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

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.

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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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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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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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University Business

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

However, one private liberal arts school has transformed its enrollment strategy by bucking its traditional paradigm. “We were built as a single product institution that only knew how to recruit freshmen,” says Melik Khoury, president of Unity Environmental University since 2016.

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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, the viz: Only the last view is interactive.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

The announcement comes at a pivotal moment for the Durango, Colorado, college, which continues to grapple with its history as a former federal Indian boarding school while working to advance its commitment to student success, equity, and community engagement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2023

SUNY Old Westbury will be transitioning into a university, effective Jul. 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.

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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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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

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. With just nine majors in the 2024-25 school year, it cut over 75% of its majors, reduced enrollment to 350 students and let go of staff to raise revenue.

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University Business

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Degrees and subsequent jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have long been praised as lucrative and safe pathways for students looking to enroll at a college or university. 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

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. WVWC is a quintessential small liberal arts college with a population of 1,100 students and a beautiful campus nestled in the heart of central West Virginia.

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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. Under her leadership, the law school increased its national profile, created new programming and pulled in more funding and resources. Danielle Ren Holley is breaking ground.

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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. 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 higher ed institution.

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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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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. The system will downsize to 22 universities.

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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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University Business

APRIL 2, 2025

This page will be continuously updated as University Business monitors the changing landscape of college closings, mergers and acquisitions in the coming year and beyond. Villanova University announced on March 31 that it had entered a merger agreement with Rosemont College.

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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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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2023

Philander Smith College will be transforming into a university, the school announced Aug. As a university, the Little Rock liberal arts school will look to expand academic offerings and research opportunities.

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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

JUNE 14, 2023

As a scholar engaged in legal research, the law library of New York University School of Law, ranked in the top ten of law schools, affords one bountiful offerings of legal research tools such as HeinOnline, Lexis Plus, VitalLaw, Law Journal Library and Proquest that are not available at primarily undergraduate institutions such as my own.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

Rhonda Phillips will become president of Chatham University, effective Jul. Dr. Rhonda Phillips Phillips is currently the inaugural dean of the John Martinson Honors College at Purdue University. in city and regional planning also from Georgia Tech – she was the first woman to graduate with that degree from the school.

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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. 68 overall among all colleges and universities in the country.

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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. ” “I think we’re going to see schools shift to more non-degree, continuing education courses. ” U.S. Tim Walber (R-Ill.), “However, this needs to change.

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University Business

AUGUST 6, 2024

For the last decade, computer science majors have become highly prized by many colleges and universities. Colleges and universities have slowly begun to launch undergraduate degrees in AI. Colleges and universities have slowly begun to launch undergraduate degrees in AI. Carnegie Mellon University became the first in 2018.

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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

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Background Founded in 1847 in Richmond, Indiana, Earlham College is a private liberal arts institution with deep Quaker roots. Dr. Paul Sniegowski, a biologist and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, has served as President since August 2024. Notable Alumni: Michael C.

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University Business

JANUARY 16, 2024

State universities in West Virginia have an uphill struggle to resuscitate interest in higher education. Due to shifting market needs, President Gordon Gee announced last August that West Virginia University would cut or restructure 32 programs and lay off 169 faculty. More from UB: Is this the future of business school learning?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2023

Chris Gilmer will become president of West Virginia University Potomac State College, effective immediately, MetroNews reported. Gilmer has been interim president of the school for the past nine months. Dr. Chris Gilmer Gilmer will also continue as tenured professor in WVU’s Division of Liberal Arts. Gordon Gee said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

vandenBerg will become president of Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU), effective Jul. With initiatives like the OWU Connection, Ohio Wesleyan and its faculty are reimagining the liberal arts for the needs of a new world and a new generation of students. vandenBerg holds an Ed.D. vandenBerg holds an Ed.D.

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University Business

JANUARY 10, 2025

The state Board of Governors announced a new pilot program that would examine the economic return of women- and gender-based studies and four other academic programs across its public universities, the Florida Phoenix reports. One private liberal arts college overhauled by Florida Gov. Brian Harrison. Taylor Collins.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

Marquette University recently received over a million dollars from the Mellon Foundation to further energize and grow its prison education program. It is in service of the foundation’s goal to expand access to liberal arts education, she said.

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