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Land-grant universities are building new colleges , HBCUs are racing to secure better funding and even liberalarts colleges are reviewing their general education curriculum. These developments have thrust some higher education leaders to defend the place the humanities hold in the halls of our most prestigious institutions.
Weinman emphasized that the new designation better reflects Marist's evolution from a small regional college into a comprehensive global institution. 1 among peer institutions by a U.S. 1 among peer institutions by a U.S. The timing of the transition is particularly meaningful as Marist approaches its centennial in 2029.
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 liberalarts colleges. Today’s world is made better with the kind of education students get at a small liberalarts college.
He explained his departure in an open letter, claiming that Dr. Clarence Lang, dean of the College of the LiberalArts, had refused to follow through on a commitment to hire two new tenure-line faculty. Interim Provost Dr. Justin Schwartz argued back that West’s letter made unsubstantiated claims, though he did not specify which ones.
For example, what difference does a population of 1,500 students at one institution make in the grand scheme of higher ed? Those students can always go to a larger institution. The truth is, many of these small institutions “punch above their weight” and are making an outsized contribution to the higher education profession.
Kenro Kusumi Kenro Kusumi has been named university senior vice provost and dean of The College of LiberalArts and Sciences at Arizona State University. in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He serves as a professor of life sciences and dean of natural sciences.
Each episode explores the distinctiveness of small collegesthrough conversations with presidents, provosts, foundation leaders, and changemakers who are deeply engaged in the work of shaping the future. Its a bold new model for partnership between mission-driven institutions focused on shared values and long-term sustainability.
Image: Faculty members at the College of William & Mary are concerned that the institution is purposely excluding them from conversations about the future. William & Mary has long had a liberalarts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance.
Link Previously, Link has been president of Allegheny College, dean of Temple University Rome, vice provost at Barnard College of Columbia University, and director of scholar programs at New York University. “I I am eager to begin working with the entire Drew community to forge the University’s path into a vibrant and successful future.”
Monique Guillory has been appointed the new provost and chief academic and enrollment officer Dillard University, effective April 1. Ford announced that Guillory will work with the interim provost, Mablene Krueger, through April to transition into the role. Dillard President Dr. Rochelle L. Dr. Monique Guillory “Dr.
Manhattanville remains a private liberalartsinstitution, but it has changed its orientation somewhat in recent years. Feroe, former acting president and interim provost, was named interim president. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members. Geisler last summer.
Image: Two linked Minnesota Roman Catholic institutions are reducing language and other humanities offerings, including nixing all its ancient Greek and Chinese classes. The provost of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University has cited overall enrollment decreases and specifically low enrollments in these courses.
Monique Guillory has been appointed the new provost and chief academic and enrollment officer Dillard University, effective April 1. Ford announced that Guillory will work with the interim provost, Mablene Krueger, through April to transition into the role. Dillard President Dr. Rochelle L. Dr. Monique Guillory “Dr.
Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer, associate provost for equity and inclusion, and coordinator of the new DEI certificate program at Muhlenberg College. Dr. Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer and associate provost for equity and inclusion at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., As the U.S. Some last for days, others for years.
He began as the director of the institution’s stock portfolio, transitioning four years later to the vice president for advancement. The work was done in collaboration with the provost. The new president isn’t a newcomer. In her last year as president, Ward looks forward to ramping up community outreach efforts.
Spurred on by this interest in universities’ inner workings, Allen went on to eventually lead in an administrative capacity as senior vice president and provost at Widener University before returning to Meredith as its leader in July 2011. No great institution should be a best-kept secret.” Under her watch, Meredith has blossomed.
The consequence: the richest institutions can fully fund the education of lower-income students, while the vast majority of working-class and lower-middle-class undergraduates must take out loans to pay for their education. The top 3 percent holds 80 percent. They’re not. It isn’t.
Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. “Trust and institutional culture are broken,” the first of the five points said.
The president-designate was NYU’s Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice Provost for Global Programs and University Life for the past decade and is a lifetime member of the school’s senior leadership team. She understands the power of a liberalarts education to create the visionary leaders the world sorely needs.
Large-scale quantitative data such as these provide an invaluable evidence-based context about the areas of scholarship in which institutions are investing new faculty lines, a matter of interest to deans of graduate schools and provosts alike. granting universities; a broader approach considering other types of institutions (e.g.,
The professor, Samuel Joeckel, said in an email that the dean of his department and the university’s provost waited outside the class he was teaching last week to inform him of the news. He is co-editor of The Christian College Phenomenon: Inside America’s Fastest Growing Institutions of Higher Learning (2011).
But a combination of competitive pressures, demographic patterns and accreditation requirements in one of its most job skill–focused undergraduate fields has led the private liberalartsinstitution to create its first-ever master’s degree—and to consider adding others.
The jury did not agree with Stern’s similar claims against two former provosts, however. In retaliation for Stern’s internal and external activism, Auburn in 2009 suddenly moved the department of economics out of the College of Business and into the College of LiberalArts, the lawsuit said.
Over the past decade, some historically Black institutions have developed women’s and gender studies programs and embedded courses within general education curriculum. Hollis, then dean of the College of LiberalArts. Clark Atlanta University and Spelman College are the only HBCUs that offer a major or degree program.
Additionally, half of the six presidents to be hired or retired hail from an institution with strong religious ties. While SVU is technically a secular private liberalarts college, it identifies with the values of the LDS Church. News and World Report rankings among private, non-profit schools in New York.
Students obtain essential networking and community-building skills while developing a sense of leadership that is not informed by “heteronormative and cisnormative practices,” says John Weinstein, PhD, the college’s provost and vice president. The private liberalartsinstitution in Great Barrington, Mass.,
The Office of the Provost and the Office of Global Engagement at the University of Mississippi provided funding for the program. It demonstrates that global engagement is not just a buzzword but a core value that permeates all levels of the institution.
“There is plenty of time in three years to do almost anything you want to do,” Zemsky told the group’s members, all of whom are working on three-year-degree pilot programs at their institutions. Some institutions, like Georgetown, are only beginning to explore the idea. Some institutions suggest cutting electives.
I was at a conference, and the attendees were workshopping solutions for increasing digital learning capacity at their respective institutions. We can do things like engage our colleagues within our institutions who are well equipped to facilitate learning using digital learning tools.
News college rankings often point out that much of the data used to compile the rankings is provided by “experts” who range from high school guidance counselors to admissions counselors and faculty members at various higher education institutions. bachelor’s degree-granting institutions on 17 academic quality measures. The problem?
” Shi continued, “I wasn’t interviewed or consulted by the president or the provost throughout [the] process, or ever, actually. ” He continued, “It’s also a violation of the principles of academic governance, and it has implications for the integrity of the institution.”
Kinloch believes that her perspective as an alum, former board member, and a vocal cheerleader for the institution gives her an advantage. “I Kinloch wants the institution, which is located within Charlotte’s historic West End community, to have a sustained relationship with the community that surrounds the university. “My
John Karl Scholz (Photo: UO Website) With experience as a professor, economist and provost (which he currently still serves at the University of Wisconsin-Madison), his focus at Oregon will be student career readiness and postgraduate success. As the provost of Ball State University in Muncie, Ind.,
Alumni, trusted donors and friends of the college have placed so much confidence in his leadership that the Pennsylvania-based liberalarts college is coming off a record-breaking $77 million year of fundraising. The donor base responded by granting the college a series of gifts that turned some of Cole’s visions into reality.
degrees in English, in the years when I’ve managed to work outside of higher education institutions, I’ve done just fine for myself, money-wise that is. Working in higher ed institutions as a non-tenureable instructor of various stripes was a bit of a drag on the old income. Speaking as someone with not one (B.A.),
” Leffingwell is slated to teach at New York City’s New School in the spring—an institution comprised of the Parsons School of Design, a liberalarts college, a performing arts college, the Mannes conservatory and several graduate schools. The institution has a storied history.
Mike Runiewicz, assistant vice provost and director of student financial services at Washington University in St. Louis, sees the institution’s role in student financial wellness as “helping students obtain the information that will help them successfully navigate different aspects of their lives.
School leaders are appointed to lead an institution for their quantifiably successful work, like Ron Patterson at Chadron State College. He previously served as the Institute Community and Equity Officer at MIT and the chief diversity officer and senior associate provost at the University of South Carolina.
Nate Southerland, provost of Coconino Community College, said the college started the automotive technology program in response to local workforce needs. No other type of institution had such a steep overall decline, though it’s unclear how many professors left their positions for other jobs and how many retired or were let go.
Mason serves as associate provost for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Kenyon College in Ohio. Vick: Like many institutions, we are still in the process of determining what the SCOTUS decision specifically means for us at Muhlenberg. Most institutions of which I am aware already use a holistic approach in admissions.
Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has consistently performed well across all four Diverse Organizational Impact and Transformation (DOIT) institutional pillars. It enables an intentional health focus across the liberalarts and facilitates dialogue on the future of healthcare.
In March 2021, the chair of the Board of Trustees of Becker College announced that the institution would close its doors due to financial difficulties accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The two institutions shared both history and a deep connection to the Worcester community.
As the provost of the private liberalarts school for nine years until 2022, Belmont’s enrollment grew by more than 2,000 student,s and he helped oversee the merger of two other postsecondary institutions. University and community stakeholders still have a greater understanding of the institution, he conceded.
He came into power at the small liberalarts school after a DeSantis-backed overhaul of the Board of Trustees ousted former President Patricia Okker. Gillam currently serves as the executive vice president and provost at The Ohio State University, an institution whose student population doubles that of BU.
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