens and being much more intentional about it, and I think there’s a lot of opportunity there that more schools need to take advantage of. I think that’s another one.

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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. Instead, appoint presidents who value their mission, their students, and what they’re capable of. One thing that I would caution against is when we think about the liberal arts and humanities as easy punching bags.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The implications of the work she does are far-reaching, delivering the best outcomes for citizens across education, health, human services, defense, transport and infrastructure, and central agencies. And of course, when they do that well, that makes a huge difference to student retention. 00:07:45] Catherine: Yeah. It really is.

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Echo Delta

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Jeff Kallay: You’re a graduate of a small liberal arts college? ” There are a lot of beautiful liberal arts colleges out there. Jeff Kallay: We’re a traditional national ranked liberal arts college with about how many undergrads? Mae Watters: I am. Mae Watters: How did I end up in Sewanee?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2024

This holistic approach encompasses marketing, recruitment, admissions, and retention strategies, all aimed at achieving optimal enrollment and graduation rates. You can find these individuals at historically black colleges and universities, minority-serving institutions, predominantly white institutions, and liberal arts colleges.

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Echo Delta

OCTOBER 30, 2021

And with two decades of experience in and around higher education, he is a sharp thinker on all things enrollment, not to mention, he is a fantastic human being. But Transylvania, we are a private liberal arts institution. But for us, we saw a pretty big bump in our retention rates this past year. First is Sarah Coen.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 10, 2023

To the contrary—existing research positively links increased engagement with advisers to student success metrics such as retention. This doesn’t mean students don’t benefit from advising, however. The Student Voice data also suggest that students benefit from more face time with advisers. One example?

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The result, according to Feldstein: these institutions “make the same research demands on faculty and incur expenses for building out facilities that are not focused on creating well-educated citizens, successful professionals and thoughtful human beings. ” So what should these broad-access institutions do instead?

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University Business

JANUARY 24, 2025

Lauded for his leadership in the liberal arts, Baucom serves as the Robert C. Taylor Professor of English at Virginia and previously served as dean of its College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences for eight years. One 10-year fundraising campaign is on track to generate $1.8 billion by 2026.

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