Tag: Liberal Arts: Page 18

Students

Spelman mission was not impossible: how college’s fund-raising drive netted $113 million

Atlanta – When the totals were in, Spelman College had not only met its “mission impossible” goal of raising $81 million, it had outdone itself — amassing a record $113.3 million.

June 22, 2007

Faculty & Staff

First in family with degree, now Iowa president

IOWA CITY Iowa Sally Mason wasn’t brought up around higher education, but she plans to make herself right at home as the University of Iowa’s new president.

June 21, 2007

Students

Little-known, little-recognized: historically black community colleges defy categorization, get job done

Providing a variety of college experiences and job training to thousands of Black, Hispanic and other students is a task honed to perfection by a handful of little-known and little-recognized historically Black community colleges.

June 16, 2007

Students

Conveying a Simple, Yet Difficult Message

How Whitman College officials and student-leaders moved swiftly to prevent a racial incident from dividing the campus.

April 18, 2007

Students

Hamilton College To End Merit Scholarships In Favor of Need-Based Aid

CLINTON, New York Hamilton College said Thursday it will stop offering merit scholarships to incoming students in 2008 and use the money instead to provide more need-based assistance to low-and middle-income families.

March 15, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Report: Employers Say College Graduates Lack Essential Skills to Succeed in Today’s Global Economy

Almost two-thirds of employers or about 63 percent, say college graduates lack essential skills to succeed in today’s global economy…

February 7, 2007

Students

Push to Hold Colleges Accountable Fraught With Problems, Say College Presidents

WASHINGTON, D.C. A public database for college accountability and learning outcomes of students, as proposed by the blue-ribbon Commission on the Future of Higher Education, would not factor in the diverse missions and characteristics of individual schools, said a panel of college presidents at the annual meeting of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU).

February 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Report: Employers Say College Graduates Lack Essential Skills to Succeed in Today’s Global Economy

WASHINGTON, D.C. Two-thirds of employers (63 percent) say college graduates lack essential skills to succeed in today’s global economy, according to a new report by the National Leadership Council for Liberal Education and America’s Promise, or LEAP, and the Association of American Colleges and Universities.

January 14, 2007

Community Colleges

Exit Interview

The construction projects at Prince George’s Community College certainly represent a physical obstacle…

November 15, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Leadership 101

Indisputably, Nan Keohane has enjoyed a long and storied career in higher education…

November 15, 2006

Leadership & Policy

LeMoyne-Owen College Claws Back From the Brink

LeMoyne-Owen College can do little in the next month or so but await its fate…

November 1, 2006

Students

Facing Off On Political Diversity

Does the quest for diversity extend to the politics of the faculty? Earlier this year…

October 18, 2006