University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Bolstered by state and national workforce needs and their promising return on investment, the STEM track represents a gold mine for colleges and universities that want to ensure credentials from their institution are providing students with good job prospects and gainful employment. What can we do?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2025

as the institution's 22nd president. I am profoundly honored to have been chosen to lead Talladega College, an institution with a powerful legacy and boundless potential," Todd said. This institution was founded in defiance of limitation and in pursuit of possibility. A Georgia native, Todd holds a Ph.D.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Georgia's Board of Regents has named Dr. Jermaine Whirl as the sole finalist for the presidency of Savannah State University, the state's oldest historically Black Dr. Jermaine Whirl university. The coastal Georgia institution, founded in 1890, has played a vital role in African American higher education for over 130 years.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

“It takes courage to be an institution of education, and it takes courage to develop it in other people,” she says. the small private college has traditionally championed the classical values of a liberal arts education. Tucked away in the small rural town of Middlebury, Vt.,

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

The NDC Board of Trustees secured agreements with nine partner colleges and universities to help current NDC students in good standing continue their college careers through a Teach-Out program or as a transfer student.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

A new report from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) reveals that while faculty salaries increased for the second straight year, compensation has yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels. colleges and universities, representing approximately 370,000 full-time and 90,000 part-time faculty members. in 2024 and 3.4%

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Higher Ed Data Stories

DECEMBER 23, 2022

There are a couple of problems with using that paper to prop up this argument, however: First, the study included about 200 liberal arts colleges, and nowhere does it suggest that the conclusions can be generalized, or even that the results are reflective of reality every where else. So we don't know what the admit pools look like.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2025

Colleges and universities across the country are preparing to celebrate the legacy of a civil rights icon who championed integration and transformed Americas Rev. Seton Hall University in New Jersey, decided to revamp their annual MLK program a few years ago, citing the need for change amid a challenging political climate.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

College closures steamed through 2024 , and more institutions may find themselves in the crosshairs next year as declining numbers of K12 students trickle into higher ed. However, one private liberal arts school has transformed its enrollment strategy by bucking its traditional paradigm. Despite its lean $15.8

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, University of Vermont Tenured: No Age: 34 Education: B.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts from Hampshire College; M.A. in Sociology of Education with a policy concentration; Teachers College Columbia University; and Ph.D.

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Edu Alliance Journal

APRIL 14, 2025

April 14, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of Tuskegee University is the ninth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Washington, Tuskegee University is a private historically black university (HBCU) located in Tuskegee, Alabama about 40 miles east of Montgomery.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2025

In what officials describe as a response to "the changing higher education landscape," Rosemont College and Villanova University have announced a merger agreement that will eventually see the smaller Catholic institution absorbed into its larger neighbor on Philadelphia's Main Line. Villanova University President Rev.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Shotton as the sole finalist for the institution's presidency. If confirmed, Shottona citizen of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes and a Kiowa and Cheyenne descendantwill become the first Indigenous person to lead the institution.

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Edu Alliance Journal

APRIL 21, 2025

This journey has deepened my appreciation for the distinct contributions and lasting impact of these diverse institutions. Background Founded in 1837 by Presbyterian leaders, Davidson College is a private liberal arts college located in Davidson, North Carolina, just north of Charlotte.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 17, 2024

University of Redlands Announces Another Merger jessica.blake@… Wed, 01/17/2024 - 03:00 AM The planned merger with Woodbury University, a small, private liberal arts institution in California, follows a wave of college mergers and closures in 2023. Byline(s) Jessica Blake

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2023

SUNY Old Westbury will be transitioning into a university, effective Jul. The name change will be subtle – from “State University of New York College at Old Westbury” to “State University of New York at Old Westbury.” This new designation rightly represents the type of institution that we are today.

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The PIE News

MARCH 12, 2025

Institutions and agencies from the UK, Canada and other study destinations gathered at Gresham Global s Gresham Connect event in Dhaka to explore and strengthen partnerships in the region. Our work is built on the foundation of strong partnerships. As per UNESCO data , over 50,000 students from Bangladesh studied abroad in 2023.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JANUARY 28, 2023

It was the first institution of higher education in Florida – which was once part of the slave-owning Confederacy – to pioneer an open admissions policy committing the school not to discriminate based on “race, creed, national origin, or cultural status”. Continue reading.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

This page will be continuously updated as University Business monitors the changing landscape of college closings, as well as mergers and acquisitions, in the coming year and beyond. If not, the institution shuts its doors. California State University Maritime Academy The California State University Board of Trustees voted on Nov.

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University Business

MARCH 18, 2025

Four-year colleges and universities are slowly waking up to a new era in academic programming and credentialing that emphasizes short-term upskilling. “Historically, many four-year schools have been somewhat detached from the job market, focusing more on traditional liberal arts education,” Dinski says.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

King’s College London, a 200-year-old university, has a long-standing relationship with India. It was one of the first universities to teach Sanskrit and Bengali, and has long been teaching Indian politics. “There are now terrific Indian universities newly in the private sector.

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University Business

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A flurry of colleges and universities have shuttheir doors following the pandemic, and 2024 didn’t show signs of slowing down. University Business will continue to monitor the changing landscape of college closings, as well as mergers and acquisitions, in the coming year and beyond. If not, the institution shuts its doors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 2, 2024

The College of Mount Saint Vincent announced it has officially earned university status as designed by the New York State Board of Regents. 1, it became the University of Mount Saint Vincent. It transitioned to a co-educational place of learning in the 1970s, adding several master’s degrees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

DePauw University has received its largest gift yet in the form of $200 million in support of its strategic plan. higher ed institution. Adding in this substantial gift, the university’s strategic plan has raised $240 million in major gifts. The school is set to launch this coming fall. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Howard University law professor and dean has been named Mount Holyoke College’s first permanent Black female president in the institution’s 186-year history. I’m just really excited to lead such a dynamic and important institution like Mount Holyoke,” said Holley in an interview with Diverse.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 13, 2023

With the recent announcement that Sean Decatur would assume the presidency of the American Museum of Natural History in New York after nearly a decade at the helm of Kenyon College, at least five major American cultural institutions will be headed by former presidents of small liberal arts colleges. Why is that?

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

By Karin Fischer Illustration by The Chronicle; Getty Images; Jens Kalaene, picture-alliance, dpa, AP They say the the liberal-arts institution, which has a reputation for standing up to authoritarian governments, has done little to support them.

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Helix Education

APRIL 21, 2024

He has written previously for RNL about best financial practices for universities and has also written for The Chronicle of Higher Education among other publications. For example, what difference does a population of 1,500 students at one institution make in the grand scheme of higher ed? percent between 2015 and 2019.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 12, 2023

He explained his departure in an open letter, claiming that Dr. Clarence Lang, dean of the College of the Liberal Arts, had refused to follow through on a commitment to hire two new tenure-line faculty. West resigned Apr. 5, less than a year into his five-year term.

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University Business

APRIL 18, 2025

Kalamazoo College President Jorge Gonzalez is retiring after serving at the top post of the liberal arts institution for 10 years. Alan Miciak – John Carroll University (Ohio) President Alan Miciak announced his plans to retire from his post at John Carroll University at the end of the 2026 academic year.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As colleges and universities across the country face declining enrollments caused by rising tuition costs, changing job market demands, and demographic shifts, institutions are getting creative with solutions. Course sharing isn’t limited to liberal arts colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Link will become president of Drew University, effective Jul. 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 Dr. Hilary L.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 19, 2023

The Institute for Race and Social Transformation (iRaST) will undertake an in-depth examination of historical and contemporary social issues that impact the local community. The post Rhodes College to Establish Institute for Race and Social Transformation appeared first on INSIGHT Into Diversity.

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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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