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. Listen here.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Integrating the arts into STEM (“STEAM”) has been in discussion since at least 2010, when the Rhode Island School of Design helped pioneer it. ” Conversely, small liberal arts colleges are beginning to expand their horizons, privy to an emerging economy and the new workforce it will demand. .

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 18, 2024

Third-party vendors exposed some colleges — including public flagships and liberal arts schools — to multiple breaches during the mass hack.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2025

Marist College, the private school in Poughkeepsie, New York, has announced it will become Marist University effective later this month, marking a significant milestone in its nearly century-long history. The change comes after unanimous approval from the Board of Trustees and the New York State Board of Regents. President Dr. Kevin C.

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2025

Pritchett said that the schools annual MLK celebration is rooted in a tradition dating back to 1970, and added that the MLK Leadership Program at Seton Hall integrates current events with a focus on servant leadership, Africana Studies, and fostering a historical understanding of Kings enduring legacy.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

However, one private liberal arts school has transformed its enrollment strategy by bucking its traditional paradigm. Half the schools that are closed do that,” Khoury says. “We knew that we needed a different perspective and to find a new way of reaching students.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

As a child, she would wake up before her parents alarms in her excitement to get to school. She delighted in academic challenge, but she was also aware that many students from minoritized backgrounds did not feel that same joy and elation in school. Now, public health is fully integrated into her research agenda.

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Higher Ed Data Stories

OCTOBER 4, 2023

But maybe that's not what you need: You might be working with one of those special high school students who already knows they want to get a doctorate, or you might want to show which college from a group of peers sends the most people to a Ph.D. Or you might want bragging rights against your alma mater's bitter academic rival.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school. Some professors describe this as an end run around the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which voted in early 2021 not to approve department status for William & Mary’s then year-old data science program.

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University Business

OCTOBER 31, 2023

How schools are adapting to today’s data-driven environment Colleges everywhere are beginning to implement stronger, more robust and highly specialized programs in information and data science. The post Why your school needs to adopt curricula in computer and information sciences appeared first on University Business.

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Helix Education

APRIL 21, 2024

A case study for small liberal arts colleges This really hit home for me earlier this year when I was invited to represent the university that I work for at the inauguration of a new president at my alma mater, West Virginia Wesleyan College.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Teaching Today Beyond capstones for majors, special courses that encourage interaction across disciplines can be especially useful for students launching into careers or grad school, writes David Droppa.

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University Business

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Going to a liberal arts college is usually an expensive way to get a bachelor’s degree. With students more mindful of high tuition, many liberal arts colleges are seeing enrollment drop—and some are closing altogether. The post Do liberal arts colleges pay off? Read more at AEI.

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MindMax

JULY 15, 2024

Steven Mintz, author and professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin, posits that higher ed has strayed too far from its traditional purpose: providing a holistic liberal arts education that produces students who are “life-ready.” The answer will be different for every school—and potentially even every program.

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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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University Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The college closings and mergers of 2025 Northland College (Wisconsin) Despite recent attempt to save Northland College from financial exigency, the Board of Trustees announced on February 19 that the 133-year-old school will close at the end of the academic year. A record $1.5 Pierce College signed an agreement on Aug.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2023

1, The school made the announcement Apr. Sams had been appointed president of the school two years ago, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and his inauguration had been held off as the school began to return to full swing. SUNY Old Westbury will be transitioning into a university, effective Jul.

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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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University Business

DECEMBER 20, 2023

A pair of Michigan liberal arts college made the top-10 ranking of similar colleges located in the Midwest, according to the Wall Street Journal and College Pulse. There are similar rankings of liberal arts colleges for each region in the United States. Albion College ranked No. 2 on the list, as well as No.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Under his leadership, Augusta Tech achieved record enrollment this past fall through strategic program revamps, the establishment of new academic schools, and successful fundraising initiatives that brought renewed vitality to the predominantly Black institution. "We

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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. Academic Excellence Wabash’s commitment to a rigorous liberal arts education is evident in its comprehensive curriculum and the requirement that seniors pass comprehensive exams.

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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. Alumni Employment and or attending graduate school is very high.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Mount Holyoke is a gender-inclusive women’s college in Massachusetts, one of the historic Seven Sisters, a group of highly selective women’s liberal arts institutions in the Northeast. Under her leadership, the law school increased its national profile, created new programming and pulled in more funding and resources.

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Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Background Founded in 1847 in Richmond, Indiana, Earlham College is a private liberal arts institution with deep Quaker roots. This dual-degree approach combines the benefits of a liberal arts education with technical training, preparing students for careers in engineering, business, and technology fields.

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University Business

MARCH 18, 2025

” “I think we’re going to see schools shift to more non-degree, continuing education courses. “Historically, many four-year schools have been somewhat detached from the job market, focusing more on traditional liberal arts education,” Dinski says. ” U.S. .

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University Business

AUGUST 6, 2024

The school offers a B.S. Likewise, Georgia Tech promotes interdisciplinary study in AI through a new minor available to its liberal arts and engineering students. The post These 18 schools are offering the most competitive AI tracks for undergrads appeared first on University Business. in Artificial Intelligence.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

DePauw University DePauw’s Bold and Gold 2027 strategic plan seeks to bolster the university around four principles: the liberal arts and sciences; the student experience; institutional equity; and responsible financial and operational management. The school is set to launch this coming fall. “We higher ed institution.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

South Royalton’s main claim to fame, however, is that it is home to the Green Mountain State’s only law school. Vermont Law School has doled out juris doctor degrees to students from across New England and beyond since 1972. Vermont Law School is no different. even before it added the “G” to its acronym.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

Women’s liberal arts institution Wellesley College students voted Mar. Wellesley College acknowledges the result of the nonbinding student ballot initiative,” the school said in a statement. 14 to allow transgender men and nonbinary people assigned male at birth to be eligible for admission, The Washington Post reported.

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University Business

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Under the merger’s conditions, Pierce College would become a school under Lackawanna that could amplify a broader array of academic offerings for adult learners in the Philadelphia region. Nine schools guaranteed admissions for the college’s remaining students with more than 60 credits completed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2023

This appointment makes her the second woman to lead the school. Petersen Petersen is a professor of political science and dean of the Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tulsa (TU). She was previously faculty and dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

She will be the first woman to lead the school. In Safa Zaki, Bowdoin has found a distinguished scholar and leader with a global perspective who believes deeply in the transformative power of a liberal arts education,” said Scott Perper, chair of the Bowdoin board and a member of the Presidential Search Committee.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Ron DeSantis has appointed six new board members to the New College of Florida, a step towards turning the school into a more conservative institution, the Herald-Tribune reported. "It The students and faculty at New College – a small school – have a reputation for leaning left politically, so a conservative turn may see resistance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

liberal arts college, potentially resulting in the school receiving $750 million for its endowment. The Kansas liberal arts school has raised $130 million so far. McPherson College has received the largest single commitment to a small U.S. The deadline is Jun.

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Deans for Impact

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Sitting in on EDUC 1301: Introduction to the Teaching Profession at Odessa College last semester, Pervis Evans is conscious that he doesn’t quite fit in with the other students, a majority of whom are recent high school graduates. But that doesn’t deter him at all.

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